加拿大大草原湿地认证计划的经济可行性
Valentina Ofori1,2, Patrick Lloyd-Smith3,4, Ken Belcher1
1Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
Environmental management
|April 25, 2025
概括
消费者将支付更多的小麦粉从农场恢复湿地,支持新的保护认证. 虽然有利,但生产者采用这种湿地保护计划可能面临挑战.
科学领域:
- 农业经济学 农业经济学
- 环境政策 环境政策
- 保护科学 保护科学
背景情况:
- 湿地保护对于生态系统服务至关重要.
- 基于市场的工具越来越多地被用于环境保护.
- 认证计划有潜力激励保护实践.
研究的目的:
- 评估农产品新型湿地保护认证制度的经济可行性.
- 确定消费者愿意为与湿地恢复相关的产品付费的意愿.
- 评估采用该计划的生产者获得的净经济效益.
主要方法:
- 利用声明偏好调查来衡量小麦面粉的消费者购买行为.
- 估计消费者愿意为认证产品支付 (WTP) 溢价.
- 计算了生产者价格变化,并将收益与恢复成本进行了比较.
主要成果:
- 消费者愿意支付25%-29%的溢价,以获得恢复湿地的田地上的小麦粉.
- 这意味着在考虑供应链后,生产者价格上了11%-12%.
- 生产者收益通常超过恢复成本,但利增长很小.
结论:
- 一个自愿的湿地认证计划显示了保护的经济前景.
- 消费者的支付意愿可以激励农业的湿地恢复.
- 为了计划的成功,需要解决生产者采用的障碍.
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