Impacts of agri-environmental policy on land use and nitrogen leaching in Finland |
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| Institution: | 1. Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Economy and Society, Latokartanonkaari 9, FI-00790 Helsinki, Finland;2. Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Natural Environment Centre/Ecosystem Processes, Mechelininkatu 34a, PO Box 140, FI-00260 Helsinki, Finland;1. Agriculture Research and Development Division, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, Victoria, Australia;2. Natural Decisions, Pty Ltd, Victoria, Australia;3. Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy, University of Western Australia, Western Australia, Australia;4. Burnett Mary Regional Group for Natural Resource Management, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia;1. Department of Environmental Studies, New York University, 285 Mercer Street, 9th floor, New York, NY, 10003, USA;2. Centre of Ecology and Hydrology, Edinburgh, EH25 9LP, Scotland, UK;1. Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801, USA;2. Department of Irrigation & Hydraulic Engineering, Mansoura University, Egypt;3. Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University, NC 27695, USA;4. Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis, CA 95616, USA |
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| Abstract: | Agri-environmental policies are challenging to be evaluated since they are often implemented in combination with other policies and regulations affecting agriculture. Also input and output markets affect agriculture. We provide impact assessment of agri-environmental scheme implemented in Finland 2007–2013 based on integrated economic and hydrological modelling and counterfactual scenarios. Development of crop specific fertilisation and land use changes, simulated using a multi-regional economic sector model, is included in a nutrient leaching model implemented in a typical agricultural region. Our results on agricultural production, land use, and nitrogen leaching show that the agri-environmental policy successfully mitigates nutrient leaching in intensive production regions but some mitigation potential is lost in less intensive regions. |
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| Keywords: | Agricultural production Nutrient leaching Agricultural economics Hydrological modeling |
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