Re: Report: Economic Instruments for N Control / Europe

Jim Quinton (jquinton@csc.noaa.gov)
Thu, 22 Oct 1998 11:32:10 -0400

Perhaps there were presentations in the workshop which are not mentioned in
this e-mail, but I am curious. Was any mention made of addressing the risk
when a grower reduces inputs? At times there may be a considerable
reluctance on the part of producers to adopt a practice that reduces inputs
when no consideration has been given to the potential for greater yield
variability. We have addressed this one facet of the adoption decision as
an insurance principle -- we seek to neutralize the risk and pay for the
insurance premium through savings in the input costs. I would be interested
to know what analysis of risk your workshop carried out. Thank you...

At 10:23 AM 10/21/98 +0200, Karlheinz Knickel wrote:

>The following central questions have been discussed during the workshop.

>1. What are the effects of different economic instruments for nitrogen
control?
>2. How can they be implemented in different regional contexts?
>3. What is the support among different actors for the different instruments?
>4. What are the main arguments that influence this support?

>The systems discussed vary from taxes on N-fertilisers and feed
concentrates to taxes on N surpluses based on farm mineral balances and
tradable permits......

>.....With kind regards,
>
>Kees de Roest

Jim Quinton, Risk Management Coordinator
Agricultural Conservation Innovation Center (ACIC)
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