Abating Ammonia Emissions through Slurry Acidification during Spreading: Farmers’ Willingness to Participate in a Support Scheme

Abstract: This article sought to determine farmers’ willingness to join a hypothetical support scheme for slurry acidification during spreading. Slurry acidification is a novel technique to reduce ammonia emissions, which has been pioneered in Denmark. In an online discrete choice survey of German livestock farmers, the respondents were asked to choose between different policy schemes to promote the use of acidification techniques and an opt-out option. The support schemes were characterized by the following attributes: cost share, expected emission reduction as well as a relief from, and a tightening of, the German Fertilizer Ordinance. The relief was a waiver of the legal requirement to incorporate slurry immediately after spreading. The tightening related to the provision to account for the additional nitrogen in a farmer’s fertilizer planning. The data was estimated using a mixed logit model and latent class analysis. The estimated probability of choosing a support scheme was 90 % in the.... https://www.tib-op.org/ojs/index.php/gjae/article/view/2217

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Abating Ammonia Emissions through Slurry Acidification during Spreading: Farmers’ Willingness to Participate in a Support Scheme ; volume:70 ; number:3 ; year:2021 ; German journal of agricultural economics ; 70, Heft 3 (2021)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Thiermann, Insa ; Breustedt, Gunnar ; Latacz-Lohmann, Uwe

Further information

• DOI: 10.30430/70.2021.3.192-207
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2409251021294.078533527917
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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