Incentives for Ecosystem Services

Step 4: Identify incentives required to support farmers implement sustainable agricultural practices

Identify the short- and long-term incentives required to support farmers overcome adoption barriers identified in Step 3 for readiness, implementation and sustainability of best practices

Key questions to ask

  1. What are the incentives farmers require and/or would require to overcome the adoption barriers identified in Step 3 and/or reward good ecosystem services stewardship?
    • Type: financial, in-kind, training?
    • For what activity?
    • At what stage are these incentives required?
  2. At what stage are these incentives required?
    • Readiness?
    • Implementation?
    • Sustainable financing/ implementation?

Expertise needed

Expertise needed

  • Facilitator to lead stakeholder discussion to identify short- and long-term incentives
  • Ecosystem services and agriculture expert in developing user-friendly monitoring methods

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