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Late fall switchgrass harvest at the GLBRC / KBS LTER biofuels scale-up site; Photo Credit: J.E.Doll, Michigan State University
Credit: J.E. Doll- Michigan State University

Research from KBS LTER reveals not only how changes in cropping practices improve ecosystem service flows, but also the economic value of those flows. Paired studies of farmers and consumers track farmer willingness to provide changed practices along with consumer willingness to pay for ecosystem services that come from those changed practices, such as climate mitigation, water quality regulation, and natural pest control.

 

Learn more

  1. Hamilton, S et al. 2015. The Ecology of Agricultural Landscapes: LongTerm Research on the Path to Sustainability. Oxford University Press
  2. Ma, S et al. 2012. Farmers’ willingness to participate in payment-for-environmental-services programs. Journal of Agricultural Economics. doi: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2012.00358.x

Contact

Nick Haddad
haddad@kbs.msu.edu

Posted:  July 10, 2020