http://www.provide-project.eu/

DAVIDE VIAGGIUniversity of Bologna

davide.viaggi@unibo.it

DG AGRI Lunch seminar8th February 2018, Bruxelles.

PROVIDE project Presentation

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PROVIding smart DElivery of public goods by EU agriculture and forestry

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Duration: 1/9/2015 - 31/8/2018

Contact (project coordinator): Davide Viaggi(davide.viaggi@unibo.it)

http://www.provide-project.eu/Twitter: @PROVIDE_EU

LinkedIn: PROVIDE Project euFacebbok: Provide Horizon2020 project

Partners

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Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna (UNIBO) (coord)

Leibniz Zentrum fuer Agrarlandschaftforschung (ZALF)

Universitaet fuer Bodenkultur Wien (BOKU)

Stichting VU-VUmc (VU/VUmc)

University of Cordoba (UCO)

The James Hutton Institute (JHI)

Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)

Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla)

Tallinn University (TLU)

Istituto Delta Ecologia Applicata srl (DELTA)

Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza (UAIC)

Institute of Agricultural Economics (IAE)

Warsaw University (UNIWARSAW)

Technology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of

the Czech Republic (TC AS CR)

Italy

Germany

Austria

The Netherlands

Spain

UK

France

Finland

Estonia

Italy

Romania

Bulgaria

Poland

Czech Republic

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Objectives of the project

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•To provide a (consistent) conceptual basis, evidence, tools and improved incentive and policy options to support the “smart” provision of public goods

•By the EU agriculture and forestry ecosystems•In the light of trade-offs and conflicts brought about by prospective intensification scenarios

•Using a transdisciplinary approach

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Case study regions (CSR)

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Workflow

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WP2 - Un-packing and co-construction of PG notion (and

project activities) with stakeholders

WP3 - Mapping of connection between conditions-practices

and PG production (and identification of hotspots)

WP4 - Improved (methods for) valuation of PG

WP5 - Formulation and evaluation of mechanisms (incl.

policy instruments) for production of PG

WP6 - Development of a framework and toolbox

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Stakeholder and expert network (SEN)

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•Role•Feeding knowledge and identify priorities•Participatory research•Mediator for dissemination

•Structure & activities:•150+ people involved•in 13 countries + EU•70 events both EU level and locally

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THANK YOU VERY MUCHdavide.viaggi@unibo.it

http://www.provide-project.eu/

Mapping PGs at European level

• Agro-biodiversity

• Climate regulation

• Erosion prevention

• Farmland birds

• Flood regulation

• Cultural heritage

• Mega-fauna habitat

• Pollination

• Tourism

• Wild-food provisioning

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Mapping at theCSR level

• Exploring availability of information on PGs

provision within each CSR

• Analysis of demand and supply/demand

gaps with stakeholders interviews

• ->direct support to the identification of

hotspots for further analyses

• ->identification of candidate policy tools

matching gaps between demand and supply

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Mapping (selected insights)

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•High potential as a supporting tool

•Importance of “functional” mapping of PG supply and demand (beyond

mere technical info)

•Causes of under provision are very “local”

•And…..

• Data availability issues

• Incomplete

• Locally-differentiated

• Interpretation issues:

• Drivers-practices-provision relationship

• Demand-supply relationship

• Mapping-policy relatinships

• High complementarity with stakeholders contribution

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Valuation (activities)

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•Common survey on CAP expenditure and priorities for PGs provision•Demand side (WTP from DCE, AHP+CV, others): Surveys in 11 CSAs, 2400 interviewees•Supply side: (WTA from DCE, CV, cost calculations): Surveys in 7 CSAs, ca.2000 interviewees

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Valuation (selected insights)

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• Around 60% of the respondents agreed with the current CAP expenditure

devoted to promote the provision of PGs by AFS (23% think it’s too low)-

>average WTP=86 euro/household/year

• PGs more highly ranked: water availability and quality

• Demand side

• Mostly positive and relevant WTP

• Dependence on actual conditions and design

• Importance of heterogeneity for financing

• Supply side

• More than accounting costs (individual attitudes etc.)

• Context-specific

• Importance of heterogeneity for design of measures

• Matching demand and supply: potential and challenges

• Need of good practices with valuation and value transfer

Valuation resultsDemand-side: HS-related common exercise– Partners: AT, UK, ES, IT, BG, and RO.– While different PGBs and context: high intensity of preferences

(e.g. UK: €12-25m for biodiversity and €27-59m for water quality).– More accurate assessments at regional and local level… and

more specific as well. Examples of comparisons:o Water quality: AT: €60/household·year for potable groundwater

without treatment; UK: 47-104/person·year for good status.o Rural landscape: AT: €1.3/household·year for 100ha of additional

hedges and flower strips; RO: €0.5/person·year for 100ha of additional forest areas.

o Biodiversity: UK: €24,9/person·year for maintaining current level of farmland bird species; ES: €3.5-4.9 for improvements of approx. +50% and +100% in the level of level of farmland bird species.

o Intra-case comparison: ES: Moderate and significant improvements for biodiversity (€3.5 and €4.9) and soil functionality (€0 and €4.4).

THANK YOU VERY MUCHdavide.viaggi@unibo.it

http://www.provide-project.eu/

Some challenges

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•Changing agenda: productivity, resource

efficiency and sustainable intensification•From theory to reality, from reality to theory•Communicating public goods•Intermediate (public) goods (& bads)•Valuation issues•From policies to mechanisms (incl. markets)

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Untill now…WP2 stakeholders• 3 rounds of stakeholder workshops (CSR+EU, total 42 workshops)

WP3 mapping• EU-level Mapping CSR Mapping + Quantitative importance of different

public goods + Connection with drivers and mechanism

WP4 valuation• Demand and supply valuation; research on determinants and

transferability ongoing

•WP5 mechanism• Selection of mechanisms, tools, indicators; finalisation of modelling

ongoing

•WP6 toolbox• State of play, framework and preliminary identification of needs and

options

Expected results

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•An operational framework to support the smart provision

of public goods

•A toolbox putting together an inventory/mapping of

options, operational means for valuation and evaluation,

and a selection of evaluated policy/sector mechanisms

•A renewed (“un-packed”) conceptualization of the notion

of public goods

•A consolidated and long-lasting community of knowledge

and practice

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