Highlights•Distinguishing a spectrum from coordination to collaboration is important.•
Coordination seems to be easier and less costly to achieve than collaboration.•Coordination …

Europe is a region of relatively high population density and productive agriculture subject to
substantial government intervention under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Many …

Expansion of land area used for agriculture is a leading cause of biodiversity loss and
greenhouse gas emissions, particularly in the tropics. One potential way to reduce these …

Several studies show that agri-environment schemes (AES) are likely to be more effective if
they are designed at the landscape scale. However, this requires spatial coordination of …

Over the last decades there is a growing body of literature on how to enhance farmers'
participation in voluntary subsidised agri-environmental programmes. However, additional …

The importance of cultural ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes is increasingly
recognized as agricultural scale enlargement and abandonment affect aesthetic and …

The move towards sustainable agriculture requires a more detailed understanding of
farmers' knowledge (s) and knowledge practices. Increasingly, it is important to understand …

A two way relationship exists between agricultural production and ecosystem services
where farmers act as significant contributors to as well as potential detractors to societal well …

Highlights•Challenges for policy to achieve dual aim of social and environmental
outcomes.•The trade-offs between both aims limit effectiveness of policy interventions.•CSFF …

Drawing on interviews in Switzerland and New Zealand, we explore the concept of
autonomy as part of a farming self. The farming self encompasses the dialectical relationship …