The use of pesticides made it possible to increase yields, simplify cropping systems, and
forego more complicated crop protection strategies. Over-reliance on chemical control …

Increasing interest is being shown in result-oriented agri-environmental schemes. Such
schemes have the advantage of encouraging farmers to innovate to produce environmental …

Current political trends and scholarly research increasingly promote collaborative and
participatory governance in multi‐level systems as a way to more sustainable and effective …

Studies throughout Europe have suggested that voluntary agri‐environmental programmes
often engender very little change in attitudes towards productivist agriculture among …

Cultural ecosystem services are growing in importance and their substantial contribution to
well-being is well recognized. Yet, significant conceptual and methodological gaps exist …

Abstract Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia as European Union candidate
countries, have to follow EU directives that include the adoption of several agri …

Evidence is emerging from across Europe that contemporary agri-environmental schemes
are having only limited, if any, influence on farmers' long-term attitudes towards the …

This volume demystifies the procedures and practical uses of Grounded Theory, a well-
established research methodology used around the world today by social scientists …

Plastic marine debris (PMD) polluting marine habitats is a pressing anthropogenic global
environmental problem and its reduction requires the commitment of government and …

Background Social acceptance presents a major challenge for Germany's transition to green
energy. As a power-to-x technology, green hydrogen is set to become a key component of a …