Ammonia Reduction by Trees (ART) Project 3 : Summary Report What motivates farmers to plant trees? Analysis of a stakeholder workshop - 14th January 2022

Dick, J.D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4180-9338; Tang, Y.S.; Barbosa, V.; Mansfield, P.; Garner, C.; Bealey, W.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3708-5864. 2022 Ammonia Reduction by Trees (ART) Project 3 : Summary Report What motivates farmers to plant trees? Analysis of a stakeholder workshop - 14th January 2022. Edinburgh, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, 17pp. (UKCEH Project no. 08155, Client Ref. ART3)

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Abstract/Summary

50 participants attended a workshop on ‘What motivates farmers to plant trees?’ held on 14th January 2022. The aim of the event was to share understanding of motivations for farmers to plant treebelts for ammonia reduction. Workshop participants were stakeholders from government, government agencies, non-departmental public bodies, non-government organisations, universities, consultancies and farmers  Breakout groups were formed for each UK country and were used to explore 3 key areas of i) Awareness raising ii) Incentives/nudges and iii) Regulation  In conjunction with the breakout sessions a simple online survey tool was developed around 2 questions of current and future mechanisms for motivating farmers to plant treebelts for ammonia reduction. Attendees were encouraged to put in their ideas as entries as the breakout session took place but also to verbally give their thoughts. The online form was live for another 2 weeks after the event for further entries to be submitted.  The results from this stakeholder analysis supports the findings of Piñeiro et al. 2020 that regardless of the incentive type, linking programmes to economic benefits (productivity or profitability) was considered by stakeholders to be essential for farmers to adopt the practice of planting treebelts around their point sources of ammonia

Item Type:	Publication - Report (Project Report)
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Atmospheric Chemistry and Effects (Science Area 2017-)
Funders/Sponsors:	Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), Natural England
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Freely available via the Official URL link
NORA Subject Terms:	Agriculture and Soil Science
Related URLs:	Project Website
Date made live:	25 Jan 2023 10:03 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533903

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