Comparing compensation mussel production costs and traditional agricultural farmers willingness to pay to reduce nutrient loads in the Limfjord

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Comparing compensation mussel production costs and traditional agricultural farmers willingness to pay to reduce nutrient loads in the Limfjord. / Frost, Hans Staby; Hasler, Berit; Hoff, Ayoe; Zandersen, M.; Ørum, Jens Erik.

2014. Paper presented at Miljøøkonomisk konference, De økonomiske Råd, Skodsborg 2014, Skodsborg, Denmark.

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Frost, HS, Hasler, B, Hoff, A, Zandersen, M & Ørum, JE 2014, 'Comparing compensation mussel production costs and traditional agricultural farmers willingness to pay to reduce nutrient loads in the Limfjord', Paper presented at Miljøøkonomisk konference, De økonomiske Råd, Skodsborg 2014, Skodsborg, Denmark, 25/08/2014 - 26/08/2014.

APA

Frost, H. S., Hasler, B., Hoff, A., Zandersen, M., & Ørum, J. E. (2014). Comparing compensation mussel production costs and traditional agricultural farmers willingness to pay to reduce nutrient loads in the Limfjord. Paper presented at Miljøøkonomisk konference, De økonomiske Råd, Skodsborg 2014, Skodsborg, Denmark.

Vancouver

Frost HS, Hasler B, Hoff A, Zandersen M, Ørum JE. Comparing compensation mussel production costs and traditional agricultural farmers willingness to pay to reduce nutrient loads in the Limfjord. 2014. Paper presented at Miljøøkonomisk konference, De økonomiske Råd, Skodsborg 2014, Skodsborg, Denmark.

Author

Frost, Hans Staby ; Hasler, Berit ; Hoff, Ayoe ; Zandersen, M. ; Ørum, Jens Erik. / Comparing compensation mussel production costs and traditional agricultural farmers willingness to pay to reduce nutrient loads in the Limfjord. Paper presented at Miljøøkonomisk konference, De økonomiske Råd, Skodsborg 2014, Skodsborg, Denmark.21 p.

Bibtex

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title = "Comparing compensation mussel production costs and traditional agricultural farmers willingness to pay to reduce nutrient loads in the Limfjord",
abstract = "Nitrogen non-point pollution from agriculture is the dominating source of eutrophication of Danish fjords. Long-line mussel production is an alternative measure to costly agricultural measures to achieve good ecological status of fjords. This paper investigates farmers{\textquoteright} economic incentives to buy nitrogen quotas from compensatory mussel producers. The Danish fjord Limfjorden is used as case study area, and an agricultural model is developed including crop-distribution, soil quality , leaching and retention among the farms in case-catchments. The main conclusion is that trading nitrogen-quotas between mussel farms and agriculture provides a potential for cost-effective mitigation of eutrophication in this type of fjords.",
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RIS

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AU - Frost, Hans Staby

AU - Hasler, Berit

AU - Hoff, Ayoe

AU - Zandersen, M.

AU - Ørum, Jens Erik

PY - 2014

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N2 - Nitrogen non-point pollution from agriculture is the dominating source of eutrophication of Danish fjords. Long-line mussel production is an alternative measure to costly agricultural measures to achieve good ecological status of fjords. This paper investigates farmers’ economic incentives to buy nitrogen quotas from compensatory mussel producers. The Danish fjord Limfjorden is used as case study area, and an agricultural model is developed including crop-distribution, soil quality , leaching and retention among the farms in case-catchments. The main conclusion is that trading nitrogen-quotas between mussel farms and agriculture provides a potential for cost-effective mitigation of eutrophication in this type of fjords.

AB - Nitrogen non-point pollution from agriculture is the dominating source of eutrophication of Danish fjords. Long-line mussel production is an alternative measure to costly agricultural measures to achieve good ecological status of fjords. This paper investigates farmers’ economic incentives to buy nitrogen quotas from compensatory mussel producers. The Danish fjord Limfjorden is used as case study area, and an agricultural model is developed including crop-distribution, soil quality , leaching and retention among the farms in case-catchments. The main conclusion is that trading nitrogen-quotas between mussel farms and agriculture provides a potential for cost-effective mitigation of eutrophication in this type of fjords.

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