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Martin Nordin . Foto

Martin Nordin

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Martin Nordin . Foto

An evaluation of extension services in Sweden

Författare

  • Martin Nordin
  • Sören Höjgård

Summary, in English

This article analyzes the effects of extension services regarding the use of nutrients in Swedish agriculture on nutrient balances and farms’ finances. The key to our research design is that extension visits vary between agents (some agents give more consultation than others), which leads to random variation in “treatment.” We find that the service affects nutrient utilization, which possibly reduces leakages and eutrophication in the Baltic Sea. A large and positive impact on farms value added implies that the net benefit from the extension services is positive. The improvements are mainly due to better land management practices so that more efficient use of fertilizers increases crop production and thereby decreases the nitrogen balance.

Avdelning/ar

  • AgriFood Economics Centre, SLU
  • Nationalekonomiska institutionen

Publiceringsår

2017-01-01

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

51-60

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom)

Volym

48

Issue

1

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Wiley-Blackwell

Ämne

  • Other Agricultural Sciences not elsewhere specified
  • Economics

Nyckelord

  • Eutrophication
  • Extension service
  • Farm management
  • L2
  • Nitrogen
  • Q16
  • Q53
  • Q58

Aktiv

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0169-5150