Farmer behavior toward herbicide‐free agriculture and conservation tillage
研究了农民同时采用保护性耕作和无除草剂农业两种环保措施的行为，发现两者并非互补，但35%的农民同时采用，行为因素（如风险偏好、创新开放度）解释了26%的联合采用行为。
Abstract Balancing conflicting policy goals is a key challenge in the transition to sustainable agricultural systems. An important example is herbicide use reduction potentially conflicting with conservation tillage—which often strongly relies on herbicide use. We investigate the joint uptake of two agri‐environmental schemes, conservation tillage and herbicide‐free agriculture systems. To this end, we use a combination of detailed survey data on farmer behavior, environmental and agronomic data, and census data on the complete population of all farmers from Switzerland. Findings based on a multinomial logit and fixed effects multinomial logit indicate that, conditional on observable factors, the systems are not complementary, but joint adoption occurs for 35% of farmers. Behavioral factors explain 26% of joint adoption behavior, emphasizing the role of risk taking, openness to innovation, and biodiversity valuations in farmers' decisions. Our analysis provides broader implications for assessing and navigating conflicting sustainability goals in agriculture globally.