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The potential of ecolabeling to create economic incentives for the adoption of environmental technologies in agriculture is examined in this chapter. Ecolabeling programs were described. A theoretical framework was developed and used to derive the necessary economic conditions for ecolabeling programs to generate adoption incentives. The extent to which these conditions could be met in agriculture was investigated. The investigation used survey data on consumer demand and information on producer costs in reference to several new ecolabeling programs in agriculture. Since little empirical research has been completed on this subject, no definitive conclusions were made about the prospects of ecolabeling, but key research needs were identified.
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van Ravenswaay, E.O., Blend, J.R. (1999). Using Ecolabeling to Encourage the Adoption of Innovative Environmental Technologies in Agriculture. In: Casey, F., Schmitz, A., Swinton, S., Zilberman, D. (eds) Flexible Incentives for the Adoption of Environmental Technologies in Agriculture. Natural Resource Management and Policy, vol 17. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4395-0_8
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