<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Perceptions of energy crop production are assessed in this paper. The Görlitz district (Germany) serves as a case study area for this purpose. Semi-structured interviews with farmers and standardized surveys among lay persons were conducted. Many farmers perceive themselves being responsible for providing many ecosystem services. Farmers prefer a regional scale of energy crop cultivation based on conventional crops. Improved legal frameworks and incentives would safeguard equal competition and ecosystem services. Laypersons think that drinking water, food production, biodiversity and pollination are the most important ecosystem services of agricultural landscapes. Providing biomass for renewable energy production is not considered to be an important ecosystem service. Laypersons believe that biomass production should be restricted to fields that are not needed for food production, and the use of residues or landscape management materials. According to laypersons, more money should be spent to halt the decline of ecosystem services.</p></abstract>

Perceptions of energy crop production are assessed in this paper. The Görlitz district (Germany) serves as a case study area for this purpose. Semi-structured interviews with farmers and standardized surveys among lay persons were conducted. Many farmers perceive themselves being responsible for providing many ecosystem services. Farmers prefer a regional scale of energy crop cultivation based on conventional crops. Improved legal frameworks and incentives would safeguard equal competition and ecosystem services. Laypersons think that drinking water, food production, biodiversity and pollination are the most important ecosystem services of agricultural landscapes. Providing biomass for renewable energy production is not considered to be an important ecosystem service. Laypersons believe that biomass production should be restricted to fields that are not needed for food production, and the use of residues or landscape management materials. According to laypersons, more money should be spent to halt the decline of ecosystem services.

Perceptions of Energy Crop Production by Lay People and Farmers Using the Ecosystem Services Approach

Strategic Landscape Planning and Management Emil-Ramann-Str. 6, 85354 Freising, Germany

Leibniz Insitute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development Weberplatz 1, 01217 Dresden, Germany

Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research Eberswalder Straße 84, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany

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Výzkum vnímání produkce energetických plodin laickou veřejností a zemědělci s využitím přístupu ekosystémových služeb

Perceptions of energy crop production are assessed in this paper. The Görlitz district (Germany) serves as a case study area for this purpose. Semi-structured...

Perceptions of Energy Crop Production by Lay People and Farmers Using the Ecosystem Services Approach

Publicado en línea: 29 jul 2014

Páginas: 15 - 25

Recibido: 30 oct 2013

Aceptado: 30 abr 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2014-0008

Palabras clave
Energy crops, biomass, bioenergy, ecosystem services, perception, farmers, laypersons, Görlitz district (Germany)

© 2014 Gerd Lupp et. al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Perceptions of Energy Crop Production by Lay People and Farmers Using the Ecosystem Services Approach

Publicado en línea: 29 jul 2014

Páginas: 15 - 25

Recibido: 30 oct 2013

Aceptado: 30 abr 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2014-0008

Palabras claveEnergy crops, biomass, bioenergy, ecosystem services, perception, farmers, laypersons, Görlitz district (Germany)

© 2014 Gerd Lupp et. al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
Energy crops, biomass, bioenergy, ecosystem services, perception, farmers, laypersons, Görlitz district (Germany)