Less Livestock in North-western Europe? Discourses and Drivers Behind Livestock Buyout Policies Instituut voor Landbouw-, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek
Direct intervention in the size of livestock numbers is not considered a main option in European agri-environmental policies nor in policy studies. Nevertheless, the governments of the Netherlands and Flanders (Belgium) have announced livestock buyout schemes. This article contributes to the scarce literature on this policy instrument by sketching the characteristics of different types of buyout schemes. We analyse how the issue of reducing ...