In Germany, agricultural land use is very heterogeneous with respect to management orientation and productivity even at the local level. In addition, there is a wide variation in the reasons for farm exits. A review of the literature shows that a limited number of explanatory variables are...

The paper assesses the impact of different policy options on the land use and associated biodiversity values of jointly organised low-intensity grazing systems ('Allmende') in Bavaria. We use an integrated economic and ecological modelling approach to compare three scenarios with the situation...