LIEPP's Environmental Policies Research Group is happy to invite you to the seminar: 

Governing Nutrient Pollution Beyond Farmers

Thursday September 8th, 1:00 - 2:30 pm

Location: Salle C.S16, 1 place Saint Thomas d'Aquin, Paris 7ème

Mandatory registration

Presented by:

David Kanter (New York University)

Abstract:

Nutrient pollution is one of the most significant environmental issues of our time, driven by the oversupply of fertilizer and manure to agricultural land. Most policies focus on changing farmer behavior, which is extremely difficult, largely ineffective and a major reason why pollution levels continue to rise. A more creative governance framework that can avoid the pitfalls of farmer-focused policies while spurring reductions in agricultural nutrient pollution is critical. Consequently, the core objective of the Governing Nutrient Pollution Beyond Farmers project is to design a new governance framework to address agricultural nutrient pollution in the US and the EU aimed at agri-food system actors beyond the farm capable of influencing farm-level nutrient management – from fertilizer companies to multinational retailers. Doing so would shift the regulatory burden away from the farmer and transform an intractable non-point source problem into a series of more manageable point source approaches.