A methodology for evaluating agri-environmental schemes for policy design purpose

the objective of this paper is to develop a methodology for supporting the evaluation and design of agri-envrionmental schemes. the methodology us based on a combination of mathematical programming, contract theory and multicriteria analysis and is tested on a casestudy in Northern Italy. The methodology proposed can add insights into the policy design process, by taking consistenty into acocunt three issues often overlooked: the adaptation of cropping systems to the measure proposed; the diverisity of compliance costs among farmers; the multidimensionality of the decision problem.