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Learning about best management practices: Theory and experimentation under the umbrella of crop insurance

Aubert, Cécile, Raineau, Yann, Raynal, Marc·2026·European Review of Agricultural Economics

Abstract

Decision Support Systems (DSS) with embedded best management practices help reduce pesticide use. However, costly experimentation is necessary to learn about the quality of their data processing and recommendation models. We study farmers’ choices to try such a DSS. Due to order effects, learning can be inefficient and stop after inadequate recommendations, leading to crop losses. Subsidizing crop insurance conditional on DSS use is a cost-effective policy to foster experimentation. A 4-year living lab on-farm experiment involving French wine cooperatives, an insurer, and researchers supports our theoretical results on learning dynamics and provides additional insight into information requirements for subsidized green insurance.

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Authors
Aubert, C., Raineau, Y., & Raynal, M.
Affiliations
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
  • Institut Français de la Vigne et du Vin (FR)
Venue
European Review of Agricultural Economics
Published
2025-12-19
Volume
53
Issue
1
Pages
341-373
ISSN
  • 0165-1587 (ISSN-L)
  • 1464-3618
OpenAlex
W4417523388
Cited by
0
References
50
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Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • European Review of Agricultural Economics (publishedVersion)
  • Toulouse 1 Capitole Publications (Université Toulouse I Capitole) (acceptedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • VitiREV
  • Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region
  • Eco-Phyto II (ARRUP-VICO, 20-PCPA-0010)
  • ANR (ANR-17-EURE-0010)
  • IdEx université de Bordeaux
  • GPR HOPE
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Agricultural risk and resilience
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agricultural Innovations and Practices
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
Keywords
best management practices, decision support system, crop insurance, pesticide reduction, experimentation, order effects, learning dynamics, subsidized insurance, green insurance, living labs, on-farm trials, wine cooperatives, environmental policy

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