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Table 3.1 Policy type matrix

Area of intervention (governance structures)

Hierarchy/Bureaucracy Market Self-organised network Property rights change

Type
of intervention

Regulatory Policies that intervene at

hierarchies/bureaucracies
using regulatory (command-
and-control) instruments

Policies that intervene at
markets using regulatory
(command-and-control)
instruments

Policies that intervene at
self-organised networks
using regulatory (command-
and-control) instruments

Policies that induce
changes in property
rights for farmers
regarding the
natural resources
they need for
production
using regulatory
instruments

Example : Establishing the
European Food Safety
Authority and Nature Reserves

Example : Restrictions on
nitrate use

Example : Implementing new
European statutes for
cooperatives

Economic on
hierarchy/
bureaucracy

Policies that intervene at
hierarchies/bureaucracies
using economic instruments

Policies that intervene at markets
using economic instruments

Policies that intervene at
self-organised networks
using economic instruments

Policies that induce
changes in property
rights for farmers
regarding the natural
resources they need
for production using
economic instruments

Example : Budget cuts for (regional)
administrative bodies

Example : Subsidising organic
milk and non-till farming
practices

Example : Providing funds for
LEADER-Local Action
Groups

Advisory/
Voluntary

Policies that intervene at
hierarchies/bureaucracies
using advisory/voluntary
instruments

Policies that intervene at markets
using advisory/voluntary
instruments

Policies that intervene at self-
organised networks using
advisory/voluntary
instruments

Policies that induce
changes in property
rights for farmers
regarding the natural
resources they need
for production using
advisory/voluntary

Example : Providing training
material on efficient
management structures and
administrative procedures
(Best Practice)

Example : Providing information
brochures on health and
organic food to consumers;
providing training on
environmental friendly
farming

Example : Providing information
brochures with Best Practice-
examples; facilitating
knowledge transfer between
networks

Water Land/Soil Biodiversity Forestry Complex Resource

Systems

Natural resource
addressed