Final report

The project contracts2.0 aimed at co-developing innovative approaches to incentivise farmers for the increased provision of environmental public goods, while allowing them to reconcile the profitability of their farms with environmental objectives. The final report introduces the contracts2.0 conceptual, analytical and synthesis framework before summarising the main research results – knowledge from ex-post and ex-ante analyses of novel approaches. The knowledge gained from our practice and policy stakeholders through Contract and Policy Innovation Labs is summarised, before synthesising our co-developed general design principles and considerations for the governance context of innovative agri-environmental contracts, considering results-based, collective, and value chain approaches as well as innovative combinations. Further, lessons learned for the design and implementation process are summarised. Finally, we discuss enabling policy framework conditions and present fundamental aspects for carrying out co-creation processes in policy making and reflect on the contracts2.0 approach to participatory co-creation and the overall impact of the project.