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Vittel / Agrivair groundwater PES

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Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 18% 60/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

To keep nitrates out of its mineral-water aquifer, Vittel (Nestlé Waters) pays catchment farmers via the Agrivair intermediary to adopt low-input agriculture — a textbook private PES running since the 1990s.

Vittel / Agrivair groundwater PES

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Nestlé Waters (Vittel) via Agrivair
Region (NUTS)
FRF3
Keywords
Corporate watershed PES, Groundwater catchment / farmland

Context

To keep nitrates out of its mineral-water aquifer, Vittel (Nestle Waters) pays farmers in the catchment, through the intermediary Agrivair, to adopt low-input agriculture; it is a widely cited private payments-for-ecosystem-services scheme operating since the 1990s.

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