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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.
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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