Pilots, proponents and policy windows: How Results-Based Payment Schemes (RBPS) became mainstream in Irish agri-environmental policy

Boru Douthwaite; Gary Goggins; Andy Bleasdale; Pamela Boyle; Ciara Carberry; Patrick Crushell; Brian Delaney; Brendan Dunford; Catherine Keena; Victoria McArthur; James Moran; John Muldowney; Barry O'Donoghue; Caroline Sullivan; Derek McLoughlin

doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104621

Pilots, proponents and policy windows: How Results-Based Payment Schemes (RBPS) became mainstream in Irish agri-environmental policy

Boru Douthwaite
, Gary Goggins
, Andy Bleasdale
, Pamela Boyle
, Ciara Carberry
, Patrick Crushell
, Brian Delaney
, Brendan Dunford
, Catherine Keena
, Victoria McArthur
, James Moran
, John Muldowney
, Barry O'Donoghue
, Caroline Sullivan
, Derek McLoughlin

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Original language	English
Journal	Agricultural Systems
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104621
Publication status	Published - Mar 2026

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Douthwaite, B., Goggins, G., Bleasdale, A., Boyle, P., Carberry, C., Crushell, P., Delaney, B., Dunford, B., Keena, C., McArthur, V., Moran, J., Muldowney, J., O'Donoghue, B., Sullivan, C., & McLoughlin, D. (2026). Pilots, proponents and policy windows: How Results-Based Payment Schemes (RBPS) became mainstream in Irish agri-environmental policy. Agricultural Systems. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104621

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