Demand and Supply Factors on the Market for Organic Vegetables: The Case of Sweden

Axelson, Lena Ekelund

doi:10.17660/actahortic.1996.429.46

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“…In the international trade agreements, created after the Second World War, Sweden prioritized export opportunities for its large industries (mining, forestry, mechanical manufacturing), and thereby, to create balance, had to ease imports on other products, among those were the horticultural products (Ahrland & Olauson 2011). This prompted tough competition from imported goods, which, in combination with the fact that the products were fresh and perishable, forced horticultural firms to become very efficient and market-oriented in order to survive (Ekelund Axelson 1991).…”

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Knowledge and innovation systems in Swedish horticulture : A study of multi-actor collaboration for impact

Germundsson¹

2023

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae Sueciae

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The background of this thesis is new directions in international and national politics, the challenges of contemporary innovation systems, and the challenges and potentials in Swedish horticulture. The aim is to investigate how the knowledge and innovation system in Swedish horticulture can be reinforced to meet current and future challenges. The research questions focus on how network facilitation, social learning, and impact orientation can contribute to a reinforced knowledge and innovation system. The frame of reference takes in theories of systems of innovation, and, in particular, agricultural knowledge and innovation systems (AKIS). The thesis is also complemented with theories of social processes related to learning and impact. The methods include qualitative case studies in a progression from traditional qualitative research methods towards an action research approach. The results identified processes of network brokering, dialogue, co-agency and inclusion as central to reinforcing the knowledge and innovation system of Swedish horticulture. The findings point to a need to balance a structural interpretation of the horticultural knowledge and innovation system with a process perspective, to actively invite the agency of engaged and entrepreneurial individuals, and to balance the historical ‘supply side innovation’ perspective with a prioritization on the creation of societal impact. These results provide a contribution to the debate around different systems perspectives of the AKIS. They also highlight how changes in everyday work at the micro-level are a precondition for system level change, and how actions at the micro-level have the potential of improving the ability to meet current and future challenges and contribute to societal impact and change.

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Knowledge and innovation systems in Swedish horticulture : A study of multi-actor collaboration for impact

Germundsson¹

2023

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae Sueciae

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State-centered versus Nonstate-driven Organic Food Standardization: A Comparison of the US and Sweden

Boström

Klintman

2006

Agric Hum Values

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Organic food standardization is an increasingly important strategy for dealing with consumer concerns about the environment, animal welfare, health, and the economic structure of food production. But the ways in which this consumer-oriented strategy is introduced, organized, and debated vary considerably across countries. In Sweden, a nongovernmental organization [KRAV (Association for Control of Organic Production)] -consisting of social movement organizations, associations for conventional and organic farmers, and the food industry -has been quite successful in promoting organic food labeling as an eco-label. KRAV has developed a complementary position vis-à-vis the state and EU regulatory framework. In the US, the federal government controls standardization. The government frames the label as a ''marketing label,'' thus rejecting the idea that organic food production would have any significant advantages for the environment or, indirectly, for human health. This framing is separate from the ones created by organic constituencies, leading to deeper controversies than in Sweden. The purpose of this paper is to examine why standardization has followed different patterns in the two settings. We analyze context factors (i.e., political culture, pre-regulatory arrangements, and organizational structures) and process factors (i.e., framing and organizing). What are the benefits of a state-centric versus a nonstate-driven approach regarding powerful standardization? The paper shows that both settings provide not only ''threats of regulatory occupation'' from actors not committed to organic principles but also avenues for substantial standardization in the future, albeit through different channels.

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2017

Reference Module in Food Science

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Demand and Supply Factors on the Market for Organic Vegetables: The Case of Sweden

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Knowledge and innovation systems in Swedish horticulture : A study of multi-actor collaboration for impact

Knowledge and innovation systems in Swedish horticulture : A study of multi-actor collaboration for impact

State-centered versus Nonstate-driven Organic Food Standardization: A Comparison of the US and Sweden

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