Policy for organic farming: Rationale and concepts

Stolze, Matthias; Lampkin, Nicolas

doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2009.03.005

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“…These farmers cannot market their products as organic, and they will not receive any organic premium prices or organic farming payments. In Sweden, however, lands managed organically but not certified are given agri-environmental support payments (Stolze and Lampkin, 2009). A policy of supporting uncertified organically managed lands is one way to acknowledge wider environmental and social gains.…”

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“…However, this growth has occurred under different policies. European governments have actively promoted organic farming through payments to farmers in the belief that it provides public environmental and social benefits (e.g., Stolze and Lampkin, 2009). In the United States, federal organic policy was, until recently, oriented towards using market-mechanisms.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Norwegian farmers ceasing certified organic production: Characteristics and reasons

Flåten¹,

Lien²,

Koesling³

et al. 2010

Journal of Environmental Management

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a b s t r a c tThis article examines the characteristics of and reasons for Norwegian farmers' ceasing or planning to cease certified organic production. We gathered cross-sectional survey data in late 2007 from organic farmers deregistering between January 2004 and September 2007 (n ¼ 220), and similar data from a random sample of farmers with certified organic management in 2006 (n ¼ 407). Of the respondents deregistering by November 2007, 17% had quit farming altogether, 61% now farmed conventionally, and 21% were still farming by organic principles, but without certification. Nearly one in four organic farmers in 2007 indicated that they planned to cease certification within the next 5e10 years. From the two survey samples, we categorised farmers who expect to be deregistered in 5e10 years into three groups: conventional practices (n ¼ 139), continuing to farm using organic principles (uncertified organic deregistrants, n ¼ 105), and stopped farming (n ¼ 33). Of the numerous differences among these groups, two were most striking: the superior sales of uncertified organic deregistrants through consumer-direct marketing and the lowest shares of organic land among conventional deregistrants. We summarised a large number of reasons for deregistering into five factors through factor analysis: economics, regulations, knowledge-exchange, production, and market access. Items relating to economics and regulations were the primary reasons offered for opting out. The regression analysis showed that the various factors were associated with several explanatory variables. Regulations, for example, figured more highly among livestock farmers than crop farmers. The economic factor strongly reflected just a few years of organic management. Policy recommendations for reducing the number of dropouts are to focus on economics, environmental attitudes, and the regulatory issues surrounding certified organic production.

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Norwegian farmers ceasing certified organic production: Characteristics and reasons

Flåten¹,

Lien²,

Koesling³

et al. 2010

Journal of Environmental Management

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“…This finding implies that other benefits such as its value to environment, soil health should be communicated to the farmers for the sustainability of the farming system. This communication role can be best taken by local support organisations umbrella, since according to Stolze and Lampkin (2009), export companies are more interested in the profits than in promoting other values of organic farming. Organic pineapple farming had been practiced in Uganda effectively, since 2005 (Table 2).…”

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Tracing Uganda’s global primary organic pineapple value chain

Kwikiriza¹,

Mugisha²,

Kledal³

et al. 2016

Afr. Crop Sci. J.

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“…Since the second half of the 20th century, agriculture has been based almost exclusively on economic aspects, with negative effects on natural resources, soil pollution, water and air pollution, and the reduction of biodiversity (Scialabba, Müller-Lindenlauf, 2010). This reflected, years later, in an intense search for a sustainable agricultural production, less harmful to human health that recognizes the social importance of the activity (Stolze, Lampkin, 2009). Within agriculture, horticulture stands out as an activity of great social importance (Pudup, 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%