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Provedor de dados: 	31	
País: 	United States	
Título: 	CONVERSION SUBSIDIES FOR ORGANIC PRODUCTION: RESULTS FROM SWEDEN AND LESSONS FOR THE UNITED STATES	
Autores: 	Lohr,   Luanne; Salomonsson,   Lennart.	
Data: 	1998-04-21	
Ano: 	1998	
Palavras-chave: 	Organic agriculture; Utility difference model; Public policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Production Economics.	
Resumo: 	Environmental and social justifications for organic conversion subsidies are as pervasive in the United States as in Europe, but national policy does not explicitly support organic agriculture.  Using Sweden's experience, we analyze factors that affect whether a subsidy is required to motivate organic conversion.  We use a utility difference model to compare farmers who converted before and after the subsidy.  Significant factors in conversion without subsidies are greater livestock diversity and more sales outlets.  Farmers requiring subsidies manage larger farms, are more concerned with organic inspection quality and adequacy of technical advice, and reside in areas with more organic farms.  Results suggest that a subsidy induces mainly those already inclined toward organic agriculture to convert.  Limited exposure to organic systems and a marketing and technical information infrastructure designed to support conventional agriculture restrict the potential effect of a conversion subsidy in the United States.	
Tipo: 	Working or Discussion Paper	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	610

http://purl.umn.edu/16640	
Editor: 	AgEcon Search	
Relação: 	University of Georgia&gt;Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics&gt;Faculty Series

Faculty Series 98-04	
Formato: 	26

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