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| Schmutz, Ulrich; Firth, Chris; Rayns, Francis. |
| Research draws on an organic research farm site in central England with a temperate zone climate - fairly common for the northern lowlands of Europe. The soil type is a sandy loam with 591 mm rainfall. Detailed economic and agronomic data have been collected since conversion began in 1995. The economic analysis discusses rotational gross and net margins of more than 30 different rotations with different fertility building and vegetable crops (potatoes, cabbages, onions, carrots, leeks and parsnips). Sensitivity and risk analysis of key variable costs important for successful organic vegetable production are shown. Rotational gross margins varied from –570 €/ha to 6,341 €/ha. Highest output-risk was introduced by yield variations, not price variation.... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Farm economics. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/4473/4/Schmutz_etal_4p_revised%2Ded.doc |
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| Firth, Chris; Philipps, Lois; Stagl, Sigrid; Benton, Tim; Brown, Katrina; Burton, Rob; Carver, Steve; Davies, Ben; Gibbon, David; Godwin, Bob; Kunin, Bill; Rigby, Dan; Salt, Steve. |
| The impacts associated with alternative methods of agricultural production, and the factors that drive their adoption, are critically dependent on the scale at which they are applied. Using organic farming as a case study, this project operating from 2006-2009 in the UK, will undertake an integrated assessment of scale effects by studying matched sets of farms situated in landscapes with high and low concentrations of organic farming. |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Policy environments and social economy; Soil; Markets and trade; Landscape and recreation; Biodiversity and ecosystem services; Social aspects; Farm economics. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/7124/1/Integrated_analysis_of_scale_effects_in_alt_agric_systems_Firth.doc |
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| Firth, Chris. |
| This paper was presented at the UK organic research 2002 of the Colloquium of Organic Researchers (COR). In order to assess the technical and economic efficiency of conventional farm businesses a variety of management techniques have been developed. These include gross and net margin analysis and full cost accounting. This paper reviews their effectiveness in organic farming systems and finds that all of the techniques can be useful in helping to assess the economic efficiency of individual enterprises within an organic farming business, although they have their limitations. Organic systems require the integration of a number of usually complementary enterprises and therefore gross and net margins for particular enterprises taken out of the rotational or... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Knowledge management; Farm economics. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/8290/1/firth_margins_economic_analysis.pdf |
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| Schmutz, Ulrich; Firth, Chris; Rayns, Francis; Rahn, Clive. |
| Most fresh organic vegetables are produced in intensive rotations, which rely heavily on large inputs of nitrogen to maintain the yield and quality of produce demanded by customers. Field vegetable crops often use nitrogen inefficiently and may leave large residues of nitrogen in the soil after harvest, which can lead to damage to soil, water and air quality. The four-year project EU-ROTATE_N "Development of a model-based decision support system to optimize nitrogen use in horticultural crops rotations across Europe" aims to reduce some of these problems. The project, led by HRI Wellesbourne, started in January 2003 and involves seven research organizations from countries in northern, central and southern Europe. Work includes the evaluation of the effects... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Vegetables. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/4792/1/4792.pdf |
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| Firth, Chris; Geen, Natalie. |
| As the organic market continues to grow in the UK there is strong consumer and policy presssure that organic food is sourced from in-country and not imported. This paper examines the recent trends both in demand for organic vegetables and supply from the growth of converted organic land in the UK. It identifies both drivers and constraints, especially in relation to increasing the number of conversions of farms and the productivity of the land and concludes that a combination of favourable economic, social and institutional factors are all necessary in order to create a favourable environment for national supply to balanced with demand |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Markets and trade; Farm economics. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/7123/1/Balance_of_supply_and_demand_Firth.doc |
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| Geen, Natalie; Firth, Chris. |
| Abstract - UK committed organic consumers are reported to be about 23 per cent of consumers and account for 84 per cent of organic sales. This paper compares the committed organic consumer who is also a member of the UK’s national charity for organic growing (HDRA), to committed organic consumers in the wider UK population. Broad parallels were found between these two groups of consumers although there were differences in purchasing drivers as environmental issues were relatively more important to HDRA members than other committed organic consumers. There was also a higher prevalence of vegetarianism and gardening in the HDRA sample. Yet consumer preferences are dynamic and there is perhaps no single, stereotypical, organic consumer. |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Food systems; Markets and trade. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/7125/1/7125.pdf |
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| Firth, Chris. |
| Of all the organic food sectors in the UK, top fruit is one of the least developed. Despite strong consumer demand and high prices for organic fruit there are, at present, only a handful of commercial organic dessert apple and pear growers. One of the barriers to conventional growers converting to organic production has been the lack of robust data on the economics of organic fruit growing. Therefore the overall aim of this study and benefit to the sector was the collection and assessment of economic data from commercial organic top fruit (dessert apples and pears) farms for three seasons (2001-2003) in order to determine its economic feasibility. Data was collected from fruit growers and processed according to Farm Business Survey techniques and was also... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Fruit and berries; Farm economics. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/10775/1/economics_of_organic_top_fruit_production_of0305.pdf |
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| Firth, Chris; Lennartsson, Margi. |
| This is the final report of Defra project OF0151 Despite a very strong consumer demand for organic fruit, it is the least developed sector of the UK organic industry. The main constraint to growth in supply is the lack of organic fruit growers, especially those on a large enough scale to supply the wholesale, multiple and processing markets. The UK Organic Fruit Focus Group was set up in 1997 as a producer initiative to develop the market and production of UK organic fruit. At the first meeting of the group it was concluded that a) the absence of written technical information on how to grow organic fruit b) the lack of experienced advisors c) the lack of fruit and d) a lack of information on the economics of organic fruit were major barriers to grower... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Knowledge management; Fruit and berries; Farm economics. |
| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/8102/1/OF0151_2557_FRA.pdf |
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