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| Fowler, Sue; Green, Michael; Hitchings, Roger; Jedwell, Andrew; Kennard, Bob; Little, Tony; McCalman, Heather; Pearson, Neil; Powell, Jane; Rowlands, Gareth; Spiller, Gary; Thomas, Huw; Wacher, Carolyn; Weller, Richard. |
| Organic Centre Wales (OCW) was originally formed to act as an information source for producers enquiring into organic farming; in our second phase, in response to changes in the sector, we have an increased remit on policy issues. It has been a busy time, seeing the production of a second Organic Action Plan, the implementation of the CAP reform and development work on agri-environment reforms. The year also saw the start of organic maintenance payments for farmers. This Annual Report contains accounts of the progress that has been made on many fronts during the last 12 months, particularly in market knowledge due to the research for the recently published report, 'Organic Food: understanding the consumer and increasing sales'. This information,... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Education; Extension and communication Farming Systems. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/10816/1/annrepeng04.pdf |
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| Jackson, Andrew; Lampkin, Nicolas; Fowler, Sue. |
| Financial results from research work carried out for the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) by the Organic Farming Research Unit at the IRS, UWA on the economic performance of organic farms in 2001/02 are presented in this report. A fundamental aim of this work is to assess the financial performance of organic farms differentiated by farm type, in order to inform DEFRA policy-making with respect to economics of organic farming, and to provide a basis for assessments by farmers, advisers and other interested parties of the farm-level implications of conversion to and continued organic farming. This research area builds on previous economics work on organic farming carried out by IRS, UWA (Project OF0190, covering 1995/961 to... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Policy environments and social economy; Surveys and statistics; Farm economics. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/8276/1/Organic_Farm_Incomes_01%2D02.pdf |
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| Jackson, Andrew; Lampkin, Nicolas; Fowler, Sue. |
| This report presents results from research work carried out for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) on the financial performance of organic farms for 1999/00 and 2000/01 financial years. The aim of the report is to collate financial data for organic farms differentiated by farm type, in order to provide continuity between previous studies (project code: OF 0190) on the economics of organic farming covering years 1995/96 to 1998/99 and new research work carried out by the Institute of Rural Sciences, UWA, to obtain financial information for organic farms for the period 2001/02 to 2003/04 (project code: OF 0189). The financial data in this report were not collected directly, but were derived from other DEFRA-funded studies. Data... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Policy environments and social economy; Surveys and statistics; Farm economics. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/8275/1/Organic_Farm_Incomes_99%2D01.pdf |
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| Fowler, Sue; Lampkin, Nicolas; Wynne-Jones, Iwan. |
| This report presents results from research work carried out for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) on the financial performance of organic farms in 1998/99. The aim of the research was to assess the financial performance of organic farms differentiated by farm type, in order to inform MAFF policy-making with respect to organic farming, and to provide a basis for assessments by farmers, advisers and other interested parties of the farm-level implications of conversion to and continued organic farming. To provide an idea of the trends over time, where possible data for continuous samples of farms are presented for 1997/98 and 1998/99. The specific objectives of this project OF0190 were to extend the previous project (OF0125, covering... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Policy environments and social economy; Surveys and statistics; Farm economics. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/8274/1/Organic_Farm_Incomes_98%2D99.pdf |
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| Fowler, Sue. |
| Whole farm data of 26 farms (1995/96 and 1996/97) and some enterprise gross margin data (including some 1997/98 data) for organic farms of six different types (arable, mixed, dairy, lowland sheep and cattle, upland sheep and cattle, horticulture) were analysed. Using Occupiers Net Income per hectare as a measure of profitability, the effects of a range of variables are described. Research recommendations for the MAFF R&D programme were identified |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Farm economics. |
| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/10846/1/Profitability_of_organic_farms.pdf |
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| Lampkin, Nicolas; Padel, Susanne; Fowler, Sue; Rajah, Kanes; McDougall, Iain; Langstaff, Lesley; O'Regan, Tony; Sharples, Trevor. |
| This study aimed to provide MAFF with an assessment of the potential for organic poultry production in England and Wales and, in particular, to identify likely constraints on the development of organic poultry production enterprises, including physical, financial and market factors. The study will e composed of 3 specific objectives outlines as follows, together with ways in which they might be achieved: 1. Definition of the physical production parameters for alternative poultry production to organic standards, with particular emphasis on free range and perchery systems and their respective input requirements and output potential. A detailed literature review will be conducted and consultations will be made with existing organic poultry producers.... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Poultry Education; Extension and communication Farm economics. |
| Ano: 1997 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/9975/1/Organic_Poulty_Production.pdf |
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| Smith, Laurence; Padel, Susanne; Pearce, Bruce; Lampkin, Nic; Gerrard, Catherine L; Woodward, Lawrence; Fowler, Sue; Measures, Mark. |
| The role of farms as providers of public goods has long been recognised, and measuring performance in this area is of increasing interest to policy makers, in light of the approaching Common Agricultural Policy reform. The Organic Research Centre has been working on this topic in recent years, through the development of sustainability assessment tools. The latest outcome from this process is a ‘Public Goods’ assessment tool, developed through a Natural England funded project which aimed to evaluate the benefits accruing from organic management and entering into an Organic Entry Level Stewardship (OELS) agreement. This paper describes the development of the Public Goods (PG) tool, and what has been learned in the process. |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Air and water emissions; Health and welfare; Biodiversity and ecosystem services; Landscape and recreation; Research methodology and philosophy. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/19761/1/smith_9591_revised.pdf |
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| Nicholas, Phillipa K; Padel, Susanne; Fowler, Sue; Lampkin, Nic; Topp, Cairistiona F E; Weller, Richard. |
| This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference. On organic dairy farms, computer simulation models can be used to predict more rapidly and at less cost than field trials the outcome of changes to management strategies or physical resource inputs. Such models need to be validated with data from existing organic dairy farms to ensure that the predictions made are realistic. As part of a larger organic dairy farm modelling project, this study will use data from 2 contrasting organic dairy systems at Ty Gwyn research farm, to validate a whole farm dairy system model developed by the Scottish Agricultural College. The model will be used in future work to identify the most productive and resource use efficient organic dairy systems across a... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Dairy cattle; Knowledge management; Technology transfer. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/8392/1/nicholas_computer_simulation_model_dairy.pdf |
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