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| Koesling, Matthias; Løes, Anne-Kristin; Flaten, Ola; Lien, Gudbrand. |
| From 2002 to 06, the annual dropout rate of certified organic farmers averaged 7.3%. A project was started in 2007 to explore farmer’s reasons for opting out of certified organic production. Important factors seem to be public regulations including standards for organic farming, agronomy, economy, and farm exit. While many organic farmers with relatively small holdings have opted out, farmers with more land and larger herds tend to convert to organic agriculture. The trend towards larger-scale farms in organic than in conventional agriculture, encouraged by the design of the organic farming payments, challenges the organic principles of diversity and fairness. Means should be considered to ensure that small organic enterprises are also economically viable. |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Values; Standards and certification Social aspects Farm economics. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/11898/1/Koesling_11898_ed.doc |
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| Koesling, Matthias; Flaten, Ola; Lien, Gudbrand. |
| Determinants of the decision to convert to organic farming methods are examined by applying bivariate analyses and a multinomial logit model to a survey of 1018 Norwegian crop and dairy farmers. The results show that 4% of the conventional respondents plan to convert by 2009, which may imply that the national goal of 10% organically managed area will not be achieved. The analysis indicates that organic farmers, compared to their conventional counterparts, are more likely to have larger farms, more education, be located closer to urban areas, be crop farmers, have 'sustainable and environment-friendly farming' as a goal and hold favourable views about the values of organic farming methods. Even though the farmers who are planning to convert seem to be more... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Policy environments and social economy Values; Standards and certification Farm economics. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/14870/1/06_Koesling_20070124_final.pdf |
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| Løes, Anne-Kristin; Koesling, Matthias; Roos, Gun; Birkeland, Liv; Solemdal, Liv. |
| In Norway, public procurement of food to youth is not well developed in comparison to many other European and Scandinavian countries. School meals are only offered in very few primary schools, and the common school meal is a packed lunch (sandwiches) brought from home, consumed in the class room. Subscription schemes for milk were introduced around 1970, and for fruit around 1995. Organic milk and fruit is offered only in some regions. Since 2007, fruit is served without payment in all schools with a lower secondary level (class 8-10 or 1-10). This effort was introduced as a first step to develop a free school meal in all public schools, which is a goal of one of the political parties in the current government. As in many other European countries, free... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Country reports; Produce chain management. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/13346/1/PDF_NATIONAL_REPORT_NORWAY.pdf |
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| Flaten, Ola; Lien, Gudbrand; Ebbesvik, Martha; Koesling, Matthias; Valle, Paul Steinar. |
| Conventional farmers converting to organics have contributed to most of the rapid expansion of organic farming in recent years. The new organic farmers may differ from their more established colleagues, which may have implications for the development of the organic farming sector and its distinctiveness vis-a`-vis conventional production and marketing practices. The aim of this study was to explore Norwegian organic dairy farmers’ personal and farm production characteristics, farming goals, conversion motives, and attitudes to organic farming, grouped by year of conversion (three groups). A postal survey was undertaken among organic dairy farmers (n = 161). The results show that the newcomers (converted in 2000 or later) were less educated than the early... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Dairy cattle Surveys and statistics Social aspects Values; Standards and certification. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/17786/1/rafs_2006_flaten_et_al.pdf |
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