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| Wynen, Els. |
| In Australia reliable data has always been a problem, as no agency (government or otherwise) has regularly and systematically collected and published full sets of data. In 2012 the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) published data resulting from questions on organic agriculture included in its census of 2010-11. These data were analysed, and are reported in the bi-annual marketing reports of Australian Organic. Although an improvement on what previously existed, the ABS data and the analysis of it have serious shortcomings. Estimates of the farm-gate value of organic production are likely to be significantly distorted because of serious methodological problems. The main problems relate to: (i) organic price premium; (ii) industry classification;... |
| Tipo: Working paper |
Palavras-chave: Surveys and statistics Markets and trade Education; Extension and communication Australia. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/29266/12/29266.pdf |
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| Paull, John. |
| Henry Shoobridge (1874-1963) was the pioneer of organic farming in Tasmania. He was the founder and the president of the island’s earliest organics advocacy group, the Living Soil Association of Tasmania (1946- 1960). The Shoobridge family had emigrated from Kent, England in 1822 bringing with them the hops cuttings with which they established hops as a successful primary industry in Tasmania. Henry Shoobridge was schooled at The Friend’s School, the Quaker school in Hobart. The Shoobridges pioneered the farming of hops in Tasmania, and Henry followed his forebears in this work. At the age of 71 years, Henry Shoobridge founded the Living Soil Association of Tasmania (LSAT) at a public meeting in Hobart on 30 August 1946. The LSAT affiliated with the... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: History of organics Education; Extension and communication Australia. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/16971/1/16971.pdf |
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| Wynen, Els. |
| In Australia reliable data has always been a problem, as no agency (government or otherwise) has regularly and systematically collected and published full sets of data. In 2012 the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) published data resulting from questions on organic agriculture included in its census of 2010-11. These data were analysed, and are reported in the bi-annual marketing reports of Australian Organic. However, the analysis of those ABS data has serious shortcomings. Estimates of the farm-gate value of organic production are likely to be significantly distorted because of serious methodological problems. The main problems relate to: (i) avoidance of organic price premium; (ii) discrepancy between share of organic area and share of the value... |
| Tipo: Working paper |
Palavras-chave: Surveys and statistics Markets and trade Education; Extension and communication Australia. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/30946/18/OTARE-Position%20Paper_No_1601-July.pdf |
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