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| Provedor de dados: |
Organic Eprints
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| País: |
Germany
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Farmers’ reasons for deregistering from organic farming
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| Autores: |
Koesling, Matthias
Løes, Anne-Kristin
Flaten, Ola
Kristensen, Niels Heine
Hansen, Mette Weinreich
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| Data: |
2012
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| Ano: |
2012
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Social aspects
Regulation
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Every year since 2002, 150 to 200 farmers in Norway have deregistered from certified organic production. The aim of this study was to get behind these figures and improve our understanding of the reasoning leading to decisions to opt out. Four cases of deregistered organic farmers with grain, sheep, dairy or vegetable production were selected for in-depth studies. The cases were analysed from the perspective of individual competencies and the competencies available in the networks of the selected organic farmers. Besides the conspicuous reasons to opt out of certified organic farming, such as regulations getting stricter over time and low income, personal reasons such as disappointment and need for acceptance were also important. This shows that hard mechanisms, such as economic support and premium prices, are not sufficient to motivate farmers for sustained organic management. Support and encouragement, for example from people in the local community, politicians and other spokespersons, would likely contribute to increase farmers’ motivation.
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Journal paper
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Inglês
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http://orgprints.org/21599/1/Koesling_et_al_2012_Farmers_reason_for_deregistering_from_organic_farming.pdf
http://orgprints.org/21599/4/Koesling_et_al_2012_Farmers_reason_for_deregistering_from_organic_farming_with_pages.pdf
Koesling, Matthias; Løes, Anne-Kristin; Flaten, Ola; Kristensen, Niels Heine and Hansen, Mette Weinreich (2012) Farmers’ reasons for deregistering from organic farming. Organic Agriculture, 2 (2), pp. 103-116.
urn:ISSN:1879-4238
info:doi/http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1007/s13165-012-0030-y
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http://orgprints.org/21599/
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application/pdf
application/pdf
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