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| Oelofse, Myles; Høgh-Jensen, Henning; Abreu, L.S.; Almeida, Gustavo Fonseca de; Hui, Qiao Yu; Sultan, Tursinbek; de Neergaard, Andreas. |
| Based on three case studies in China and Brazil, this paper explores the terms of access for farmers' participation in certified organic agriculture (OA) and investigates the influence of adoption on productivity, nutrient budgets, income and labour use. Small-scale farmers converting to OA require substantial external production-related, marketing and certification support. Access to OA was strongly dependent upon the type of support available to farmers. Organization based on a contract-farming model resulted in OA only being an option available to a narrow group of farmers, whilst OA initiated by a farmer cooperative provided better access. Gross output was significantly higher for oranges, whilst for the other crops gross output was similar. However,... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Quality and evaluation of inputs. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/18301/1/Oelofse_et_al_Ecological_Economics_2010_In_press.pdf |
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