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Firth, Chris; Lennartsson, Margi. |
This is the final report of Defra project OF0151 Despite a very strong consumer demand for organic fruit, it is the least developed sector of the UK organic industry. The main constraint to growth in supply is the lack of organic fruit growers, especially those on a large enough scale to supply the wholesale, multiple and processing markets. The UK Organic Fruit Focus Group was set up in 1997 as a producer initiative to develop the market and production of UK organic fruit. At the first meeting of the group it was concluded that a) the absence of written technical information on how to grow organic fruit b) the lack of experienced advisors c) the lack of fruit and d) a lack of information on the economics of organic fruit were major barriers to grower... |
Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Knowledge management; Fruit and berries; Farm economics. |
Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/8102/1/OF0151_2557_FRA.pdf |
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