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| Baecke, Eveline; Rogiers, Geert; De Cock, Lieve; Van Huylenbroeck, Guido. |
| Organic products form a growing segment of the food market. Recent estimates speak about market shares between 1 to 4.25 per cent. In Belgium the share is only 1 per cent, but the market is growing exponentially. Organic farmers in Belgium often have to sell their products as conventional products because of non-efficient marketing systems. Marketing problems are also mentioned as one of the main reasons by conventional farmers for not converting. Most conventional farmers are not only rather sceptical about the long-term perspectives of getting a price premium for organic products, but consider the organisation of the supply chain as one of the main sources of uncertainty and therefore as a constraint for conversion. Therefore more efforts should be made... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Farm economics; Social aspects; Markets and trade; Consumer issues. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/18680/1/Baecke_et_al_2002.pdf |
