?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Organic+Farming+in+Europe%3A+Situation+and+Prospects&rft.creator=BONNY%2C+Sylvie&rft.subject=Europe&rft.description=This+article+analyses+the+current+position%2C+the+issues+and+prospects+of+organic+farming+in+the+world+and+particularly+in+Europe.+A+first+section+asserts+the+weakness+of+the+current+world+organic+market+(less+than+1%25+of+the+food+market)%2C+but+also+its+strong+growth+over+recent+years.+In+Europe+the+sales+of+organic+produce%2C+very+variable+according+to+countries%2C+remain%2C+on+the+whole%2C+(very)+modest+per+head+though+they+are+on+the+increase.+Consumer+motivations+mostly+connect+with+health%2C+the+environment%2C+taste%2C+animal+welfare.+A+second+section+looks+at+the+increase+of+organic+farmland+in+the+world%2C+in+Europe+and+in+France%2C+along+with+a+rapid+historical+overview+of+its+slow+emergence+over+the+20th+Century.+Finally+an+analysis+of+what+holds+up+the+expansion+of+organic+agriculture+takes+up+the+third+part%3A+limits+to+consumer+purchase+growth%2C+some+difficulties+encountered+by+producers%2C+competing+demands+for+land%2C+developments+in+supermarket+distribution%2C+internal+dissentions%2C+to+end+up+stressing+the+need+for+agriculture+as+a+whole+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%93+not+just+a+small+component+of+it+to+become+more+sustainable.&rft.date=2006&rft.type=Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F10586%2F1%2FBONNY_Organic_farming_in_Europe_Notre_Europe_ENGLISH_2006.pdf&rft.identifier=BONNY%2C+Sylvie+(2006)+Organic+Farming+in+Europe%3A+Situation+and+Prospects.&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F10586%2F