?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Focus+groups+of+value+concepts+of+producers%3A+National+Report+UK+&rft.creator=Padel%2C+Susanne&rft.creator=Deane%2C+Joanne&rft.subject=+Regulation&rft.subject=+Systems+research+and+participatory+research&rft.subject=United+Kingdom&rft.description=The+Organic+Revision+project+was+funded+by+the+EU+with+the+aim+of+supporting+the+further+development+of+the+EU+Regulation+2092%2F91+on+organic+production.+As+part+of+the+project+focus+groups+were+run+in+five+European+countries+on+value+concepts+of+organic+producers+and+other+stakeholders%2C+during+2004-2005.+The+project+aims+to+provide+an+overview+of+values+held+among+organic+stakeholders%2C+and+of+similarities+and+differences+among+the+various+national+and+private+organic+standards.+%0D%0A%0D%0AIn+the+UK%2C+three+focus+groups+with+producers+were+carried+out%2C+one+in+England+and%0D%0Atwo+in+Wales.++Two+of+these+groups+were+with+established+producers+and+one+group+were+newly+converted+producers.++A+further+focus+group+was+held+with+researchers+and+professionals+from+Organic+Centre+Wales.%0D%0A%0D%0AOverall%2C+this+survey+showed+that+in+2004%2F05+the+UK+organic+sector+was+characterised+by+slowed+down+growth+in+both+retail+sales+and+conversion%2C+a+heavy+reliance+on+multiple+retailers+as+the+main+outlets+with+negative+impact+on+farm+gate+prices%2C+a+higher+supply+than+demand+in+some+livestock+markets.+On+the+other+hand+there+appears+to+be+a+growing+interest+in+direct+sales+and+local+food+and+efforts+to+diversify+into+different+sales+channels.+Few+studies+have+investigated+the+values+of+organic+producers+in+the+UK%2C+but+several+have+looked+at+the+motivation+to+convert.+There+are+indications+that+motives+for+organic+producers+have+changed+to+some+degree.+In+the+first+surveys+improvements+to+husbandry+were+mentioned+by+the+majority+of+producers%2C+in+later+studies+the+environment+and+financial+considerations+appear+more+important%2C+but+the+reasons+for+this+change+are+not+fully+understood%2C+but+external+circumstances+have+also+changed.+It+also+appears+that+organic+producers+are+not+homogenous+in+relation+to+their+attitudes+with+factors+such+as+farm+type+and+marketing+channel%2C+explaining+some+of+the+observed+differences.&rft.date=2005-05&rft.type=Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F10988%2F1%2FWP23_UK_Report1.pdf&rft.identifier=Padel%2C+Susanne+and+Deane%2C+Joanne+(2005)+Focus+groups+of+value+concepts+of+producers%3A+National+Report+UK.+EEC+2092%2F91+(Organic+Revision+Internal+Project+Report)%2C+Related+to+D+2.1.&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F10988%2F