creators_name: Padel, S
creators_name: Foster, C
creators_name: Midmore, P
editors_name: Hopkins, A
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2007-07-09
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:36:41
metadata_visibility: show
title: Expert perspectives on the future of the organic food market: results of a Pan-European Delphi study
ispublished: pub
subjects: 5markets
subjects: 1surveys
full_text_status: public
keywords: European, market, growth
abstract: A Delphi Inquiry was carried out to assess the prospect and conditions affecting the overall growth in the European Market for organic products in the coming decade, and to provide support for research. Countries were classified as established, growing and emerging, according to the state of development of their organic market. The survey confirmed the importance of factors influencing the development of the organic food market: the supply base, the role of supermarkets as sales channels and of government support. Organic Producer Initiatives were seen as important in securing a fair deal for organic producers but managerial capacity and professionalism are key challenges for such organizations.
date: 2004
date_type: published
publication: Organic farming: science and practice for profitable livestock and cropping. Occasional Symposium of the British Grassland Society
number: 37
pagerange: 39-42
refereed: never
referencetext: FOSTER C., HYDE T., MIDMORE P. and VAUGHAN A. (2001) SWP 1.2: Summary report of the first round of the Delphi Inquiry on the European market for organic food. OMIARD Project Report. School of Management and Business Studies, Aberystwyth.
HAMM U., GRONEFELD F. and HALPIN D. (2002) Analysis of the European market for organic food. Organic Marketing Initiatives and Rural Development, 1. School of Business and Management, University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
LINSTONE H.A. and TUROFF M. (eds.) (1975) The Delphi Method: Techniques and Applications. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley.
PADEL S., SEYMOUR C. and FOSTER C. (2003) SWP 5.1: Report of all three rounds of the Delphi Inquiry on the European Market for Organic Food. OMIARD Project Report. School of Management and Business Studies, Aberystwyth.
citation: Padel, S; Foster, C and Midmore, P (2004) Expert perspectives on the future of the organic food market: results of a Pan-European Delphi study. BGS/AAB/COR 2004, 20-22 April 2004. In: Hopkins, A (Ed.) Organic farming: science and practice for profitable livestock and cropping. Occasional Symposium of the British Grassland Society (37), pp. 39-42.
document_url: http://orgprints.org/11001/1/expert_perspectives_on_the_future_of_the_organic_food_market_results_of_a_pan-european_delphi_study.pdf