title: Organic Farming in Europe - Growth, Policy Support and Future Potential  
creator: Lampkin, Dr Nicolas
subject:  Policy environments and social economy
subject:  "Organics" in general
subject:  Values, standards and certification
description: Organic farming is increasingly recognised, by consumers, farmers, environmentalists and policy-makers, as one of a number of possible models for environmental, social and financial sustainability in agriculture. Recent years have seen very rapid growth in the sector. In 1985, certified and policy-supported organic production accounted for just 100,000 ha on 6,300 holdings in the EU, or less than 0.1% of the total utilisable agricultural area (UAA). By the end of 1998, this had increased to more than 2.8 million ha on 113,000 holdings, nearly 2.1% of total UAA, a 30-fold increase in 13 years (Foster  and Lampkin, 1999).    This paper discusses factors influencing the growth of organic farming in the EU, including supporting policy measures, and the potential for widespread conversion. 
publisher: Access Conferences International, London
date: 2000
type: Conference paper, poster, etc. 
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: http://orgprints.org/11018/1/geneva_00.pdf
identifier: Lampkin, Dr Nicolas (2000) Organic Farming in Europe - Growth, Policy Support and Future Potential. Organic Foods 2000, Geneva, January 2000. In: Proceedings of Organic Foods 2000 Conference, Access Conferences International, London.
relation: http://orgprints.org/11018/