?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Influence+of+policy+support+on+the+development+of+organic+farming+in+the+European+Union&rft.creator=Padel%2C+Susanne&rft.creator=Lampkin%2C+Nic&rft.creator=Foster%2C+Carolyn&rft.subject=+Policy+environments+and+social+economy&rft.subject=+%22Organics%22+in+general&rft.subject=+Values%2C+standards+and+certification&rft.description=The+paper+explores+the+influence+of+policy+support+on+the+development+of+the+organic+sector.+Policies+include+the+agri-environment+(EU+Regulation+2078%2F92)%2C+the+EU+regulation+2092%2F91+defining+organic+crop-production+in+statutory+terms+and+policies+to+support+market+and+regional+development+and+the+information+provision+of+organic+farming.+Policy+makers+have+been+interested+in+organic+farming+for+its+environmental+and+health+benefits+and+the+potential+to+contribute+to+the+goals+of+regional+development+programmes.+The+evaluation+suggests+that+the+variation+in+support+policies+alone+can+not+explain+the+different+rates+of+conversion+to+organic+farming+in+the+EU.&rft.date=1999-09&rft.type=Journal+paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F11023%2F1%2Fcardiff.pdf&rft.identifier=Padel%2C+Susanne%3B+Lampkin%2C+Nic+and+Foster%2C+Carolyn+(1999)+Influence+of+policy+support+on+the+development+of+organic+farming+in+the+European+Union.+International+Planning+Studies%2C+4+(3)%2C+pp.+303-316.&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F11023%2F