?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Development+of+organic+farming+Europe+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%93+implications+for+Agenda+2000.+Paper+presented+to+Soil+Association+seminar%2C+Organic+Farming+and+Agenda+2000+CAP+Reform%2C+Highgrove%2C+18th+February+1999&rft.creator=Lampkin%2C+Nic&rft.subject=+Policy+environments+and+social+economy&rft.subject=+%22Organics%22+in+general&rft.subject=+Values%2C+standards+and+certification&rft.description=Organic+farming+is+increasingly+recognised%2C+by+consumers%2C+farmers%2C+environmentalists+and+policy-makers%2C+as+one+of+a+number+of+possible+models+for+environmental%2C+social+and+financial+sustainability+in+agriculture.+It+has+taken+a+long+time+to+get+this+far.+Organic+farming%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99s+roots+can+be+traced+back+more+than+100+years.+Certified+organic+production+dates+back+25-30+years+(70+years+in+the+case+of+Demeter-certified+bio-dynamic+production).%0D%0A%0D%0AYet+little+more+than+one+percent+of+agriculture+in+Europe+is+organic%2C+and+much+less+than+that+in+other+parts+of+the+world.+Many+have+argued+that+organic+farming+will+never+capture+the+hearts+and+minds+of+the+majority+of+farmers%2C+because+it+is+too+idealistic+and+restrictive.+What+is+needed%2C+they+argue%2C+is+an+intermediate+approach%2C+such+as+integrated+crop+management+or+an+ill-specified+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%98low-input%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99+or+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%98sustainable%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99+agriculture+that+is+not+as+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%98extreme%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99+as+organic+farming+and+is+therefore+more+likely+to+be+acceptable+to+the+majority+of+farmers.%0D%0A%0D%0APolicy-makers+face+a+difficult+choice.+Should+they+encourage+more+organic+farming%2C+which%2C+as+research+increasingly+demonstrates%2C+often+offers+more+environmental+and+other+benefits+than+the+intermediate+approaches%2C+but+is+believed+to+be+only+a+minority+interest%3F+Or+should+they+encourage+the+intermediate+approaches%2C+which%2C+although+the+environmental+benefits+are+more+limited%2C+may+be+adopted+by+more+farmers%2C+with+possibly+greater+overall+impact%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AThis+paper+discuses+the+growth+of+organic+farming+in+Europe%2C+the+potential+and+pre-conditions+for+widespread+conversion%2C+integraed+action+plans+and+the+policy+challenge+for+farmers.&rft.date=1999&rft.type=Other&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F11027%2F1%2Fhighgrove_99.pdf&rft.identifier=Lampkin%2C+Nic+(1999)+Development+of+organic+farming+Europe+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%93+implications+for+Agenda+2000.+Paper+presented+to+Soil+Association+seminar%2C+Organic+Farming+and+Agenda+2000+CAP+Reform%2C+Highgrove%2C+18th+February+1999.+[+Unpublished%2C+]&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F11027%2F