creators_name: Al-Oun, 
creators_name: Browne, 
creators_name: Harris, 
creators_name: Barrett, 
creators_name: Olabiyi, 
creators_name: Wright, 
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2008-12-15
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:37:33
metadata_visibility: show
title: An Action Plan to Promote the Adoption of Organic Farming in Jordan
ispublished: pub
subjects: 2farming
subjects: 5transfer
full_text_status: public
keywords: Action plan, adoption, Jordan, organic farming
abstract: For organic farming to be adopted it should be simple, understandable in its concept and easy to practise. In this research, results show that the adoption of organic farming in Jordan is perceived as a complex issue surrounded by uncertainty and not easy to practise. Therefore, this paper suggests an action plan to help the government of Jordan, and other countries to promote and ease the adoption of organic farming.
date: 2008
date_type: published
publication: Cultivate the future. Proceedings of 16 IFOAM world congress (CD-Rom)
refereed: yes
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citation: Al-Oun, M.; Browne, A. W.; Harris, P. J. C.; Barrett, H. R.; Olabiyi, T. I. and Wright, J. (2008) An Action Plan to Promote the Adoption of Organic Farming in Jordan. Cultivating the Future Based on Science: 2nd Conference of the International Society of Organic Agriculture Research ISOFAR, Modena, Italy, June 18-20, 2008. In: Cultivate the future. Proceedings of 16 IFOAM world congress (CD-Rom).
document_url: http://orgprints.org/11728/1/The_Jordanian_Organic_Farming_Action_Plan.doc