creators_name: Hamade, Kanj
creators_name: Midmore, Peter
creators_name: Pugliese, Patrizia
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2008-09-30
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:38:05
metadata_visibility: show
title: Institutions and Policy Development for Organic Agriculture in Western Balkan Countries: a Cross-Country Analysis
ispublished: pub
subjects: organics_countries_europe
full_text_status: public
keywords: Western Balkans, organic support policy 
abstract: This paper uses a comparative qualitative approach to study the dynamic of institutional changes occurring in the organic movement, State agricultural institutions and policies, and in the organic supply chain, in six Western Balkan countries. It shows that the ‘Michelsen path’ (Michelsen et al., 2001) is identifiable in these countries, but in a different sequence. Additionally, a number of common trends are identified in the organic sector of the countries studied, leading to a converging trajectory in institutions and policy development for organic agriculture. 
date: 2008
date_type: published
refereed: yes
citation: Hamade, Mr. Kanj; Midmore, Prof. Peter and Pugliese, Dr. Patrizia (2008) Institutions and Policy Development for Organic Agriculture in Western Balkan Countries: a Cross-Country Analysis. Cultivating the Future Based on Science: 2nd Conference of the International Society of Organic Agriculture Research ISOFAR, Modena, Italy, June 18-20, 2008.
document_url: http://orgprints.org/12362/1/Hamade_12362_ed.doc