creators_name: Kledal, Paul Rye
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2008-10-01
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:41:23
metadata_visibility: show
title: Organic farming - an opportunity for Developing countries?
subjects: 1community
full_text_status: public
keywords: Development policy, organic agriculture as a private sector development
abstract: Within the academics of development policy organic farming is often regarded as a production for the rich, due to the fact that a major part of the organic production in the South goes to the wealthy North. However, the organic sector in developing countries are generally dominated by entrepreneurs with a high knowledge on the requirements for supplying global commodity chains to the North as well as all the obstacles in the South for obtaining such a position. Rather than being viewed as a niche production for the rich. the organic sector should be regarded as a potential locomotive for agricultural development in the South. 
date: 2008
date_type: published
refereed: never
citation: Kledal, Paul Rye (2008) Organic farming - an opportunity for Developing countries? Rural Economic Development, Danish Development Research Network, Copenhagen, Denmark, 8-9 April 2008.
document_url: http://orgprints.org/14736/1/14736.pdf