?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Towards+a+global+research+programme+for+organic+farming&rft.creator=Egelyng%2C+Henrik&rft.creator=H%C3%83%C2%B8gh-Jensen%2C+Henning&rft.subject=+Policy+environments+and+social+economy&rft.subject=+Regulation&rft.subject=History+of+organics&rft.subject=Knowledge+management&rft.subject=Consumer+issues&rft.subject=+Biodiversity+and+ecosystem+services&rft.subject=Technology+assessment&rft.description=The+first+half+of+this+chapter+theoretically+explores%2C+from+a+development+policy+perspective%2C+the+nature+of+institutional+environments+for+certified+organic+agriculture.+The+aims+are+to+understand+the+conditions+required%2C+and+the+prospects%2C+for+organic+agriculture+to+thrive%2C+to+present+a+view+of+global+initiatives+for+research+on+organic+production%2C+and+the+current+degree+of+institutionalization+of+organic+farming+and+organic+research+at+the+global+level.+Through+institutional+analysis+of+social+incentive+structures%2C+or+game+rules%2C+the+chapter+analyses+how+certified+organics+in+the+North+has+been+operationalized+into+a+single+policy+instrument+through+which+multiple+development+benefits+are+pursued%2C+i.e.+institutionalized+in+a+way+that+enables+and+facilitates+a+governance+regime+that+promotes+the+use+of+intrinsically+sustainable+technologies+and+methods.+Focusing+on+the+needs+and+prospects+for+complementing+the+European+situation%2C+where+organic+farming+policies%2C+practices+and+institutions+are+now+thoroughly+studied%2C+and+where+the+institutional+landscape+of+organic+research+has+attained+a+critical+mass%2C+the+authors+highlight+organic+institutions+in+the+South+as+severely+under-researched.+The+chapter+outlines+the+contours+of+a+framework+for+investigating+the+social+conditions+under+which+organic+agriculture+is+evolving+in+the+South+and+to+explore+the+extent+to+which+policy+instruments+and+regulations+influencing+such+development+exist.+The+chapter+stresses+that+current+trajectories+of+organic+agriculture+in+tropical+countries+are+often+driven+by+Northern+institutions%2C+and+as+a+result+these+trajectories+may+not+address+Southern+realities.+The+chapter+includes+a+brief+review+of+international+organizations+promoting+organic+agriculture+as+a+developmental+instrument+and+identifies+the+potential+for+advanced+international+organic+research+networks+contributing+to+this+process.+Given+the+fragmentation+of+knowledge+on+organic+farming+conditions+and+methods+in+the+South%2C+the+analysis+includes+specifications+of+the+options+for%2C+and+roles+of%2C+research+in+supporting+the+development+of+organic+farming+and+food+systems.&rft.publisher=CABI&rft.contributor=Halberg%2C+N.&rft.contributor=Alr%C3%83%C2%B8e%2C+H.F.&rft.contributor=Knudsen%2C+M.T.&rft.contributor=Kristensen%2C+E.S.&rft.date=2006&rft.type=Book+chapter&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F15401%2F1%2F15401.pdf&rft.identifier=Egelyng%2C+Henrik+and+H%C3%83%C2%B8gh-Jensen%2C+Henning+(2006)+Towards+a+global+research+programme+for+organic+farming.+In%3A+Halberg%2C+N.%3B+Alr%C3%83%C2%B8e%2C+H.F.%3B+Knudsen%2C+M.T.+and+Kristensen%2C+E.S.+(Eds.)+Global+Development+of+Organic+Agriculture%3A+Challenges+and+Promises%2C+CABI%2C+chapter+11%2C+pp.+323-342.+*&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F15401%2F