http://orgprints.org/3341/ „Ökologische Modernisierung“ durch Biologischen Landbau in Österreich? Organic farming is finding increasingly widespread acceptance. The paper tries to examine whether the growth of organic farming is also connected with a transformation of economy and society under the heading of “ecological modernisation”. We use the example of Austria which is the EU-country with the highest percentage of organic farm area. The results of a survey undertaken in the frame of the EU-Project „Further Development of Organic Farming Policy in Europe, with Particular Emphasis on EU Enlargement“, EU-CEE-OFP are interpreted along the grid of ecological modernisation (GIBBS, 2000). The analysis suggests that the impact of organic farming was so far moderate and only towards a weak form. However there is a certain future potential in the combination of organic with regional development. Schermer, Dr. Markus 8policy organics_countries_europe wissenschaftstagung-2005 eu-ceeofp „Ökologische Modernisierung“ durch Biologischen Landbau in Österreich? 2005-03-05 Schermer, Dr. Markus (2005) „Ökologische Modernisierung“ durch Biologischen Landbau in Österreich? [Ecological modernisation by organic farming in Austria?] 8. Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau- Ende der Nische, Kassel, 01.03.2005-04.03.2005. In: Heß, J and Rahmann, G (Eds.) Ende der Nische, Beiträge zur 8. Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau, kassel university press GmbH, Kassel. Heß, J Rahmann, G application/pdf