?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Aufbau+eines+sektor-konsistenten+Betriebsgruppenmodells+zur+Politikfolgenabsch%C3%83%C2%A4tzung+f%C3%83%C2%BCr+den+biologischen+Landbau&rft.subject=+Policy+environments+and+social+economy&rft.description=Definition+of+the+problem%3A%0D%0AOrganic+farming+experienced+a+considerable+expansion+in+Europe+in+the+last+decade.+From+1993+to+2001%2C+average+annual+growth+rate+were+26%25+for+the+EU-15+(Hamm+and+Gronefeld%2C+2004).+In+the+whole+of+Europe%2C+in+2004%2C+almost+6.3+million+hectares+were+managed+organically+by+approximately+170%2C000+farmers+(Willer+and+Richter%2C+2005).+The+most+important+factors+for+the+past+growth+were+a+growing+demand+for+organic+food+and+direct+payments+for+organic+management+practices.+While+both+factors+remain+important+in+the+future%2C+it+is+expected+that+the+further+development+of+organic+farming+is+predominantly+determined+by+the+general+policy+environment+of+the+farming+sector+in+Europe+(see+H%C3%83%C2%A4ring+et+al.%2C+2004).+The+impact+of+policy+measures+on+agriculture+is+commonly+analysed+by+employing+quantitative+models.+Until+today%2C+however%2C+only+a+few+models+were+developed+that+take+organic+farming+explicitly+into+consideration+(e.g.+H%C3%83%C2%A4ring%2C+2003%3B+Offermann%2C+2003%3B+Richter+et+al.%2C+2001%3B+Hartnagel+et+al.%2C+2000)+and+the+existing+ones+are+for+various+reasons+less+suited+to+be+used+in+practice+as+a+policy+assessment+tool.%0D%0AProject+aims%3A%0D%0AIn+the+light+of+the+enormous+impact+of+agricultural+policy+on+the+further+development+of+organic+farming+and+the+lack+of+suitable+impact+analysis+tools+the+aim+of+this+project+is+to+develop+a+quantitative+policy+impact+model+for+organic+farming.%0D%0AMethodology%3A%0D%0AFor+the+development+of+a+Swiss+policy+impact+model+for+organic+farming+the+modelling+framework+of+the+German+model+FARMIS+will+be+used.+Originally+developed+for+the+German+agricultural+sector%2C+FARMIS+has+recently+been+extended+to+cover+although+other+EU+member+states+(Offermann+et+al.%2C+2005).+For+Switzerland%2C+FARMIS+will+adopted+to+the+specific+Swiss+policy+environment+and+advanced+by+a+farming-system+differentiated+representation+of+the+agricultural+sector.%0D%0AThe+model+is+a+comparative-static+process-analytical+non-linear+programming+model+that+represents+the+Swiss+agricultural+sector.+Following+other+sector+programming+models%2C+CH-FARMIS+is+divided+into+four+modular+units.+The+data+unit+comprises+all+data+that+are+needed+to+construct+the+model.+The+data+processing+unit+includes+all+steps+to+derive+complete+input-output+tables+for+each+farm+model%2C+to+determine+the+forward+projection+of+ex-ante+variables+and+to+generate+the+weighting+factors+for+the+aggregation+procedure.+The+optimisation+unit+comprises+all+individual+farm+models+that+are+used+to+optimise+the+factor+allocation+and+the+production+programme+of+farms+and+farm+groups%2C+respectively+for+a+baseline+and+various+alternative+scenarios.+Finally%2C+the+output+unit+comprises+the+presentation+and+analysis+of+the+optimisation+procedure.%0D%0A&rft.type=Project+description&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F5748%2F1%2Ffibl-projekt-soziooekonomie-politikfolgenabsch-sektor.pdf&rft.identifier=%7BProject%7D+CH-FARMIS%3A+Aufbau+eines+sektor-konsistenten+Betriebsgruppenmodells+zur+Politikfolgenabsch%C3%83%C2%A4tzung+f%C3%83%C2%BCr+den+biologischen+Landbau.+[Development+of+a+sector-consistent+farm+group+model+for+policy+impact+analyses+for+organic+farming.]+Runs+2003+-+2005.+Project+Leader(s)%3A+Sanders%2C+J%C3%83%C2%BCrn%2C+Research+Institute+of+Organic+Agriculture+(FiBL)%2C+CH-5070+Frick.+More+information+online+at+%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.fibl.org%2Fde%2Fschweiz%2Fforschung%2Fsoziooekonomie.html+%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.fibl.org%2Fde%2Fschweiz%2Fforschung%2Fsoziooekonomie.html%3E%3E.&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F5748%2F