?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Are+Standards+and+Regulations+of+Organic+Farming+Moving+Away+from+Small+Farmers%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99+Knowledge%3F&rft.creator=Vogl%2C+Christian&rft.creator=Kilcher%2C+Lukas&rft.creator=Schmidt%2C+Hanspeter&rft.subject=+Values%2C+standards+and+certification&rft.description=Organic+farming+is+a+promising+agricultural+method+with+positive+effects+on+the+human+ecological+and+social+environment.+Governments+have+taken+over+a+major+role+in+defining+organic+farming+by+creating+legal+standards.+Many+countries+all+over+the+world+have+established+a+certification+and+accreditation+system+in+order+to+protect+the+justified+expectations+of+consumers+with+regard+to+processing+and+controlling+the+product+quality+of+organic+goods+and+to+protecting+producers+from+fraudulent+trade+practices.+As+they+are+relevant+to+international+trade%2C+these+standards+do+not+only+influence+the+organic+farming+movement+on+the+national+level+but+also+have+a+converse+impact+across+national%0D%0Aborders.+Organic+farming+was+established+in+a+bottom-up+process+as+farmers+aimed+to+design+sustainable+ways+of+using+natural+resources.+Farmers%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99+traditional+knowledge+and+their+awareness+of+ecological%2C+as+well+as%2C+of+social+affairs+was+the+main+base+for+the+development+of+organic+farming.+Since+public+interest+in+organic+farming+has+grown+rapidly%2C+the+ownership+on+the+process+of+defining+organic+farming+is+no+longer+in+the+hands+of+farmers+and+the+original+principles+and+aims+of+themovement+seem+to+be+threatened+by+a+bureaucratic+view+of+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%9Crecipe%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%9D-organic+farming.+However%2C+unsolved%0D%0Aproblems+also+exist+between+the+necessities+of+global+harmonization+and+the+local+adaptability+of+the+standards+on+organic+farming.+This+paper+structures+the+current+discussion+and+gives+future+prospects+for+further+development.&rft.publisher=The+Haworth+Press%2C&rft.date=2005&rft.type=Journal+paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F5920%2F1%2FKilcher-2005-standarts-away-farmers.pdf&rft.identifier=Vogl%2C+Christian%3B+Kilcher%2C+Lukas+and+Schmidt%2C+Hanspeter+(2005)+Are+Standards+and+Regulations+of+Organic+Farming+Moving+Away+from+Small+Farmers%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99+Knowledge%3F+Journal+of+Sustainable+Agriculture+(Vol.+26(1)+2005)%2C+pp.+5-26.&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F5920%2F