?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Economics+of+organic+farming+(extension+to+OF0125)(0F0190)&rft.creator=Fowler%2C+S&rft.creator=Wynne-Jones%2C+I&rft.creator=Lampkin%2C+N&rft.subject=+Policy+environments+and+social+economy&rft.subject=+Farming+Systems&rft.subject=+Farm+economics&rft.description=This+project+OF0190+was+an+extension+to+OF0125+to+cover+completing+the+comparison+data+for+1997%2F98+and+to+extend+the+data+collection+by+one+further+year+(1998%2F99).+The+final+reports+for+the+two+projects+are+therefore+being+submitted+jointly.+The+OF0125+report+covers+the+period+1995%2F96-1997%2F98%2C+for+which+a+detailed+report+was+submitted+to+MAFF+in+July+1999%2C+and+a+revised+detailed+report+including+a+complete+set+of+comparisons+with+conventional+farms+was+submitted+to+MAFF%2C+after+revisions%2C+in+July+2000.+That+report+has+now+been+published+at+www.organic.aber.ac.uk%2Flibrary%2Forganic+farm+incomes.pdf.+A+detailed+report+for+1998%2F99+has+been+submitted+to+MAFF+in+March+2001%2C+and+will+be+published+at+the+same+internet+site+once+accepted.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+report+presents+results+from+research+work+carried+out+for+the+Ministry+of+Agriculture%2C+Fisheries+and+Food+(MAFF)+on+the+financial+performance+of+organic+farms+in+1998%2F99.++The+aim+of+the+research+was+to+assess+the+financial+performance+of+organic+farms+differentiated+by+farm+type%2C+in+order+to+inform+MAFF+policy-making+with+respect+to+organic+farming%2C+and+to+provide+a+basis+for+assessments+by+farmers%2C+advisers+and+other+interested+parties+of+the+farm-level+implications+of+conversion+to+and+continued+organic+farming.++To+provide+an+idea+of+the+trends+over+time%2C+where+possible+data+for+continuous+samples+of+farms+are+presented+for+1997%2F98+and+1998%2F99.+%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+specific+objectives+were+to+extend+the+previous+project+(OF0125%2C+covering+1995%2F96+to+1997%2F98)+to+collect+and+collate+data+on+the+financial+performance+of+organic+farms%2C+differentiated+by+farm+type+.++This+was+achieved+through+the+collation+of+financial+data+collected+under+three+different+MAFF-funded+research+projects+supplemented+by+data+collected+on+other+farm+types.++The+samples+of+organic+farms+are+small+because+of+the+limited+number+of+organic+holdings+over+8+ESU+(European+Size+Units)+with+identifiable+holding+numbers+in+1996%2C+when+the+previous+study+was+started.+As+the+sample+is+small+there+is+limitation+on+how+the+results+may+be+extrapolated+to+the+wider+population+of+organic+farms%2C+especially+as+the+structure+and+objectives+of+those+converting+to+organic+production+in+the+late+1990s+may+be+different+from+those+that+converted+in+the+1970s+and+1980s.+%0D%0A+%0D%0ADetailed+financial+input%2C+output%2C+income%2C+liabilities+and+assets+and+some+physical+performance+measures+are+presented+for+1998%2F99.++Where+an+identical+sample+of+five+farms+is+available%2C+data+are+presented+for+1997%2F98+and+1998%2F99+for+the+sample.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+organic+farm+samples+are+so+small+that+outliers+(especially+larger+farms)+have+a+large+influence+on+the+average.++If+the+samples+were+larger%2C+general+trends+would+be+more+apparent+and+less+influenced+by+individual+farms%3B+despite+this%2C+some+explanation+has+been+attempted+of+trends+and+changes+in+inputs%2C+outputs+and+incomes.++However%2C+great+care+must+be+taken+in+extrapolating+results.+%0D%0A+%0D%0AOf+those+farm+types+for+which+a+continuous+identical+sample+of+five+farms+was+available%2C+Net+Farm+Incomes+(NFI)+increased+for+cropping+(%C3%82%C2%A3281%2Fha)+and+dairy+farms+(%C3%82%C2%A3487%2Fha)+in+1998%2F99+compared+with+1997%2F98%3B+in+both+cases+outputs+as+well+as+inputs+increased+between+years.++Mixed+farms+showed+an+average+reduction+in+outputs+and+increase+in+inputs%2C+lowering+the+average+NFI+to+%C3%82%C2%A315%2Fha+in+1998%2F99.++The+five+lowland+cattle+and+sheep+farms+improved+a+negative+NFI+of+%C3%82%C2%A3161%2Fha+in+1997%2F98+to+a+positive+%C3%82%C2%A37%2Fha+in+1998%2F99+through+an+increase+in+livestock+outputs+with+a+similar+level+of+inputs+to+that+of+1997%2F98.%0D%0A%0D%0ADue+to+the+high+level+of+farmer+and+spouse+labour+on+horticultural+holdings%2C+the+average+Management+and+Investment+Income+(MII)+of+the+sample+was+negative%2C+but+the+average+NFI+was+%C3%82%C2%A31%2C836%2Fha.++On+four+holdings%2C+1998%2F99+average+outputs+were+92%25%2C+and+inputs+were+97%25+of+the+previous+year%2C+resulting+in+an+average+NFI+in+1998%2F99+for+that+group+of+75%25+of+the+1997%2F98+result.%0D%0AThe+group+of+LFA+farms%2C+consisting+of+four+cattle+and+sheep+and+one+mixed+farm%2C+achieved+an+average+NFI+of+%C3%82%C2%A372%2Fha+in+1998%2F99.%0D%0A&rft.date=2001&rft.type=Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F6606%2F1%2FOF0190_182_FRP.pdf&rft.identifier=Fowler%2C+S%3B+Wynne-Jones%2C+I+and+Lampkin%2C+N+(2001)+Economics+of+organic+farming+(extension+to+OF0125)(0F0190).&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F6606%2F