Organic EprintsModeling demand for organic foodsMetteWierauthorSinneSmedauthorThe market of organic foods has experienced tremendous growth during the period 1997-1998. Highest growth is experienced at the bread/cereal group where the volume share has increased by 143% during the whole period. During this period, relative organic prices have decreased, except for meat. Organic volume shares are highest for dairy products (10%), which is more than twice the share for bread/cereals (5%) and other foods (4%), which covers fruit and vegetables. In the bottom is the share of organic meat (1%). The model estimates price and budget elasticities. The consumption of animal products (dairy, meat) is more sensitive to price changes than consumption of vegetables, cereals, fruit and bread. The demand is characterized by very high elasticities, especially for organic foods. The high price elasticities can be explained by the fact that conventional and organic commodities are very similar. The high budget elasticity can be explained by the luxury nature of organic commodities. In the study, scenario analyses are carried out. These scenarios show that if the relative organic price decreases by 20% consumption grows considerably. The volume share of organic dairies will increase to 15%, the share of organic bread/cereals to 7%, the share of organic meat to 2% and the share of fruit/vegetables to 6%.Consumer issues2000Conference paper, poster, etc.

Deposit Agreement

In depositing this eprint (a collection of files and associated bibliographic metadata), I grant Organic Eprints the right to make it permanently available on-line, with open access to all or in accordance with any access restrictions that I have specified. (Removal of eprints from the public archive is strongly discouraged, but will be granted upon request.)
I understand that Organic Eprints does not assume any responsibility if there is any breach of copyright in distributing these files or metadata.

For work being deposited by its own first author: I declare that this eprint is my own intellectual property and that I have the right to make it available in Organic Eprints in the manner chosen.

For work being deposited by someone other than its first author: I declare that I have gained the proper permissions from someone with the right to make this eprint available in Organic Eprints in the manner chosen - or that the material is in the public domain.

Clicking on the deposit button indicates your agreement to these terms. If you do not wish to deposit the eprint right now you can return to your user area, where you will find this eprint in your workspace. You can then later edit, clone and deposit it.