Maintaining the balance between national demand and supply of organic food-example of organic vegetables in the UK.

7123 2 archive 4252 disk0/00/00/71/23 2006-05-10 2009-09-09 13:39:27 2009-08-20 14:30:07 conference_item show 0 en int_conf_joint2006_11 May 30-31, 2006 Joint Organic Congress Odense, Denmark never 0 TRUE paper Firth Chris Geen Natalie Maintaining the balance between national demand and supply of organic food-example of organic vegetables in the UK. pub 5markets 2farmecon The information for this paper is drawn from two research projects undertaken by HDRA, and funded by the UK’s Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)in the UK. As the organic market continues to grow in the UK there is strong consumer and policy presssure that organic food is sourced from in-country and not imported. This paper examines the recent trends both in demand for organic vegetables and supply from the growth of converted organic land in the UK. It identifies both drivers and constraints, especially in relation to increasing the number of conversions of farms and the productivity of the land and concludes that a combination of favourable economic, social and institutional factors are all necessary in order to create a favourable environment for national supply to balanced with demand 2006 published public 5484 1 7123 1 source en public

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