http://orgprints.org/7140/ The need for a long-term strategy for data collection on organic markets In times when public expenditures are being decreased in nearly all European countries it is hard to argue that there is a need for additional sta-tistics about a small and so-called niche market. However, additional statistical information can also help to save public expenditures. Through an im-provement of statistical market data policy makers and market actors receive a better grounded basis for their decisions affecting organic markets so that mis-investments of public and private money can be avoided. Results of such misinvestments are e.g. reconversions of organic farms to conventional agriculture in many European countries. Nearly all of these farms have received governmental support for a conversion to organic agriculture beforehand. A long-term strategy to improve coordination and enhance current data availability and quality is envisaged. Hamm, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Zanoli, Prof. Dr. Raffaele 8policy 5markets it-univ-ancona eisfom joint_conference_1 eu-eisfom The need for a long-term strategy for data collection on organic markets 2006-05-09 Hamm, Prof. Dr. Ulrich and Zanoli, Prof. Dr. Raffaele (2006) The need for a long-term strategy for data collection on organic markets. Joint Organic Congress, Odense, Denmark, May 30-31, 2006. source