<mods:mods version="3.0" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-0.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>Why do organic farmers quit in Estonia?</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">Angela</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Ploomi</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">Anne</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Luik</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">Anu</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Kurg</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>The purpose of this study was to clarify the problems of Estonian organic farmers and find out their quit reasons. In March 2005 with the aid of a questionnaire 64 organic farming quitters were inquired. Information was collected through telephone interviews. The main reasons were — financially not worthwhile, the compensation system is too bureaucratic and time consuming, and other reasons.</mods:abstract><mods:classification authority="lcc">Country reports</mods:classification><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8061">2006</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Conference paper, poster, etc. </mods:genre></mods:mods>