?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Interpretation+of+organic+issues%2C+marketing+structures+and+local+produce&rft.subject=+Markets+and+trade&rft.subject=+Vegetables&rft.subject=+Produce+chain+management&rft.subject=Fruit+and+berries&rft.description=In+order+to+develop+policies+for+increasing+the+contribution+of+the+farm+base+to+the+local+economy%2C+increased+knowledge+of+the+channels+through+which+locally-grown+organic+produce+passes+into+the+local+economy+is+required.+This+study+will+aim+to+identify+issues+relating+to+the+uptake+of+organic+produce+with+reference+to+data+produced+by+a+postal+questionnaire+of+consumers+(undertaken+as+part+of+a+separate+MAFF-funded+project%2C+code+RE0107).+The+last+2+questions+of+this+survey+collected+information+relating+to+numbers+of+businesses+selling+organic+produce+and+their+reasons+for+doing+so%3B+information+was+also+collected+on+reasons+for+not+selling+organic+produce.+Potential+exists+within+this+information+and+other+information+in+the+survey+to+carry+out+more+detailed+analyses+searching+for+trends+and+theories+within+the+complete+data+set+relating+to+organic+produce.+The+survey+analysis+will+focus+on+the+relationship+between+business+type+and+sale+of+organic+produce+issues+and+the+relationship+between+local+produce+and+organic+sales%3B+interpretation+of+results+will+lead+to+the+setting+of+hypotheses+addressing+each+relationship.+These+hypotheses+will+be+tested+through+validation+of+individual+survey+responses+from+18+respondents+(6+respondents+from+each+of+the+3+study+regions%3A+Cumbria%2C+Kent+and+Wiltshire).+Results+of+the+study+will+be+drafted+into+a+report+for+MAFF%2C+who+will+be+consulted+to+determine+the+possibility+and+resource+implications+of+disseminating+the+report+to+a+wider+audience.&rft.type=Project+description&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.identifier=%7BProject%7D+Interpretation+of+organic+issues%2C+marketing+structures+and+local+produce.+Runs+1998+-+1998.+Project+Leader(s)%3A+Unspecified%2C%2C+ADAS+Consulting+Ltd.&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F7948%2F