?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Development+Of+The+European+Market+For+Organic+Products%3A+Insights+From+A+Delphi+Study&rft.creator=Padel%2C+Susanne&rft.creator=Midmore%2C+Peter&rft.subject=+Markets+and+trade&rft.description=The+purpose+of+the+paper+is+present+experiences+using+a+well+established+forecasting+tool%2C+the+Delphi-+method%2C+to+explore+the+dynamics+of%2C+and+prospects+for+the+development+of+the+market+for+organic+food+in+Europe.+DELPHI%2C+developed+by+the+Rand+co-operation+to+improve+military+technology+forecasting%2C+uses+expert+feedback+to+refine+an+informed+perspective+on+complex+or+uncertain+issues.+This+study+used+experts+of+the+organic+food+market+in+18+countries+to+explore+factors+influencing+the+development+of+the+organic+market%3B+future+market+prospects%2C+and+the+role+of+governments+in+future+market+development.+The+results+show+that+short+supply+chains+and+focus+on+regional+organic+shops+may+be+an+indication+of+an+earlier+stage+of+market+development%2C+likely+to+be+followed+by+integration+into+mainstream+outlets+and+involvement+of+multiple+retailers.+It+is+concluded+that+the+mutual+but+mismatched+interdependence+of+demand+and+supply+acts+as+a+constraint+to+the+overall+development.+Policy+intervention+should+not+only+take+the+specific+local+conditions+but+also+the+stage+of+market+development+into+account.&rft.publisher=Emerald&rft.contributor=McEachern%2C+Morven&rft.contributor=Seamann%2C+Claire&rft.date=2005&rft.type=Journal+paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F8071%2F2%2FBFJ_Delphi_0701070806.pdf&rft.identifier=Padel%2C+Susanne+and+Midmore%2C+Peter+(2005)+The+Development+Of+The+European+Market+For+Organic+Products%3A+Insights+From+A+Delphi+Study.+British+Food+Journal%2C+107+(8)%2C+pp.+626-647.&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F8071%2F