title: Comparison of markets for organic food in six EU states.
creator: Holt, Georgina C
creator: Tranter, Richard B
creator: Miele, Mara
creator: Neri, Cristiana
creator: Vestergaard, Jens
creator: Nielsen, Robert
creator: Meehan, Hilary
creator: Sottomayor, Miguel
subject:  Policy environments and social economy
subject:  Markets and trade
description: This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference. Recent research confirms that the decision to convert is now highly influenced by financial incentives arising from EU regulations but the exact mix of incentives depends on prevailing government policies and access to premium markets so that the organic sector in most countries is now referred to as either government-led or market-driven. The objective of the paper is to compare development of the sector along these two polarities but set within the context of "common elements of interest" within new agrifood methodologies: time, space, power, and meaning (Cooke, Uranga and Etxebarria 1998; Morgan and Murdoch 2000). The paper presents preliminary findings relating to six EU States: UK, Ireland, Austria, Denmark, Portugal and Italy, and through the application of "worlds of production" to market outlets and suggests discourses that define these outlets. The analysis aims to inform the further study of farmer marketing decisions and practices.
publisher: Organic Centre Wales, Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth
contributor: Powell, Jane
contributor: et al., 
date: 2002
type: Conference paper, poster, etc. 
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: http://orgprints.org/8440/1/holt_Comparison_markets_EU_states.pdf
identifier: Holt, Georgina C; Tranter, Richard B; Miele, Mara; Neri, Cristiana; Vestergaard, Jens; Nielsen, Robert; Meehan, Hilary and Sottomayor, Miguel (2002) Comparison of markets for organic food in six EU states. UK Organic Research 2002 Conference, Aberystwyth, 26-28 March 2002. In: Powell, Jane and et al., (Eds.) Proceedings of the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference, Organic Centre Wales, Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth, pp. 313-316.
relation: http://orgprints.org/8440/