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Reversion from organic to conventional agriculture in Germany

Heinze, Sanna and Vogel, Alexander (2014) Reversion from organic to conventional agriculture in Germany. In: Rahmann, G. and Aksoy, U. (Eds.) Building Organic Bridges, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Braunschweig, Germany, 2, Thuenen Report, no. 20, pp. 347-350.

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Summary

Organic farming has become increasingly important in Germany in recent years. This is reflected in the positive trend shown by the total number of organic farms. Analyses which are based on official agricultural statistics show, however, that there is an underlying counter-trend of farms that leave the organic sector by reverting back to conventional methods. Between 2007 and 2010 1,258 German organic farms returned to conventional agriculture. This paper aims to offer an overview, how many and what types of farms actually abandon organic farming in Germany. Probit-estimations are used to identify first indications for determinants of reversion from organic to conventional agriculture.


EPrint Type:Conference paper, poster, etc.
Type of presentation:Paper
Keywords:abandonment, reversion
Agrovoc keywords:
Language
Value
URI
English
Germany
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3245
English
Organic agriculture
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_15911
English
UNSPECIFIED
UNSPECIFIED
Subjects:"Organics" in general
Research affiliation: Germany > Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries - VTI > Institute of Farm Economics - BW
International Conferences > 2014: 18th IFOAM OWC Scientific Track: 4th ISOFAR Scientific Conference
ISBN:978-3-86576-128-6
DOI:10.3220/REP_20_1_2014
Deposited By: Heinze, Sanna
ID Code:23499
Deposited On:16 Oct 2014 14:24
Last Modified:16 Oct 2014 14:24
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Peer-reviewed and accepted
Additional Publishing Information:urn:nbn:de:gbv:253-201407-dn053621-1

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