Dinis, Isabel; Ortolani, Livia; Bocci, Riccardo and Brites, Claudia (2014) Organic agriculture and sustainable practices: towards a typology of innovative farmers. In: Rahmann, G. and Aksoy, U. (Eds.) Building Organic Bridges, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Braunschweig, Germany, 3, Thuenen Report, no. 20, pp. 745-748.
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This paper aims to identify the factors that influence the choice of organic farmers to innovate for more sustainable practices that go beyond the strict limits imposed by the certification. Using survey data collected from 352 Italian and Portuguese certified organic farmers, a probabilistic model was estimated. The results show that farmers, in particular women, longest engaged in organic farming are more likely to adopt sustainable practices. They also indicate that farm size, landownership, the existence of some types of complementary activities and the sources of information used by farmers affect the adoption of such practices.
| EPrint Type: | Conference paper, poster, etc. |
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| Type of presentation: | Paper |
| Keywords: | organic farming; conventionalization; probabilistic models; innovation; certification. |
| Agrovoc keywords: | Language Value URI English Organic agriculture http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_15911 English conventional farming http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_331393 English Innovation adoption http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3878 English Innovation http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_27560 English Sustainability http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33560 |
| Subjects: | Knowledge management > Research methodology and philosophy > Specific methods > Surveys and statistics Knowledge management > Research methodology and philosophy > Systems research and participatory research Values, standards and certification Knowledge management > Education, extension and communication |
| Research affiliation: | International Conferences > 2014: 18th IFOAM OWC Scientific Track: 4th ISOFAR Scientific Conference Italy Portugal |
| Horizon Europe or H2020 Grant Agreement Number: | 245058 |
| ISBN: | 978-3-86576-128-6 |
| DOI: | 10.3220/REP_20_1_2014 |
| Deposited By: | Ortolani, Dr. Livia |
| ID Code: | 23937 |
| Deposited On: | 30 Oct 2014 14:15 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2014 14:15 |
| 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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