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Why do organic farmers quit in Estonia?

Ploomi, Dr Angela; Luik, Dr Anne and Kurg, BSc Anu (2006) Why do organic farmers quit in Estonia? Poster at: Joint Organic Congress, Odense, Denmark, May 30-31, 2006.

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Summary in the original language of the document

The purpose of this study was to clarify the problems of Estonian organic farmers and find out their quit reasons. In March 2005 with the aid of a questionnaire 64 organic farming quitters were inquired. Information was collected through telephone interviews. The main reasons were — financially not worthwhile, the compensation system is too bureaucratic and time consuming, and other reasons.


EPrint Type:Conference paper, poster, etc.
Type of presentation:Poster
Subjects:"Organics" in general > Countries and regions
Research affiliation: International Conferences > 2006: Joint Organic Congress > Theme 2: European initiatives
Deposited By: Angela Ploomi, Dr
ID Code:7810
Deposited On:09 May 2006
Last Modified:12 Apr 2010 07:32
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Not peer-reviewed

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