Output und Public Expenditure Implications of the Development of Organic Farming in Europe

Summary

Organic Farming is becoming a key issue in the context of the present EU agro-environmental policy lines. However, its specific impact on agricultural output and on public expenditure is still scarcely investigated. In this book, Raffaele Zanoli and Danilo Gambelli provide a detailed analysis of the consequences that organic farming has produced insofar on these aspects for EU countries and three European non-EU countries - NO, CH, CZ - drawing on the latest studies in this field. The emphasis throughout is on factual information and empirical data provision, making this book a valueable resource to understand the success, challenges and prospects of the policy support to organic farming in Europe.
This book is aimed at policy makers, the private sector, researchers and students in the field of economics and politics of organic farming.