Der Beitrag des Biolandbaus zu einer territorialen Entwicklung

Summary

The ongoing changes from an agricultural to a rural society force farmers to redefine their positions – regarding social as well as economic aspects. Organic agriculture provides a value system which is well accepted by non-agricultural rural stakeholders and can therefore be a potential starting point for territorial sustainable development. In Austria the approach of eco-regions (Bioregionen) provides such an approach. The paper gives some preliminary results on the preconditions necessary for the estab-lishment of such an approach building on the results of an ongoing national project.