Conversion to organic farming: a typical example of the diffusion of an innovation?

S Padel - Sociologia ruralis, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reviews a large number of studies of organic farmers carried out in several
countries over a period of about twenty years, and critically assesses whether or not the …

Agronomic and environmental implications of organic farming systems

EA Stockdale, NH Lampkin, M Hovi, R Keatinge… - 2001 - Elsevier
Organic farming systems are diverse and occur throughout the world. They are linked by
common objectives of economic, environmental, and social sustainability. In many countries …

Country differences in sustainable consumption: The case of organic food

J Thøgersen - Journal of Macromarketing, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
In a sustainability perspective, consumption research has an unfortunate individualizing
bias, which means that macro and structural causes of unsustainable consumption tend to …

[HTML][HTML] How to move the transition to sustainable food consumption towards a societal tipping point

M Schulze, M Janssen, J Aschemann-Witzel - … Forecasting and Social …, 2024 - Elsevier
A large-scale transition of food consumption in high-income countries is required to mitigate
adverse impacts on the climate and the environment. To further understand which actions …

Mineral composition of organically grown wheat genotypes: contribution to daily minerals intake

A Hussain, H Larsson, R Kuktaite… - International journal of …, 2010 - mdpi.com
In this study, 321 winter and spring wheat genotypes were analysed for twelve nutritionally
important minerals (B, Cu, Fe, Se, Mg, Zn, Ca, Mn, Mo, P, S and K). Some of the genotypes …

Grain mineral concentrations and yield of wheat grown under organic and conventional management

MH Ryan, JW Derrick, PR Dann - … of the Science of Food and …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
On the low‐P soils in southeastern Australia, organic crops differ from conventional ones
primarily in the use of relatively insoluble, as opposed to soluble, P fertilisers and in the non …

A relational perspective on the dynamics of the organic sector in Austria, Italy, and France

I Darnhofer, S d'Amico, E Fouilleux - Journal of Rural Studies, 2019 - Elsevier
Despite a common legal framework at EU-level, organic farming has developed differently in
Member States. Previous analyses showed the influence of various factors on the …

Consumers' willingness-to-pay for organic conversion-grade food: Evidence from five EU countries

RB Tranter, RM Bennett, L Costa, C Cowan, GC Holt… - Food policy, 2009 - Elsevier
In recent years, in overall value, the EU has become a net importer of organic food to supply
increasing demand. Financial support for farmers during the conversion period has been …

An integrated approach to current trends in organic food in the EU

I Bostan, M Onofrei, AF Gavriluţă, C Toderașcu… - Foods, 2019 - mdpi.com
The objective of this paper is to summarize an extensive bibliographical search by
presenting the retrospective of EU organic food from the point of regulation, policy …

Adoption of organic farming in Germany and Austria: an integrative dynamic investment perspective

O Musshoff, N Hirschauer - Agricultural Economics, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Farm‐level adaptation to changing economic environments is often slower than expected.
Technological innovations, for instance, are frequently adopted at a later date than the net …