Organic farming is widely perceived as being more environmentally friendly than
conventional farming. As a form of sustainable agriculture, it receives substantial support …

Many studies have attempted to measure the relative importance of environmental concerns
by comparing organic farming with conventional agriculture. However, there have been …

Over the past 10 years, the organic sector has expanded continuously in Europe due to
policy support and a growing market demand for organic products. In line with this …

The main purpose of this paper is to explore farmers' opinions on the barriers to the
development of organic farming. A survey was carried out with 262 Polish organic farmers in …

In this second edition of The Sociology of Food and Agriculture, students are provided with a
substantially revised and updated introductory text to this emergent field. The book begins …

Based on the fact that not all farmers adopt a technology at the same time, it is argued in this
paper that the distinction between groups is important because early, medium and late …

This paper examines the decisions of Irish farmers to convert to organic farming by applying
the theory of planned behaviour to control for social influence and technical constraints …

Over the last several decades, policymakers and stakeholders in the European Union (EU)
have put considerable effort into increasing the adoption of organic farming, with the overall …

With all of the environmental and social problems confronting our food systems today, it is
apparent that none of the strategies we have relied on in the pasthigher-yielding varieties …

Determinants of the decision to convert to organic farming methods are examined by
applying bivariate analyses and a multinomial logit model to a survey of 1018 Norwegian …