Objective
The EU currently imports a substantial proportion of organic produce. Converting to organic agriculture is a risky decision for farmers, despite the support payments available. This project seeks to increase the conversion rate through the identification of existing constraints. Furthermore, in keeping with EU policy to encourage market mechanisms for the support of agriculture, the project investigates the potential for growth and development of a niche market for horticulture, dairy and meat products from the second year of conversion. The project takes a food chain approach to the facilitation of conversion by including producer, retailer and consumer surveys. EU policies will be appraised in light of the findings of these surveys. The research findings and policy recommendations will be presented to representatives from the food industry and policy-making bodies.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturesustainable agriculture
- agricultural sciencesanimal and dairy sciencedairy
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticulture
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Call for proposal
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CSC - Cost-sharing contractsCoordinator
RG6 6AR Reading
United Kingdom