grass land, hence, a higher potential for biological control, can promote conversion to organic production; 3) a parcel with …We investigate farmers’ decision to engage in organic production. Our objective is to identify the key factors that … parcel stays in organic production: to temporarily enroll into organic farming program for subsidy or to convert to organic …

more likely to engage in organic farming in order to benefit from conversion subsidies. Despite some limitations in our … (education, farm size and legal status) and farmers’ practices under conventional farming do impact the probability of conversion …

The purpose of this study was to take a fresh look at the nature of organic production, consumption and marketing in … consumer expectations; and (3) The barriers affecting conversion to organic farming and expansion of existing organic farms …. The research reported here is arguably one of the most integrated studies of organic consumption, production and marketing …

-friendly production is based, both at Community level and at national level. The analysis of the organic farming in Romania also showed … opportunity for Romania that could place the country as a front-runner on the European market. …

purposive andheterogeneous sampling with regard toconversion year, type of production, and sizeof farm. Conversion of the animal … earlyorganic livestock production in Sweden) wereinterviewed, using a semi-structured method.Respondents were selected through … husbandrytook place between 1974 and 2000. All but twohad positive attitudes towards organiclivestock production and saw it as a …

-2013 (represented by 2011 data) and, in more detail, the 2014-2020 period. A major focus is the support for conversion to and …