A framework is developed to examine organic crop insurance established by the Risk Management Agency (RMA). Given that the RMA links organic and conventional crop prices, the model is calibrated to reflect both markets to illustrate the impacts that pricing has on insurance coverage. Findings...

In order to study the development of organic agriculture in Taiwan in recent years, and based on relevant agriculture, economic and social statistics, the general scale of organic agriculture and industrial structure were treated with statistic analysis. Results suggest that the general scale of...

The aim of this paper is to present the abuses and irregularities which were identified in agriculture, processing industry and trade of ecological products in the Czech Republic. The analysis shows that the most common are the irregularities in labelling the products. Other often occurring...

A new form of rural tourism, i.e. agriecotourism, and determinants of its development were presented. This kind of touristic services in rural areas includes organizing a stay for holiday-makers in agritourism farms. However, it differs from the typical agritourism because the host farmers...

Presentation of the current state of organic agriculture in Poland is the aim of this article, its changes as well as prognoses for the farms using organic methods of production. The analysis was conducted using studies by GUS, IJHARS as well as statistical data from the Ministry of Agriculture...

Poland has favourable natural conditions for development of the ecological agriculture. The aim of this article is to display and evaluate the spatial differentiation of production of raw material for food products coming from organic farms as well as of processing of these products in Poland. A...

La adoption de la agricultura ecologica por parte de los agricultores implica un elevado grado de incertidumbre acera de la rentabilidad futura de la innovacion, lo cual hace que la implantacion de este metodo de cultivo y de explotacion agraria no sea immediata, sino un proceso de difusion...

Organic agriculture is still inexpressive in Brazil. Its relevance, however, has been growing signiï¬cantly, following international trends. This study analyzes basic characteristics of organic producers, contribut-ing to the present level of knowledge on this matter in Brazil. Using pri-mary...