Comparing attitudes and characteristics of organic, former organic and conventional farmers: Evidence from Ireland

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 329-337

  Läpple, Doris ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Former organic farmers; Organic farming

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; EUROPEAN UNION; FARMERS ATTITUDE; GROWTH RATE; ORGANIC FARMING;

IRELAND;

EID: 84888360131     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170512000294     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Padel, S. 2001. Conversion to organic farming: a typical example of the diffusion of an innovation? Sociologia Ruralis 41:40-62.
2. Gardebroek, C. 2006. Comparing risk attitudes of organic and non-organic farmers with a Bayesian random coefficient model. European Review of Agricultural Economics 33:485-510.
3. LLorens Abando, L. and Rohner-Thielen, E. 2007. Different Organic Farming Patterns within EU-25: An Overview of the Current Situation; Statistics in Focus, Eurostat. Available at Web site http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ ITY-OFFPUB/KS-SF-07-069-EN.PDF (accessed April 2012).
4. Sahm, H., Sanders, J., Nieberg, H., Behrens, G., Kuhnert, H., Strom, R., and Hamm, U. 2012. Reversion of organic to conventional agriculture: a review. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. Available on Cambridge Journals Online 2012 doi:10.1017/S1742170512000117.
5. Flaten, O., Lien, G., Koesling, M., and Loes, A.K. 2010. Norwegian farmers ceasing organic production: characteristics and reasons. Journal of Environmental Management 91:2717-2726.
6. Rigby, D., Young, T., and Burton, M. 2001. The development of and prospects for organic farming in the UK. Food Policy 26:599-613.
7. Padel, S. and Lampkin, N.H. 1994. Farm level performance of organic farming systems: an overview. In N.H. Lampkin and S. Padel (eds). The Economics of Organic Farming: an International Perspective. CAB International, Oxford, UK, p. 201-219.
8. McCann, E., Sullivan, S., Erickson, D., and DeYoung, R. 1997. Environmental awareness, economic orientation, and farming practices: a comparison of organic and conventional farmers. Environmental Management 21:747-758.
9. Flaten, O., Lien, G., Ebbesvik, M., Koesling, M., and Valle, P. 2006. Do the new organic producers differ from the 'old guard'? Empirical results from Norwegian dairy farming. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 21:174-182.
10. Lockeretz, W. 1995. Organic farming in Massachusetts: an alternative approach to agriculture in an urbanised state. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 50:663-667.
11. Egri, C. 1999. Attitudes, backgrounds and information preferences of Canadian organic and conventional farmers: implications for organic farming advocacy and extension. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 13:45-72.
12. Burton, M., Rigby, D., and Young, T. 2003. Modelling the adoption of organic horticultural technology in the UK using duration analysis. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 47:29-54.
13. Flaten, O., Lien, G., Koesling, M., Valle, P.S., and Ebbesvik, M. 2005. Comparing risk perceptions and risk management in organic and conventional dairy farming: empirical results from Norway. Livestock Production Science 95:11-25.
14. Burton, M., Rigby, D., and Young, T. 1999. Modelling the adoption of organic horticultural techniques in the UK. Journal of Agricultural Economics 50:47-63.
15. DAFM (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine) 2010. The Food Harvest 2020: a vision for Irish agri-food and fisheries. Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Dublin, Ireland.
16. Willer, H. and Kilcher, L. 2011. The World of Organic Agriculture: Statistics and Emerging Trends 2011. 12th ed. IFOAM, Bonn; FiBL, Frick; ITC, Geneva.
17. Läpple, D. 2010. Adoption and abandonment of organic farming: an empirical investigation of the Irish drystock sector. Journal of Agricultural Economics 61:697-714.
18. Bourke, L. 2011. Market potential for organic food and Irish consumer expectations. Presentation at the Teagasc National Organic Conference, Ireland.
19. Reidy, J. 2006. Organic cattle/sheep production. Fact Sheet No. 32, Teagasc, Ireland.
20. Osgood, A.N. 1992. Questionnaire Design and Attitude Measurement. Basic Books Inc., New York.
21. Fishbein, M. and Ajzen, I. 1975. Belief, Attitude, Intention and Behavior: An Introduction to Theory and Research. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, USA.
22. Willock, J., Deary, I.J., McGregor, M.J., Sutherland, A., Edwards-Jones, G.J., Morgan, O., Dent, B.J., Grieve, R., Gibson, G., and Austin, E. (1999). Farmers' attitudes, objectives, behaviours, and personality traits: the Edinburgh study of decision making on farms. Journal of Vocational Behaviour 54:5-36.
23. Connolly, L., Kinsella, A., Quinlan, G., and Moran, B. 2009. National Farm Survey Teagasc. Rural Economy Research Centre, Athenry, Ireland.
24. Lewis-Beck, M. 1994. Factor Analysis and Related Techniques. Vol. 5, International Handbooks of Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences. SAGE Publications, London, UK.
25. Everitt, B. and Dunn, G. 1991. Applied Multivariate Data Analysis. Halsted Press, London, UK.
26. Offermann, F. and Nieberg, H. 2000. Economic Performance of Organic Farms in Europe; Organic Farming in Europe: Economics and Policy, Vol. 5. University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.
27. Moser, C. and Barrett, C. 2003. The disappointing adoption dynamics of a yield-increasing, low external-input technology: the case of SRI in Madagascar. Agricultural Systems 76:1085-1100.
28. DeSouza Filho, H., Young, T., and Burton, M. 1999. Factors influencing the adoption of sustainable agricultural technologies, evidence from the state of Espirito Santo, Brazil. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 60:97-112.
29. Lynne, G. and Rola, L. 1988. Improving attitude-behaviour prediction models with economic variables: farmer actions toward soil conservation. Journal of Social Psychology 128:19-28.