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Conversion To Organic Farming In Mainland Portugal

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Leonardo Costa () (Faculdade de Economia e Gestão - Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Porto))
Miguel Sottomayor (Faculdade de Economia e Gestão - Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Porto))
Ricardo Ribeiro (Faculdade de Economia e Gestão - Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Porto))

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The objectives of the research were: i) to assess the in-conversion period as a barrier impeding farms conversion to organic; ii) to assess the potential of conversion-grade markets in removing this barrier; iii) to identify other barriers (drives) along the food chain impeding (easing) farms conversion in mainland Portugal. Results show that the in-conversion period is not the major barrier to conversion nor is a good idea the set-up of conversion grade markets to help Portuguese farms’ conversion. Conversion feasibility depends of the organic market premium prices, in intensive farms, and of the CAP organic agri-environmental area payments, in extensive farms.

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Paper provided by Faculdade de Economia e Gestão, Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Porto) in its series Documentos de Trabalho em Economia (Working Papers in Economics) with number 10.

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Keywords: organic farming; conversion; conversion grade markets; market premium prices; CAP payments.;

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Q13 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness

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  1. Sigrid Stagl, 2002. "Local Organic Food Markets: Potentials and Limitations for Contributing to Sustainable Development," Empirica, Springer, vol. 29(2), pages 145-162, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Villy Søgaard, 1999. "The Development of Organic Farming in Europe," Working Papers 4/99, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Environmental and Business Economics. [Downloadable!]
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