The Economics of Organic Farming : An International Perspective

Contributors Preface Currency Conversion Table Part 1 Organic Farming Concepts, History and Research Issues 1. Organic Farming: Sustainable Agriculture in Practive, Nicolas H. Lampkin 2. The Development of the Organic Industry and Market: An International Perspective 3. Researching Organic Farming Systems, Nicolas H. Lampkin 4. Organic Farming and Society: An Economic Perspective, David I. Bateman Part 2 Organic Farming as a Business 5. Economics of Organic Farming in Britain, Nicolas H. Lampkin 6. Economics of Organic Farming in Germany, Susanne Padel and Uli Zerger 7. Economics of Organic Farming in Denmark, Alex Dubgaard 8. Economics of Organic Farming in Switzerland, Irene Muhlebach and Jorg Mulebach 9. Economics of Organic Farming in Canada, John Henning 10. Economics of Organic and Low-input Farming in the United States of America, Molly D. Anderson 11. Economics of Organic Farming in Australia, Els Wynen 12. Farm-level Performance of Organic Farming Systems: An Overview, Susanne Padel and Nicolas H. Lampkin Part 3 Converting to Organic Farming: The Economics of the Transition Process 13. Changes in Physical and Financial Performance durning Conversion to Organic Farming: Case Studies of Two English Dairy Farms, Nicolas H. Lampkin 14. Case Studies of Farm Converting to Organic Agriculture in Germany, Bernhard Freyer et al 15. Conversion to Low-input Farming Systems in Pennsylvania, USA: An Evaluation of the Rodale Farming System Trial and Related Economic Studies, Steven E. Peters 16. Economics of Conversion to Organic Farming: Cross-sectional Analysis of Survey Data in Germany, Stephan Dabbert 17. Conversion to Organic Farming: An Overview, Susanne Padel and Nicolas H. Lampkin Part 4 Widespread Conversion to Organic Farming: MOdelling the Regional Impacts 18. Comparative Analysis of Futer Development Paths for Agricultural Production Systems in Germany, Uli Zerger and Hartmut Bossel 19. Impacts of Widespread Conversion to Organic Agriculture in the State of Baden-Wurteemberg, Germany, Jurgen Braun 20. estimating the Impact of Widespread Conversion to Organic Farming on Land use and Physical Output in the United Kingdom, Nicolas H. Lampkin 21. Input-Output Modelling of Organic Farming and the Rural Economy of England and Wales, Peter Midmore 22. Modelling the Impact of Widespread Conversion to Organic Farming: An Overview, Peter Midmore and Nicolas H. Lampkin Part 5 Organic Farming and Agriclutural Policy 23. Policy Issues and Impacts of Government Assistance for Conversion to Organic Farming: The Danish Experience, Alex Dubgaard and Hanne Holst 24. Agricultural Policy and Impacts of National and Regional Government Assistance for Conversion to Organic Farming in Switzerland, Otto Schmid 25. Financial Assistance for Conversion to ORganic Farming in Germany under the European Community's Extensification Programme, Ludger Schulze Pals et al 26. Organic Farming and Agriclutural Policy in Western Europe: An Overview, Nicolas H. Lampkin and Susanne Padel Index