Overview
- Considers a wide range of specific situations and industries in the agri-food sector, both in Italy and in the United States
- Discusses both the farmers’ opportunities and the consumers’ choices
- Shows how agricultural economists are performing analyses dealing with organic produce on different points in the supply chain
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Table of contents (13 papers)
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Front Matter
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Sector’s Overview
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Front Matter
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The Producer’s Perspective
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Recent Developments and Future Issues
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About this book
Consumers’ attention to food safety issues and environmental issues has increased overwhelmingly in recent decades because of their increased concern about their own health, the environment’s health, and the crises and emergencies reported worldwide. Once the only option, organic agriculture has always been a production option followed by at least a few farmers all over the world. These farmers were prompted by ethical and environmental motivations, as well as by committed consumers who supported organic agriculture thanks to a separate but fairly elitist distribution channel. Organic food now has become a viable alternative for an increasing number of consumers that are worried about the presence of chemicals residues and the negative consequences on the environment caused by intensive production methods. Many farmers also now see organic farming as a way to stabilize or even increase their income due to public policy support and growing market demand.
Organic Food: Consumers' Choices and Farmers' Opportunities gives an overview of the organic sector, both in Italy and in the United States, and demonstrates how agricultural economists are performing analyses dealing with organic produce on different points in the supply chain. It discusses economic issues raised by organic farming and takes into account both the consumer's needs and the managerial and budget constraints experienced by the farmers. Also farm management methodologies and marketing analyses are used with specific research topics involving several industries in the agri-food sector.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Organic Food
Book Subtitle: Consumers' Choices and Farmers' Opportunities
Editors: Maurizio Canavari, Kent D. Olson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-39582-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-39581-4
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2289-2
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-39582-1
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 200
Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations
Topics: Food Science, Agricultural Economics