Policies supporting organic food and farming in the EU: assessment and development by stakeholders in 11 European countries

There is no single ‘best way’ of policy development. Bottom-up approaches to policy design and a broad debate among stakeholders facilitate policy learning and innovation. A novel approach of a bottom-up policy design process involving stakeholders is introduced. The first results obtained by implementing this methodology are presented. The outcomes of a large international effort for a development of policies for organic food and farming, which took place in Maj 2004 in Europe, are analyzed: the synthesized results from 11 European countries (AT, CH, CZ, DE, DK, EE, GB, HU, IT, PL, SI) on the current situation of policies related to the organic food market in Europe are highlighted and policy recommendations for the development of the organic food and farming sector are formulated. Specifically, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threatsof policies related to the organic food market are identified and policy instruments used to address these aspects are developed

Managementstrategien in der ökologischen Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft?!

Unternehmen und Initiative, die ökologische Lebensmittel produzieren, verarbeiten oder vermarkten, haben sich häufig aus der Nische heraus entwickelt. Oberste Priorität haben zu Beginn der Geschäftsentwicklung typischerweise die klassischen Werte der biologischen Lebensmittelerzeugung, die auf den Prinzipien Gesundheit, Ökologie, Gerechtigkeit und Sorgfalt im ökologischen Landbaus beruhen. Als Sprecher sind Vertreter aus der Landwirtschaft und der Ernährungswirtschaft eingeladen. Der Workshop beruht auf dem Konzept einer Fishbowl-Diskussion. Nach einer kurzen Einführungsrunde der Experten öffnet sich die Gesprächsrunde für Fragen und Beiträge von Teilnehmern

Innovative Finanzierungsformen entlang der Wertschöpfungskette

Auf der Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau 2015 gab es eine Veranstaltungsreihe "Praxis trifft Wissenschaft". Im Themenfeld "Wertschöpfungskette" zielte der Workshop zur Finanzierung in der Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft auf die Diskussion der Vor- und Nachteile alternativer Finanzierungsmodelle ab

Evaluating the contribution of innovation networks to resilient farming systems

Eberswalde University has been establishing an innovation network for organic farming and processing in the Federal State of Brandenburg and the city of Berlin in the north-eastern part of Germany. During the last decade, the network enabled several cross-disciplinary study and research projects. Organic farmers, small and medium-sized organic food processors and trade businesses, research institutes, advisory services as well as governmental and non-governmental organisations contributed to the development of this network. The projects that are jointly implemented focus on strategy development and practical problem solving for organic food value chains

The role of the business logic for growing value chains of organic food - first results of an international case study analysis

Values-based food chains link farmers, processors, wholesale and retail traders in a way that the end-consumer receives a product with additional quality attributes such as regionality, fair trade, high animal welfare or nature conservation standards. The transmission of such additional values which are beyond general food standards requires chain specific objectives and well-targeted management strategies. Results show that all studied businesses/initiatives have consistent business logics for their internal organisation and cooperation and communication in the specific chain. The business logic ensures the effective value transmission based on e.g. controlling and information measures

Aufbau wertebasierter Ketten für Öko-Nahrungsmittel – Herausforderungen, Chancen und Risiken

Growth of values-based food chains holds particular challenges, chances and risks. The objective of this presentation was to show preliminary results of the HealthyGrowth project. The discussion with local stakeholders from the agri-food industry enriched the development of the recommendations of the project in 2016

HealthyGrowth: Wie können Öko-Wertschöpfungsketten wachsen, ohne ihre Höherwertigkeit zu verlieren?

Growth of values-based food chains holds particular challenges. The objective of this paper is the presentation of preliminary results of the HealthyGrowth project

Strategies for medium-sized value-based food chains during growing process with a particular focus on the business logic and management concept

Growth of values-based food chains holds particular challenges. The disconnection between producers and consumers require strategies that maintain and communicate values throughout the food chain. The objective of this paper is to analyze strategies organic food businesses have chosen to deal with growth, and in particular, strategies that focus on consumers’ expectations and producers’ business strategies. A literature review on the challenges of growing organic food chains provided the conceptual framework. The analysis of three case studies of organic food businesses shows that the values of food chains and the related business strategies aiming to maintain and transmit these values differ significantly. One case study business is closely linked to the farmers and the chain is characterized by the quality of products and process. The second case study focuses on reliability between chain partners, while the third is based on good cooperation aiming to secure income and employment

The development and the impact of Organic Farming Policy in the European Regions (1998-2003)

This paper summarises the findings of WP 1.3 and WP 2 of the EU-CEEOFP project. Specifically, it presents the results of the analysis of the development and impact of Organic Farming Policy at the regional level in the EU-15

Impact of the EU Common Agricultural Policy on organic in comparison to conventional farms

Farms in the EU receive considerable support from the Common Agricultural Policy. Support for organic and conventional farms is analysed, covering a wide range of different Common Agricultural Policy support measures. The current design of the Common Market Organisations tends to disadvantage organic farming systems, although developments in the last two CAP reforms (years 1992 and 2000) and the latest reform (2003) have reduced the discrimination of extensive farming systems and now provide opportunities to introduce measures to meet some of the needs of organic farms