Organic Farms in a Changing Policy Environment: Impacts of Support Payments, EU-Enlargement and Luxembourg Reform.
Hiltrud Nieberg, Frank Offermann, Katrin Zander

Organic Farming in Europe: Economics and Policy
Stuttgart-Hohenheim, August 2007

Paperback, approx. 234 p., Tables, Figures, Dimensions (in cm) 17x24
ISBN 3-933403-12-4
ISSN 1437-6512

28 Euro

Over the coming years, organic farms will be confronted by considerable changes in the economic and regulatory framework as well as in market conditions. This book provides a comprehensive quantitative analysis of the potential impact of the 2003 CAP reform, the adoption of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in new member states, and possible market changes for organic products following EU Eastern enlargement. The authors combine the results of an extensive farm survey with detailed farm financial data and complex farm models, to access the socio-economic impacts taking into account farmers' attitudes and adjustment strategies. Specific attention is paid to the policy dependency of organic farms under different policy and market scenarios.

The book is aimed at policy makers, the private sector, advisors, researchers and students in the field of economics and politics of organic farming.