TY - JOUR

T1 - Economics, Policy, and Organic Agriculture

A1 - Ingemann,Jan Holm

AU - Ingemann,Jan Holm

PY - 2009

Y1 - 2009

N2 - Is organic agriculture so special that special social theories and methods are needed? The article investigates the question in two steps: First, the article address the question whether agriculture is special. Second, whether organic agriculture is special. It is concluded that from an economic point of view new research suggests that the organic sector can only be conceptualized and understood in the general social context. If the sector is analyzed as independent of general social context, it will lead to insufficient, and in worst case wrong, understandings and subsequently inadequate policy recommendations. <br/>

AB - Is organic agriculture so special that special social theories and methods are needed? The article investigates the question in two steps: First, the article address the question whether agriculture is special. Second, whether organic agriculture is special. It is concluded that from an economic point of view new research suggests that the organic sector can only be conceptualized and understood in the general social context. If the sector is analyzed as independent of general social context, it will lead to insufficient, and in worst case wrong, understandings and subsequently inadequate policy recommendations. <br/>

KW - landbrugsøkonomisk teori

KW - landbrugspolitik

KW - økologisk landbrug

KW - institutionel økonomi

KW - agricultural economics

KW - agricultural policy

KW - organic agriculture

KW - institutional economics

UR - http://www.icrofs.org/pdf/icrofsnews/2009_2.pdf

JO - ICROFS News

JF - ICROFS News

IS - 2

VL - 2009

SP - 11

EP - 12

ER -