| Title |
Meeting the European green deal objective of expanding organic farming |
| ID_Doc |
6993 |
| Authors |
Kowalska, A; Bieniek, M |
| Title |
Meeting the European green deal objective of expanding organic farming |
| Year |
2022 |
| Published |
Equilibrium-Quarterly Journal Of Economics And Economic Policy, 17, 3 |
| DOI |
10.24136/eq.2022.021 |
| Abstract |
Research background: Economic growth is unsustainable. However, a circular economy has the potential to lead to sustainable development, while decoupling economic growth from the nega-tive consequences of resource depletion and environmental degradation. The EU's strategy of climate neutralization in 2050 developed, inter alia, into a European Green Deal action plan aiming at the efficient use of resources by moving to a cleaner, circular economy. More sustaina-ble EU food system is a cornerstone of the European Green Deal. The European Commission's goal is 25% of agricultural land to be used for organic production in 2030. The question is if it is possible to reach the objective with the use of current incentives. What else may be done to en-courage European farmers to convert to organic farming? Purpose of the article: The aim of this research is to review the development of organic agricul-ture in Europe and the EU and to identify incentives for farmers to convert to organic farming.Methods: First of all, the methodological approach is to iteratively review the existing literature to frame the problem. Secondly, the data on organic agriculture in Europe is to be analyzed to answer the research questions. The analysis is based on international statistics, mainly collected by FiBL, IFOAM, EC Agri-food data portal and Eurostat..Fitting the trend functions to the actual data has been made in three scenarios (pessimistic, realistic and optimistic). These trend functions were used for the long-term forecasts of the share of organic farmland in the EU. Copyright (c) Instytut Badan Gospodarczych / Institute of Economic Research (Poland) |
| Author Keywords |
European Green Deal; green growth; organic farming; sustainable food system; green public procurement |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000868520300002 |
| WoS Category |
Economics |
| Research Area |
Business & Economics |
| PDF |
http://economic-research.pl/Journals/index.php/eq/article/download/1978/1953
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