The role of US organic certifiers in organic hotspot formation

Marasteanu, I. Julia; Jaenicke, Edward C.

doi:10.1017/s1742170515000149

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“…The matrix, z , represents variables that explain D i . To specify z , we generally follow Marasteanu and Jaenicke (2016), who model organic hotspot formation as a function of county-level factors. We take care to include at least one variable in z that is uncorrelated with y 1 i and y 0 i except through D i (Cameron and Trivedi, 2005).…”

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Economic impact of organic agriculture hotspots in the United States

Marasteanu

Jaenicke

2018

Renew. Agric. Food Syst.

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In this paper, we assess whether or not organic agriculture has a positive impact on local economies. We first identify organic agriculture hotspots (clusters of counties with positively correlated high numbers of organic operations) using spatial statistics. Then, we estimate a treatment effects model that classifies a county's membership in an organic hotspot as an endogenous treatment variable. By modeling what a hotspot county's economic indicators would have been had the county not been part of a hotspot, this model captures the effect of being in a hotspot on a county's economic indicators. We perform the same analysis for general agricultural farm hotspots to confirm that the benefits associated with organic production hotspots are, in fact, due to the organic component. Our results show that organic hotspot membership leads to a lower county-level poverty rate and a higher median household income. A similar result is not found when investigating the impact of general agriculture hotspots. On the other hand, our result is robust to alternative hotspot definitions based on type of organic operations to alternative methods of estimating average treatment effects on the treated. These results provide strong motivation for considering hotspots of organic handling operations, which refers to middlemen such as processors, wholesalers and brokers, and hotspots of organic production to be local economic development tools, and may be of interest to policymakers whose objective is to promote rural development. Our results may incentivize policymakers to specifically focus on organic development, rather than the more general development of agriculture, as a means to promote economic growth in rural areas, and may further point them in the direction of not only encouraging the presence of organic operations, but of fostering the development of clusters or hotspots of these operations.

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Section: Methods: Identification Of Treatment Effects From Hotspotsmentioning

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Economic impact of organic agriculture hotspots in the United States

Marasteanu

Jaenicke

2018

Renew. Agric. Food Syst.

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“…Additionally, the costs of conversion, in terms of reduced yields during the transition period, may be too high for many farmers [9]. Some of these barriers may be reduced by the presence of either university agricultural extension agents, private sector companies supporting the transition to organic, or certifiers conducting outreach to farmers [8,10].…”

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The Role of Clustering in the Adoption of Organic Dairy: A Longitudinal Networks Analysis between 2002 and 2015

Herrera¹,

Dimitri²

2019

Sustainability

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This paper uses network analysis to study the geo-localization decisions of new organic dairy farm operations in the USA between 2002 and 2015. Given a dataset of organic dairy certifications we simulated spatio-temporal networks based on the location of existing and new organic dairy farming operations. The simulations were performed with different probabilities of connecting with existing or incoming organic farmer operations, to overcome the lack of data describing actual connections between farmers. Calculated network statistics on the simulated networks included the average degree, average shortest path, closeness (centrality), clustering coefficients, and the relative size of the largest cluster, to demonstrate how the networks evolved over time. The findings revealed that new organic dairy operations cluster around existing ones, reflecting the role of networks in the conversion into organic production. The contributions of this paper are twofold. First, we contribute to the literature on clustering, information sharing, and market development in the agri-food industry by analyzing the potential implications of social networking in the development of a relatively new agriculture market. Second, we add to the literature on empirical social networks by using a new dataset with information on actors not previously studied analytically.

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“…The absence of these factors constitutes a significant barrier to the development of this production system [Wheeler 2008, Sharifi et al 2010. Here, the role of scientific research and the transfer of knowledge into practice should be emphasized [Marasteanu, Jaenicke 2016]. This is a certain challenge for both scientific institutions and consulting services.…”

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Barriers to the Development of Organic Farming

Koåoszko-Chomentowska

Stalgienė

2019

Annals PAAAE

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The goal of this research was to review the literature dedicated to barriers to the development of the organic production system. As an agricultural system combining economic and environmental objectives, organic farming has gained social acceptance. The growth of consumer interest in organic food is indicative of this. Public funds play an important role in the development of organic farming, encouraging the transition from a traditional to an organic system of farming. However, a reduced rate of growth of the number of organic farms and even a return to conventional production methods is being observed. Such farmer behavior is taking place in many EU countries. Analysis was conducted based on the results of studies conducted until now and mass statistical data. The results of analysis indicate that organic farming is encountering numerous development barriers. These are barriers related to management, market and cultural barriers, as well as barriers linked to national policy and technology. Social support for the development of organic production is also significant. There is, therefore, a need to identify barriers and adopt a strategy to support organic farming. Limiting these barriers will contribute to broadening the food offer that contains high nutritional values and encompasses the concept of environmental protection.

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The role of US organic certifiers in organic hotspot formation

Cited by 15 publications

References 28 publications

Economic impact of organic agriculture hotspots in the United States

Economic impact of organic agriculture hotspots in the United States

The Role of Clustering in the Adoption of Organic Dairy: A Longitudinal Networks Analysis between 2002 and 2015

Barriers to the Development of Organic Farming

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