To certify or not to certify? Separating the organic production and certification decisions

Veldstra, Michael D.; Alexander, Corinne E.; Marshall, María I.

doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2014.05.010

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“…Recent scholarship highlights that many motivations and factors affect the decision to farm organically and these factors are consistent across both country and cultural lines [40,41]. Prominently, environmental concerns with pollution and deleterious impacts [42], economic factors [43], and demographic differences between organic producers and conventional farmers (age, gender, and size of operation) [44,45] are often highlighted throughout the literature as variables that predict the decision to pursue organic production methods. Additionally, health concerns and environmental health 'tragedies', including pesticide poisoning, are also posited as significant influential factors that affect farmers' decisions to the transition to organic production strategies [46].…”

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Neurological and mental health outcomes among conventional and organic farmers in Indiana, USA

Khan¹,

Baidya²,

Aryal³

et al. 2018

Ann Agric Environ Med.

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Introduction. Every farming method, whether conventional or organic, has been associated with some sort of risky behaviors leading to health issues among farmers. Substantial evidence is not available in the literature to determine whether the magnitudes of health outcomes vary between conventional and organic farmers. The study investigated whether selfreported neurological and mental health symptoms differ between conventional and organic farmers living in Indiana, USA. Materials and method. A self-reported questionnaire survey collected information from 200 conventional and 157 organic farmers of Indiana on demographic characteristics, depression and neurological symptoms. Statistical analyses were conducted to observe the differences in self-reported symptoms by groups of farmers. Results. It was observed that the conventional farmers had significantly higher age-adjusted mean neurological symptom score (p<0.01) than the organic farmers. Regression models revealed positive and significant associations of conventional farming with total (β =1.34; p=0.02), sensory (β =0.83; p=0.001) and behavioural (β =0.09; p=0.03) symptoms after accounting for age, income, education and years in farming. Positive but non-significant associations were also observed in conventional farmers with cognitive and motor symptoms, and with all subscales of depression symptoms in the adjusted models. Conclusion. The findings obtained suggest the importance of a larger study to further explain the difference in mental and neurological health effects in these two categories of farmers.

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Neurological and mental health outcomes among conventional and organic farmers in Indiana, USA

Khan¹,

Baidya²,

Aryal³

et al. 2018

Ann Agric Environ Med.

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“…An increasing number of organic farmers choose not to certify their products (Veldstra et al 2014). Organic 3.0 has to develop new standards and methods for certification to avoid overregulation while encouraging participation from farmers of multiple scales and values.…”

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Organic Agriculture 3.0 is innovation with research

Rahmann¹,

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“…Since the quality of the finished food depends substantially on the quality of the primary agricultural products, some studies have dealt with the adoption and implementation of QMS decisions in agriculture and each of them identified a number of determinants of such decisions (Karipidis et al 2009;Asfaw et al 2010a, b;Masakure et al 2011;Muriithi et al 2011;Kersting and Wollni 2012;Karipidis and Tselempis 2014;Soltani et al 2014;Veldstra et al 2014). These studies analyse the adoption/nonadoption and implementation/non-implementation decisions focusing mostly on factors of the internal business environment, adding also, in some cases, one or more factors from the market and/or policy.…”

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Is quality certification in fruit and vegetable production a market-driven choice in Greece?

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This study examines whether the implementation of a quality management system (QMS) and the choice of a certain quality assurance scheme (QAS) were decided as responses by fruit and vegetable producers to market conditions, separating certification decisions into two components. A survey study is conducted and two discrete choice models are estimated: ordered logit for the implementation of QMS and binary probit for the choice of QAS. It is found that the buyers' demand for certification and the efforts of farmers to differentiate their products from others in an area that may present local quality problems lead farm businesses to accelerate QMS implementation. Regarding the choice of a private QAS, it is a market-driven decision. The conclusion is that certifications are characterised by a market-driven approach and the increased interest in certified products can lead to the diffusion of certification. Because the absence of information provision and the controls exerted by public authorities have an impact on QMS implementation, the diffusion of certification depends also on public policy measures, indicating the crucial role of a public policy mix properly designed to promote certification.

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To certify or not to certify? Separating the organic production and certification decisions

Cited by 88 publications

References 21 publications

Neurological and mental health outcomes among conventional and organic farmers in Indiana, USA

Neurological and mental health outcomes among conventional and organic farmers in Indiana, USA

Organic Agriculture 3.0 is innovation with research

Is quality certification in fruit and vegetable production a market-driven choice in Greece?

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