Market-Led Versus Government-Facilitated Growth – Development of the U.S. and EU Organic Agricultural Sectors

Carol Dimitri and Lydia Oberholtzer

No 401299, Miscellaneous Publications from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: Organic farmland and sales are rapidly growing worldwide, and the two largest markets are in the European Union (EU) and the United States. The two regions have adopted different policy approaches to organic agriculture. Many EU countries have “green payments” available for transitioning and continuing organic farmers, as well as a variety of other supply and demand policies aimed at promoting growth of the organic sector. The U.S. Government, in contrast, has largely taken a free-market approach to the organic sector, and policy is aimed at facilitating market development. This report compares EU and U.S. organic agriculture policy and examines the organic sectors in the two regions.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Land Economics/Use; Marketing; Public Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26
Date: 2005-08
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.401299

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