Non-compliance in organic farming: A cross-country comparison of Italy and Germany

Danilo Gambelli, Francesco Solfanelli, Raffaele Zanoli (), Alexander Zorn, Christian Lippert and Stephan Dabbert

Food Policy, 2014, vol. 49, issue P2, 449-458

Abstract: This paper describes the Italian and German organic certification systems, including the institutions involved and the definitions of non-compliance and sanctions. Although they are both implementations of the same EU regulatory framework, these systems differ in many respects. Case study data from control bodies on non-compliance and sanctions are presented and analysed using binary choice models. This analysis shows that the occurrence of slight non-compliance and greater farm acreage are significant risk factors that explain severe non-compliance in both countries. However, to implement an efficient risk-based inspection system in the future, the data collection process must be improved and extended to examine personal attributes of farmers and operators.

Keywords: Organic certification; Non-compliance; Risk analysis; Italy; Germany (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2014.05.012

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