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Organic policy in Austria: greening and greenwashing

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Within the EU Austria is in the vanguard of the development of organic farming, with more than 10% of farms and land under organic management. Austria therefore provides an excellent example of what happens when organic production becomes an accepted mainstream mode of farming. This raises key questions about how agricultural policy actors and market actors react to this growth. Does the increasing share of organic production substantially change the future direction of agricultural and policy development? Or is the growth of the organic sector mainly instrumental, allowing policy and market actors to communicate a positive image while at the same time ramifying conventional approaches?

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  • Markus Schermer, 2008. "Organic policy in Austria: greening and greenwashing," International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 7(1/2), pages 40-50.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijarge:v:7:y:2008:i:1/2:p:40-50
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    1. Swagemakers, Paul & Schermer, Markus & Domínguez García, María Dolores & Milone, Pierluigi & Ventura, Flaminia, 2021. "To what extent do brands contribute to sustainability transition in agricultural production practices? Lessons from three European case studies," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 189(C).
    2. Charalampos Konstantinidis, 2018. "Capitalism in Green Disguise: The Political Economy of Organic Farming in the European Union," Review of Radical Political Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, vol. 50(4), pages 830-852, December.
    3. Charalampos Konstantinidis, 2012. "Assessing the Rise of Organic Farming in the European Union: Environmental and Socio-economic Consequences," UMASS Amherst Economics Working Papers 2012-01, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Economics.
    4. Markus Schermer, 2015. "From “Food from Nowhere” to “Food from Here:” changing producer–consumer relations in Austria," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 32(1), pages 121-132, March.
    5. Verburg, René W. & Verberne, Emma & Negro, Simona O., 2022. "Accelerating the transition towards sustainable agriculture: The case of organic dairy farming in the Netherlands," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 198(C).
    6. Ika Darnhofer, 2021. "Farming Resilience: From Maintaining States towards Shaping Transformative Change Processes," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(6), pages 1-21, March.

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