scholarly journals Organic Agriculture, Sustainability and Consumer Preferences

10.5772/58428 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terrence Thomas ◽  
Cihat Gunde
Keyword(s):  
Organic Agriculture ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Agriculture Sustainability

scholarly journals Organic Agriculture: The logical sequence to modern chemical agriculture in the Philippine context

2010 ◽  
pp. 112-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teodoro Mendoza
Keyword(s):  
Soil Fertility ◽  
Organic Agriculture ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Fertility Restoration ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Yield Reduction ◽  
Logical Sequence

Organic agriculture, which is also described as less fossil fuel-dependent and agrochemical-free agriculture, is now perceived as the logical sequence to the food production systems which are dependent on agro-chemical inputs from production to processing. This paper discusses the situations and factors that should be considered in the crucial process of shifting approaches to food production systems to achieve food security in the new millennium. In the past, farmers shifted with government support to chemical agriculture to produce the food requirements of the burgeoning population. Soils are badly degraded from the use of chemical fertilizer and pest populations are so complex and crop failures associated with no application of pesticides are widely known. Withdrawal from agrochemical use will mean huge yield reduction without soil fertility restoration and any further yield decline is unacceptable both to the farmers and the consumers. The shift to organic agriculture requires soil fertility restoration, breeding/selection of seeds for organic agriculture, adoption of cultural management practices and shifting monocropping to diverse planting, integrated nutrient management and ecological pest management systems, among others. Farmers need full government support to shift to organic agriculture. Moreover, the society or the consumers need to realize that the shift to organic agriculture is for their own benefit, hence, they need to appreciate, understand, cooperate, patronize and put premium value to organic agriculture products. The superior quality of organic products should be appreciated and should be translated to higher price. Organic agriculture production should be complemented with a change in consumer preferences or consumption patterns. It should be translated into a demand that will lead to changes in the supply side thereby changing the agricultural production systems that our Filipino farmers currently adopt.

scholarly journals KELEMBAGAAN DALAM SISTEM PERTANIAN PADI SEHAT

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hana Indriana ◽  
Fredian Tonny ◽  
Nurmala K. Pandjaitan
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Organic Agriculture ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Rice Agriculture ◽  
Agricultural Modernization ◽  
Agriculture Sustainability ◽  
Production Techniques ◽  
Peasant Community ◽  
Qualitative Exploration

Organic agriculture system has already developed and sustain until today in the middle of <br />agricultural modernization. It's become an alternative to build sustainable agriculture and institutional support become important element to build it. Related to that, the objective of this research was to analysis how is an agriculture sustainability will be built supported by sustainable institutions in organic agriculture system. The study is a sociological research which assumed itself into constructivist paradigm, which is a qualitative exploration, with specific cases using multi-method. The research was held on October 2008 until February 2009 and located in Ciburuy Village with paddy peasant community as the unit of analysis. The result of the research shows that organic agriculture system in Ciburuy Village is healty rice agriculture system which produce SAE branded rice (Healthy, Save, and Delicious). Technically, the system has not yet became pure organic agriculture which free of synthetic chemical because the using of chemical fertilizer. Nevertheless, a process and also an implementation of the system related to the principles of organic agriculture system. So that, production techniques, social relationships, <br />and the rules that embedded in were built to build agriculture sustainability. With the development of healthy rice farming systems, do not change a working relationship system of division of labor and wage system between tenant farmers and farm laborers. Similarly at harvest activity. The differences appear in the presence of mechanisms that shape institutional providers of fertilizer and pesticides, institutional Cooperative Farmers Group "Lisung Kiwari", institutional post-harvest, and institutional distribution of rice SAE as a product of healthy rice. <br /> Keywords : organic agriculture system, institutions sustainability, sustainable                     agriculture, people center development  <br />

scholarly journals Assessing Consumer Preferences for Organic Vegetables: A Case Study in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-47
Author(s):  
Huynh Viet Khai
Keyword(s):  
Organic Agriculture ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Mekong Delta ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Valuation Model ◽  
Organic Vegetables ◽  
Health Quality ◽  
Organically Grown ◽  
High Household Income

An increase in consumer’s demand for environmental and health quality has generated the movement of organic agriculture in terms of high-value products. Understanding consumer preferences is very necessary and important for policy-makers to design appropriate policies promoting and developing organic agriculture. This study employed a dichotomous choice contingent valuation model to analyze consumer’s willingness to pay for organic vegetables in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Results indicated that the majority of consumers were interested in organically grown products and willing to pay an average price premium of 59% for organic vegetables. Consumers concerned about health and food safety were more likely to purchase and those who have high household income and education also accepted to buy organic vegetables with higher price than conventional ones.

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