Policy impact assessment

Apart from market developments, it is the agri-policy environment which is an essential economic factor for the further development of organic farming.

• Analysis of the impact of different agri-policy environments on organic farming in Switzerland: Impacts on income, farm business organization, supply, and the relative advantage of organic farming.
• Development of future business strategies for organic holdings.
• Assessment of the acceptance of policy instruments for organic farming.
• Analysis of the institutional network for organic farming policy.
• Establishment of a policy information system for organic farming in Switzerland.

Projects

• Impact of agricultural trade liberalisation policies on organic farming and its relative competitiveness compared to conventional agriculture in Switzerland (project description in the Organic Eprints Database)
• European Action Plan for Organic Food and Farming (ORGAP) (project description in the Organic Eprints Database)
• Sustainable introduction of GM crops into European Agriculture (SIGMEA) (project description in the Organic Eprints Database)
• GM and non-GM supply chains: Their CO-EXistence and TRAceability (COEXTRA) (project description in the Organic Eprints Database)
• Development of a sector-consistent farm group model for policy impact analyses for organic farming (project description in the Organic Eprints Database)
• Impact of the Swiss Direct Payments for Organic Farms on the Non-Commodity Output of the Agricultural Sector
• Economics of animal welfare

Completed Projects

• Further development of Organic Farming Policy in Europe, with Particular Emphasis on EU Enlargement (EU-CEEOFP) (project description in the Organic Eprints Database)
• Effects of the CAP-reform and possible further developments on organic farming in the EU
• Micro-economic instruments for impact assessment of multifunctional agriculture to implement the Model of European Agriculture (MEA Scope) (project description in the Organic Eprints Database)

Contact

Matthias Stolze

Literature

Literature on “Agricultural policy” in the Organic Eprints Database