Socio-economic aspects of local and national organic farming markets
This Defra-funded project explores the opportunities and barriers to increasing organic production from farms in England and Wales and considers the implications for rural development. The project, led by the Centre for Rural Policy Research at Exeter University, appraises the extent to which organic farm businesses and associated food chains meet public expectations of organic food.
These issues are examined through an integrated approach designed to combine a state of the art review of existing knowledge with new empirical investigations of producer and consumer behaviour in different parts of England and Wales, all supported by a specially convened panel of expert stakeholders. The CCRI component of the project is led by Brian Ilbery and also involves Damian Maye, Paul Courtney, James Kirwan, Matt Reed and Carol Kambites. The project runs from 2007 to 2009
