Future sustainability of organic vegetable production in the UK : perception of the growers
| Autor: | Banik, Pankaj Kumar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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| Druh dokumentu: | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Popis: | A study was carried out to investigate future sustainability of organic vegetable production in the UK based on perception of the vegetable growers. The objectives were to determine the economic and social sustainability of organic vegetables production and to examine whether there are any relationships between economic and social indicators. Data and opinions were collected by interviewing and through a postal questionnaire. Only 14% growers (26 out of 175) had replied by post. About 61% of the respondents had been farming in the conventional way before switching to organic and 39% growers started organic farming straightway. Those who started organic farming directly has significantly lower farm size (p |
| Databáze: | Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations |
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