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02.06.2013

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We recommend article of Markus Larsson, Louise Morin, Thomas Hahn and Johanna Sandahl - 'Institutionalbarriers to organic farming in Central and Eastern European countries of theBaltic Sea region', published in Agricultural and Food Economics 2013, 1:5.

A window of opportunity to promote organic farming is open for the Central and EasternEuropean Countries (CEEC) that joined the EU in 2004. The development of organic farminghas the potential to decrease the amount of nutrient leaching to the Baltic Sea andcould help to stop the environmental degradation of the Sea. However, this requiresa diverse set of institutions. This paper explores the institutions that are lackingto promote the full development of organic farming in the CEEC, using Sweden as abaseline reference. A case study approach, formalised by introducing a set of indicators,has been used to identify the missing institutions. Data have been obtained from adesktop study, including a literature review, interviews and a questionnaire. Thecase studies partially support previous studies proposing that the development oforganic farming proceeds along six steps: establishment of an organic farming community;establishment of political recognition; establishment of financial support; establishmentof non-competitive relationships between the organic sector and general agriculturalinstitutions; establishment of an organic food market; and development of a discussionand coordination arena. The results show that market development is the least developedstep and that there is a correlation between higher governmental engagement and amore developed organic sector.

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