Institutional Development of Organic Farming in the EU

Mirela Tomaš Simin

mirela.tomas@polj.edu.rs
University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 8, Novi Sad, Serbia (Serbia)

Dragan Dragan Milić


University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 8, Novi Sad, Serbia (Serbia)

Marica Petrović


University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 8, Novi Sad, Serbia (Serbia)

Danica Glavaš-Trbić


University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 8, Novi Sad, Serbia (Serbia)

Bojana Komaromi


University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 8, Novi Sad, Serbia (Serbia)

Katarina Đurić


University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 8, Novi Sad, Serbia (Serbia)

Abstract

The concept of sustainable development has been attracting the attention of the scientific and professional community for decades. Various researches and papers focused on the concept of sustainability, exploring it through the prism of the economic, ecological and social subsystem. In this paper, the authors focus on agriculture and its sustainability. Starting from the assumption that organic farming is a sustainable system production, the authors turn to institutional support, trying to find a link between EU agricultural policy (CAP) and the growth of areas in organic agriculture. The research showed that this kind of support system failed to play the role that was intended for it and did not lead to mass acceptance of organic agriculture everywhere. Authors on the example of Denmark, Germany and Italy show the extent to which state support has influenced the expansion of areas under this system. Also, the comparison with the US agricultural policy leads to the conclusion that support policies for organic production constructed on a one-dimensional focus of payments per unit area will not lead to the expected results in terms of further progress and development of the organic sector.


Keywords:

organic farming, CAP, sustainability, development, subsidies

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2023-07-09

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Simin, M. T., Dragan Milić, D., Petrović, M., Glavaš-Trbić, D., Komaromi, B., & Đurić, K. (2023). Institutional Development of Organic Farming in the EU. Problemy Ekorozwoju, 18(1), 120–128. https://doi.org/10.35784/pe.2023.1.12

Authors

Mirela Tomaš Simin 
mirela.tomas@polj.edu.rs
University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 8, Novi Sad, Serbia Serbia

Authors

Dragan Dragan Milić 

University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 8, Novi Sad, Serbia Serbia

Authors

Marica Petrović 

University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 8, Novi Sad, Serbia Serbia

Authors

Danica Glavaš-Trbić 

University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 8, Novi Sad, Serbia Serbia

Authors

Bojana Komaromi 

University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 8, Novi Sad, Serbia Serbia

Authors

Katarina Đurić 

University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 8, Novi Sad, Serbia Serbia

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