Conversion to Organic Farming: A Typical Example of the Diffusion of an Innovation?

By Susanne Padel. 2001

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Subfields: Environmental Chemistry, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Plant Science

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Factors influencing the conversion to organic farming in Norway (2008, background): “Our results support previous studies of the changing profile of producers converting to organic farming (e.g. Flaten et al., 2006; Padel, 2001; Rigby et al., 2001).”
The Trouble with ‘Organic Lite’ in California: a Rejoinder to the ‘Conventionalisation’ Debate (2004, background): “4 per cent of the total agricultural area (Padel 2001).”
Modelling the adoption of organic horticultural technology in the UK using Duration Analysis (2003, background): “Low-input systems have been described as ‘information intensive’ and the availability of information is particularly important for a ‘knowledge-based’ innovation such as organic farming (Padel 2001).”
The 'Conventionalisation' thesis reconsidered: structural and ideological transformation of Australian organic agriculture (2005, methodology): “Based on the review of research into conversion to organic farming by Padel (2001), scales were developed for 10 potential motivations including environmental health, animal health, farm productivity, farm profitability, risk aversion, cost saving, premium marketing, food quality, chemical safety…”
Participatory approach for developing knowledge on organic rice farming: Management strategies and productive performance (2020, background): “This is in accordance with the active role of women, highlighted by Padel (2001), in developing and sharing innovation for organic farming.”
Deconstructing the ‘young farmer problem in Europe’: Towards a research agenda (2015, background): “Uptake of organic farming is more straightforward, with consistent findings that converts to organic farming tend to be younger (Padel, 2001; Laepple and Van Rensburg, 2011).”
Technical and Social Dimensions of Farmer Learning: An Analysis of the Emergence of Reduced Tillage Systems in England (2010, background): “With respect to the technical dimension, the transition to an alternative system is not a simple technical change (Padel 2001; Lahmar 2005).”
Conversion to organic farming: a multidimensional research object at the crossroads of agricultural and social sciences. A review (2011, background): “…observe an improvement in organic farmers’ relations to the agricultural profession and a willingness to be implied in its networks, even though relationships are often analysed as being closer to consumers than to non-organic farmers (Padel, 2001; Piriou, 2002; Storstad and Bjørkhaug, 2003).”
Converting or not converting to organic farming in Austria:Farmer types and their rationale (2005, background): “The decision tree thus supports evidence that many of the farmers who have converted since the late 1990s may have been driven more by financial motives rather than by non-economic considerations (Jansen, 2000; Padel, 2001; Rigby et al., 2001).”
Technical efficiency and conversion to organic farming: the case of France (2014, background): “In her literature review Padel (2001) noted for example that the adoption of OT had been higher in those European countries where the support program for OF was more favorable.”
Organic Farming and Sustainable Rural Development: A Multifaceted and Promising Convergence (2001, background): “A greater openness to change, a lower average age and a higher education level often distinguish them from their conventional colleagues and usually make them more prone to accept external challenges (Padel 1994; Padel 2001).”