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Analysis of the Determinants of Adoption of Organic Horticultural Techniques in the UK
Author(s) -
Burton Michael,
Rigby Dan,
Young Trevor
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.157
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1477-9552
pISSN - 0021-857X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-9552.1999.tb00794.x
Subject(s) - multinomial logistic regression , profitability index , organic production , sample (material) , production (economics) , organic product , logit , organic farming , business , negative binomial distribution , econometrics , economics , agricultural science , agricultural economics , statistics , mathematics , geography , microeconomics , agriculture , environmental science , finance , chemistry , archaeology , chromatography , poisson distribution
The determinants of the decision to adopt organic production techniques are examined by applying binomial and multinomial logit techniques to a sample of 237 horticultural producers from the UK. The analysis indicates that organic horticultural producers are more likely to be younger, run smaller enterprises and be female than their conventional counterparts, and that there are significant non‐economic aspects to the decision to adopt organic techniques which may be missed in comparative profitability studies. In addition, the analysis indicates that the registered and unregistered organic producers should not be regarded as a homogenous group, with significant differences in terms of the influence of gender and information sources observed.