Organic farming as a factor for territorial development: a comparative perspective

Markus Schermer (1) , Claire Lamine (2) , Patrizia Pugliese (3) , Christoph Furtschegger (1) , Samuel Buis (4)

1 Leopold Franzens Universität Innsbruck - University of Innsbruck
2 ECODEVELOPPEMENT - Unité de recherche d'Écodéveloppement
3 CIHEAM-IAMB - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Bari
4 EMMAH - Environnement Méditerranéen et Modélisation des Agro-Hydrosystèmes

In various European countries, organic farming acts as a driving factor for territorial development, forming initiatives like the Biovallée in France, Biodistretti in Italy or Bioregionen in Austria. These initiatives aspire to create ‘model regions’ for sustainable development not only in agriculture, but in a wider perspective. While the overall objective is similar for all approaches, the outcomes differ as our analysis of three European territories shows.63

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Markus Schermer, Claire Lamine, Patrizia Pugliese, Christoph Furtschegger, Samuel Buis. Organic farming as a factor for territorial development: a comparative perspective. 26. European Society for Rural Sociology Congress, Aug 2015, Aberdeen, United Kingdom. 212 p. ⟨hal-01601567⟩