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Multifunctionality of Organic Farming: Case Study from Southern Poland Cover

Multifunctionality of Organic Farming: Case Study from Southern Poland

By: Ruta Śpiewak  
Open Access
|Apr 2016

Abstract

The main goal of this article is to answer the question whether organic farming, which is developing in some parts of Poland, can be considered as a form of multifunctional farming and contribute so to non-commodity functions and the process of change in a particular territory of given areas. The analyses are based on data obtained from 2013 of several points in the south of Poland representing a cluster of organic market oriented farmers. The results show that namely market organic farming may serve as multifunctional one, but only under certain conditions and for a specific type of farming. Through specific functions, organic farming facilitates the changes, primarily on a local scale. The existence of a strong integrated organic farming sector might influences development and change, resulting in not only the improvement of economic welfare of organic farmers, but also of whole local communities, strengthening the bonds amongst them, mobilising the social resources.

Language: English
Page range: 1 - 15
Submitted on: Aug 23, 2015
Accepted on: Mar 18, 2016
Published on: Apr 9, 2016
Published by: Mendel University in Brno
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2016 Ruta Śpiewak, published by Mendel University in Brno
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