Loyals" and "Optimizers": Shedding Light on the Decision for or Against Organic Agriculture Among Swiss Farmers created by Stefan Mann Miriam Gairing
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Main Library - Special Collections | BJ52.5 JOU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Vol 25.No. 3 pages 365-376 | SP12557 | Not for loan | For Inhouse use only |
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The choice between organic and conventional agriculture for farmers is modeled as an ethical decision. Farmers are either loyal to one of the systems or they optimize between systems. This model is empirically validated through a survey among Swiss farmers. A cluster analysis separates farmers into loyal organic, loyal conventional, and optimizing farmers. However, the three resulting clusters bore some, but not all the necessary characteristics of optimizers and loyals. A probit analysis shows that loyal farmers have larger farms than optimizers. Loyal organic farmers receive less direct payments than optimizers, which conrms the utility-maximizing pattern of the latter group.
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