It is not only the provision of support for organic farming that matters, so too does its reliability
and the farmers’ confidence in the future prospects of the sector. This is because the decision
to start an organic business usually requires producers and processors to make financial
investments and take risks. Obviously, the willingness to take such risks is higher if there is con-
fidence in the market, and this turn is influenced by a reliably supportive climate for organic
agriculture on the government side (i.e. the government is effectively a risk-sharing partner).
A reliably supportive climate can be established by a succession of action plans. In Austria,
for example, four action plans of varying duration have been implemented consecutively between
2001 and 2013. Each of these included a clear development target, an assessment of
the current situation and a number of measures in response to that situation. When the first
action plan came into force, 14 % of the utilised agricultural area – or UAA – was already managed
organically. By 2012, the share of organic land in the total agricultural area had risen to
19.7 %. Thus, Austria was able to provide the right conditions for the expansion of an already
well-established organic sector.
It is not only the provision of support for organic farming that matters, so too does its reliabilityand the farmers’ confidence in the future prospects of the sector. This is because the decisionto start an organic business usually requires producers and processors to make financialinvestments and take risks. Obviously, the willingness to take such risks is higher if there is con-fidence in the market, and this turn is influenced by a reliably supportive climate for organicagriculture on the government side (i.e. the government is effectively a risk-sharing partner).A reliably supportive climate can be established by a succession of action plans. In Austria,for example, four action plans of varying duration have been implemented consecutively between2001 and 2013. Each of these included a clear development target, an assessment ofthe current situation and a number of measures in response to that situation. When the firstaction plan came into force, 14 % of the utilised agricultural area – or UAA – was already managedorganically. By 2012, the share of organic land in the total agricultural area had risen to19.7 %. Thus, Austria was able to provide the right conditions for the expansion of an alreadywell-established organic sector.
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