Concept and State of Producer Organizations Development in European Organic Farming

Paraušić, Vesna and Roljević Nikolić, Svetlana (2022) Concept and State of Producer Organizations Development in European Organic Farming. In: Entrepreneurial innovation in agri-food science. Alexandru Ioan Cuza University ; Institute of Agricultural Economics, Iaşi, Romania ; Belgrade, Serbia, pp. 48-68. ISBN 978-606-714-710-0 ; 978-86-6269-112-5

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Abstract

The “European Green Deal” as a new set of European Commission's policy initiatives, and the "Farm to Fork Strategy" within this policy, emphasize the importance of sustainable development, circular and resource-efficient economy. "Farm to Fork Strategy" promotes further development of organic agriculture and also contains proposals to improve farmers' market position in the food value chain. One of the best ways to improve the market position of farmers is the farmers' associations, primarily producer organizations. The organic farming is one of the rare sectors where small-scale production is not an obstacle to competitiveness and where the increase in assets and funds (consolidation) is not an imperative for market success, so producer organizations represent an ideal type of cooperation, contributing to strengthening farmers' market position in the organic food supply chain. The authors analyze the concept of producer organizations and the state of their development in the European organic farming sector, to point out the possibilities of further development of organic production together with improving the market position of farmers in this production.

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