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A Comparison of Organic Farming Support Policies in Turkey and the EU

A Comparison of Organic Farming Support Policies in Turkey and the EU

Autori:

Yener ATASEVEN

Cod: ISSN: 1583-3410 (print), ISSN: 1584-5397 (electronic)
Dimensiuni: pp. 199-211



How to cite this article:

Ataseven, Y. (2014). A Comparison of Organic Farming Support Policies in Turkey and the EU. Revista de Cercetare si Interventie Sociala, 44, 199-211.



Abstract:

Organic farming has attracted an increasing attention over the last three decades, because it has been perceived as a solution to the problems currently besetting the agricultural sectors of industrialized countries. Consumers, farmers, environmentalists and policy-makers have been increasingly recognised organic farming for environmental, social and financial sustainability. Therefore, every country has ensured supports for organic farming. A wide range of support measures are now applied in the EU according to increasing consumers’ awareness of food safety and environmental concerns. Same parallel developments occurred in Turkey in the mid 80s with the increasing demand from the consumers of the EU countries. In 1999, it was granted to Turkey the status of candidate country for membership of the EU. So, Turkey had to met some obligations. In Turkey and EU, agri-environment programs like organic farming have been recognized as eco-friendly ways to support income of the farmers. Financial supports for organic farming have been given with different rates for both Turkey and EU. It is therefore necessary to compare both Turkey’s and EU’s payment policies. This study is based on a literature review. The main method is to evaluate, synthesize and establish relationships among the researches from the relevant literature. The objective of this study is to describe fi-nancial support payments to producers of organic farming in Turkey and EU and to compare of policies of Turkey and the EU. According to the results of this research, there are different payment levels for organic farming in Turkey and the EU. Payments in Turkey are particu-larly area-based, on the other hand, there are financial payments according to areabased, quality standards, food crops, non-food crops in the EU.

Keywords:

organic farming; financial supports; comparison; Turkey; European Union.


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