HealthyGrowth: From niche to volume with integrity and trust
In HealthyGrowth, eighteen mid-scale and four regional organic value chains are investigated in order to learn how they are able to combine values and increasing volumes.
- Managing specific challenges related to growth
- Understanding success factors
- Fostering cooperation and partnership in values-based food chains
About the project
Background
A sustainable growth in the organic market depends on the ability to combine increasing volumes with measures that safeguard integrity and consumer trust based on organic values and principles.
- Mainstream large-scale value chains have major difficulties in securing and advancing organic values
- Organic markets differ between countries and sectors; however: many face generic challenges related to growth
- Examples show that medium-scale food chains are able to increase volumes of premium quality products while mediating organic values from farmer to consumer
Main project activitites
- Literature review related to organic and other forms of sustainable food chains
- Methodological approach for the selection of case studies
- Interdisciplinary and multiperspectival analysis of case studies
- Case studies including interviews and workshops with relevant chain partners
- Active stakeholder involvement, network building and cooperation on national and European level
- International research cooperation e.g. with US-project “Agriculture of the Middle”
Project details
Contact persons
Project number
6293
Project period
01/04/2013 - 31/12/2016
Collaboration partners
Coordinator:
Associate Professor Egon Noe, Aarhus University, Denmark
Partners:
- Associate Professor Rebecka Milestad, Royal Insitute of Technology, Sweden
- Dr. Claire Lamine, INRA, France
- Dr. Hilde Bjørkhaug, Centre for Rural Research, Norway
- Associate professor Andreja Borec, University of Maribor, Slovenia
- Associate Professor Markus Schermer, University of Innsbruck, Austria
- Senior Scientist Helmi Risku-Norja, MTT Agrifood, Finland
- Professor Anna Maria Häring, Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development (HNEE) , Germany
- Dr. Susanne von Münchhausen, Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development (HNEE) , Germany
- Dr. Karlheinz Knickel, Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development (HNEE) , Germany
- Associate Professor Handan Giray, Suleyman Demiral University, Turkey
- Dr. Adem Atasay, GDAR Directorate of Fruit Research Station, Turkey
- Dr. Virgilijus Skulskis, Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics, Lithuania
Financing
ERA-net CORE Organic II by national funds to each partner.
CORE Organc II is a collaboration between 21 countries on initiating transnational research projects in the area of organic food and farming.
For further information, see www.coreorganic2.org.
News
Sorry, we found no news related to this project.
Contact us
Would you like to get in touch with us?
Fill in the form below and we will answer you as soon as possible.