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8. Conclusions
As a result, the main objective of organic farming is to optimize the life circle and to establish
a sustainable farming system for the health and productivity of societies of plants, animals and
people. Accordingly healthy food and in this context organic agricultural products are vital
for all nations. Communities are willing to consume more healthy foods that has been
controlled by government or related organizations. Nowadays the quality of food is an
emerging trend for consumers especially in developed nations. For this reason, farmers as a
food producers are required to benefit from the education and extension services more
frequently.
Demand for organic food has been increasing not only in developed but also in developing
countries in the last two or three decades. Due to characteristics of organic farming, advisory
units has to be establish at the production decision.
Because of high price, the demand for organic food is not expected to increase in a short period
of time in Turkey. However, increasing awareness of consumers to health concern might
stimulate the demand for organic products in the long term. Regarding advisory units, the
approaches used in the EU countries might be used in Turkey such as establishing farmers
and private organizations [39].
The contract farming approach which was initiated by importing firms must be considered for
Turkey's organic sector. Furthermore, there is a urgent need to stress on encouraging advisory
units to achieve the competitiveness and efficiency.
Both, the EU and other countries, it is necessary to benefit from the experiences. Establishing
a network to share experiences would be useful to every country.
Participatory extension approaches which are very effective, would be very helpful in the use
of organic agricultural producers. Farmers' organizations can play an important role to
increase the efforts unfortunately these organizations are not effective. Countries should
contribute to the development of organic farming because domestic demand for organic
agricultural products has been increasing day by day. Each country according to their own
conditions to establish the most effective advisory system.
Author details
Orhan Özçatalbaş *
Address all correspondence to: ozcatalbas@akdeniz.edu.tr
Akdeniz University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics, Antalya,
Turkey
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