Many business organisations put a lot of effort in raising their performance levels in the three dimensions of sustainability - i.e., people, planet, and profit. It is therefore important to measure and weight the effects of their efforts. In this report a framework is presented that is helpful...

The aim of this article is to test the thesis "commitment of retail chains as well as favourable policy conditions are the main drivers of the steady market growth of organic agriculture in Europe." (Yussefi and Willer, 2003). Therefore, the role of government policy and of retail chains in four...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality wants to stimulate and support them process of improving animal welfare beyond the statutory level by means of research in which the animal welfare index occupies a central position. This report discusses various topics concerned with the...

This study forms part of the project entitled 'Visions of organic farming: a system analysis'. This project is being financed by Wageningen University and Research Centre, from Strategic Expertise Development funds. This project distinguishes categories of people in order to crystallise the...

The study forms part of the project 'Visions of organic agriculture: a system analysis' which was financed by Wageningen University and Research Centre from Strategic Expertise Development resources. In this project various categories of people are distinguished in order to concretise the...

This report offers an English summary of the Landbouw-Economisch Bericht 2008. It presents a survey of the economic state of Dutch agribusiness. First, attention is paid to general economic and political developments and to the development of the agricultural complex. Next, the report deals with...

An SCBA is an important valuation instrument for big infrastructural projects. However, most of the investment projects for which an SCBA is performed are land-based projects. Performing an SCBA for projects in a marine environment involve other valuation issues. These are studied in this report...

Research projects are increasingly aimed at specific regions. A tool for statistics for regional studies was developed to combine all available information from the agricultural census and the Farm Accountancy Data Network. In this report a description is given of the development of methods and...

The organic material price project studies the methods and tools to improve the provision of information on 'Economic opportunities for organic farming in the EU Member Countries'. An important issue is the improvement of the quality and the speed of relevant information for policy purposes, for...