Environmentally Friendly Farming and the Market: Extending Experience from England to France, 1996

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>The aims of this study were to determine the following:<br>
Are geography, attitudes and traditional practices still influences on environmentally friendly farming?<br>
What role do agri-environment policies have in influencing environmentally friendly farming? <br>
What role do food marketing arrangements have in influencing environmentally friendly farming?<br>
Can farming policies and marketing arrangements be improved so as to help farmers, conservation, and food consumer choice in parallel?<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>The dataset contains the responses of the farmers surveyed. The detailed questions refer to: farm land characteristics; type of production system; social and economic characteristics of the farmer and the farm; tenure arrangements; the use of subsidies and agri-environment schemes; future plans for the farm; details of the farm management system; details of how farm produce is sold and/or processed.<br>
More detailed information about farm produce includes: what products are sold; what products if any are processed; what and where are the most important direct sales outlets; when was direct selling started; ease of attracting customers; use of labelling; membership of trade organisations; estimation of quality as a factor in attracting customers; percentage of sales, and percentage of profits from direct selling; why was direct selling started; has direct selling been considered and rejected and if so, why; does direct selling help the environment.