ORGANIC VEGETABLE GROWING – ATTITUDE OF THE CROATIAN FARMERS (FIELD STUDY RESULTS FOR BJELOVARSKO-BILOGORSKA COUNTY IN CROATIA)

The analysis is based on a pilot survey conducted among the family farms in the NE region of Croatia.
The survey focused on the organic agriculture perception of the Croatian farmers, particularly their attitude towards organic vegetable growing, and their willingness to start with this type of production in the future.
The authors assumed that the farmers involved in vegetable growing (conventional for the time being) present a group more sensitive to (non) application of agrochemicals and other indirect pollutants than the farmers involved in other farming practices.
The results indicate that the attitude of the vegetable growers towards the organic agriculture is positive, much more so than the attitude of “other” farmers.
The vegetable producers have clearly shown higher interest in the organic agriculture and firmer conviction regarding the future prospective of organic agriculture in Croatia.

XXVI International Horticultural Congress: Expanding Roles for Horticulture in Improving Human Well-Being and Life Quality

D. Zutinic, M. Tratnik

organic agriculture, conventional agriculture, family farm, organic transition, attitude study

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.639.14