Economic Evaluation of Organic Agriculture and Traditional Agriculture: The Case of European Union Countries

Tütay Nacak

Master's thesis

Abstract:

Healthy food is of critical importance for human health. For this reason, agriculture has held a very important place for humanity for centuries. However, the rapid industrialization of the world and the increasing population in the last two centuries have led to the use of many dangerous substances for human health, such as the use of chemicals and artificial fertilizers, in order to meet the increasing demand in the field of agriculture. The nature has been damaged due to the machinery and chemicals used in agriculture, and unhealthy products have begun to be grown that threaten human health. However, in recent years, both the increase in people's sensitivity to the environment and their healthy food needs have accelerated the orientation to organic agriculture. Organic farming means farming in completely organic ways without using harmful substances such as chemicals and artificial fertilizers. In this thesis, the development of EU countries on organic agriculture has been examined. It has been observed that EU member countries have made rapid progress in organic agriculture, especially since 1990. On the other hand, in the thesis, the effect of the increase in the organic agriculture field and the number of organic agriculture producers between 2003-2021 on the agricultural GDP of 25 EU member countries was analyzed by panel data analysis method. As a result of analysis, it was determined that organic farming area had a positive effect on agricultural GDP, while the effect of the number of producers was found to be negative.

Keywords

Organic Agriculture, Panel Data, European Union

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 30. 11. 2022

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedúci: Ing. Karel Malec, Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Master programme / odbor:
Economics and Management / Economics and Management