About 27% of agricultural producers are ready to switch to organic farming with guaranteed sales, according to a study of the potential growth of the Russian market of the Union of Organic Agriculture.
The most significant incentive for the transition is the ability to sell products with a 30% mark-up. The next most important incentives - the health of the population - were indicated by 24% and the contribution to the improvement of the ecological situation - by 22%. Own health is an argument for only 15% of agricultural producers and humane treatment of animals for 7%.
“In order to ensure the demand for organic products, it is necessary to transfer at least 200-300 agricultural producers to organic agriculture every year. Necessary conditions - agricultural technologies, training, certification, sales ", - the message says.
It is specified that the potential for market growth will consist of the number of agricultural producers who have switched to organic farming. Now 59% of producers have expressed their readiness to work in the domestic market according to biologized principles.
As noted in the press service, most modern agricultural producers speak about the strong influence of climatic factors on the efficiency of farms (26%). The second most important problem is marketing (13%), followed by diseases and pests (13%). It has been proven that agrobiotechnology increases the efficiency of agricultural production by 10-40%, increases soil fertility, reduces climatic stresses by 10-30%, and improves the quality characteristics of products.
The largest number of technologies and agricultural practices is associated with the use of biological products (21%), organic fertilizers (18%), green manure (12,5%), microbiological fertilizers (11%). 66% of manufacturers are ready to test biological products and biofertilizers on their farms. Agricultural producers show the greatest interest in knowledge about biological plant protection (23%), biologized fertilization system (20%). Marketing and distribution of products attracts 17% and 15% are interested in certification of organic products.
Source: https://fruitnews.ru