ABSTRACT

The process of transition from industrialized agriculture to ecological agriculture (EA) can be studied at many different scales (worldwide, regional, national, local, and farm). In this chapter, we focus on a regional space, the European Union (EU). The individual states of the European Union obviously vary politically, ecologically, culturally, and socioeconomically, but they are tied together economically

11.1 Introduction .................................................................................................. 239 11.2 Factors Stimulating and Obstructing Conversion at the Farm Level ...........240