Determining paths of innovation: The role of culture on the adoption on organic farming management

The aim of this paper is to understand whether national culture is linked with operative performance of organic agriculture. The ultimate goal is, indeed, to measure the impact of social change on technical innovation and sustainability issues. We built an econometric model where the impact of some of the six dimensions of national culture by Geert Hofstede is tested on inputs and outputs of organic production, on a country-based scale. We collected data about the evolution of organic agriculture through the last two decades, extracting data about 27 countries of the European Union from 2000 to 2017. We tested the dataset into two passages: we first employed a DEA model to assess efficiency of organic farming, and then we correlated results to Hofstede 6-D model of national culture. We observed the existence of a relationship between culture and innovation, explaining the importance of determined values in people's management within the firm. The operative performance of organic agriculture is linked to determined culturally influenced business values. We used efficiency results as variables for measuring innovation approach based on cultural models. It has been enhanced the relevance to the nexus innovation-culture approaching to one of the most innovation-resistant industrial sectors.     

中国有机肥料产业发展现状、问题及对策

在现代农业的发展过程中，绿色发展将会成为未来农业的主要发展模式。随着农业“双减”政策的提出，有机肥料代替化肥将会成为未来发展的主流。从有机肥料的发展现状、问题及对策3个方面探寻有机肥料在现代农业的未来发展方向及如何有效促进有机肥料的使用。