Institutional barriers to organic farming in Central and Eastern European countries of the Baltic Sea region

Agricultural and Food Economics

Table 10 Degree of completion of the six-step process of the institutional development of the organic sector

	Step 1	Step 2	Step 3	Step 4	Step 5	Step 6
	Organic community	Political recognition	Financial support	Type of relationship	Organic market	Discussion and coordination arena
EE	*Half-way (eroded)*	Beginning (eroded)	Beginning	Competition (eroded)	Beginning*	*Half-way*
LV	*Half-way (near completed)*	*Half-way*	Beginning	*Cooperation/Competition*	Beginning*	*Half-way*
LT	Completed	Completed	*Half-way*	Cooperation/Competition*	Beginning/ *Half-way*	Half-way*
PL	Half-way*	*Half-way (increasing)*	*Half-way*	*Cooperation/Competition*	Beginning/ *Half-way*	*Half-way*
SE	Completed	Completed	Completed*	Cooperation/Creative conflict	Completed (although still small)	Completed

Italic letters indicates that the step is only beginning, italic bold letters that the step is half way, and normal type letters that the step is completed. The evaluation of the completion of each step is based on the indicators described in the result section. The * symbol means that data for one indicator is missing.