Initiatives and projects aiming at developing the organic market should recognize the existence of various categories of obstacles in developing countries. These obstacles can be found at the levels of markets, supporting industries, institutions andtechnology. A key constraint to developing the organic sector is that there is rarely a market for organics in developing Asian countries. When it exists, the local market is extremely small and confined to a few large cities. Traders and retailers are generally either not aware of organic foods or not interested in handling them. When, however, some of them agree to do a trial with those products, the low supply volumes available discourage them to continue. In addition, quality issues (in particular for perishable foods such as fruit and vegetables) deters larger modern retail stores from carrying organics. No funds for the promotion of organics are available in the retailers' budgets.
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