Abstract
This paper provides a comparison of the conventionalisation process in the Japanese and Australian organic sectors. We examine conventionalisation by assessing the data collected in our case studies of organic farmers in Japan and Australia. We assess the structural characteristics, reasons for farming organically, agro-ecological practices, labour practices, marketing practices, the degree of corporate dependence and the economic characteristics of the surveyed organic farms. In this paper we attempt to contextualize the Japanese and Australian cases within the larger discussion on conventionalisation.
