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| Lang, Isabella; Tamm, Lucius; Speiser, Bernhard; Schärer, Hans-Jakob; Herforth-Rahmé, Joelle; Walkenhorst, Michael; Bünemann-König, Else; Maurer, Veronika; Moeskops, Bram; Busacca, Emanuele; Gall, Eric; Magid, Jakob; Schmitt, Annegret. |
| The plant and animal health care strategy in organic farming strengthensagro-biodiversity, protects the environment as well as animal and human health. In addition to fully exploiting preventive options, the use of external inputs such as plant protection products, fertilisers or veterinarymedicinal productsis allowed to prevent inacceptable losses in productivity or animal suffering. However, external inputs need to comply with organic standardsas well as European legislationand aretherefore carefully evaluated before any decision on acceptance is taken.Organic farming systems should aim at reducing dependency on off-farm fertilisers to the lowest feasable level to ensure closed nutrient cycles and avoid nutrient leakage and contamination. This policy... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Evaluation of inputs. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/36499/1/ifoameu_projects_relacs_policy_brief_on_organic_inputs_201909.pdf |
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| Verriere, Pauline; Gall, Eric; Gill, Alejandro. |
| Organic farming in Europe is on the up. In 2012, organic farms covered 11.2 million hectares in Europe, of which almost 10 million hectares was in the 28 EU Member States (EU-28). Among the ‘old’ Member States, the so-called EU-15, Spain, Italy, Germany and France were the countries with the biggest organic farming sectors, while Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania were the biggest among the ‘new’ Member States or EU-13. Per capita spending on organic products in Europe in 2012 was €34.7, while total retail sales were around €22.7 billion. And the future continues to look bright: experts estimate that the market will double by 2020 (Meredith, S., Willer, H., 2012). But there are still a number of factors that could hold back this expected growth, not... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general Farming Systems Crop husbandry Soil Values; Standards and certification Food systems Environmental aspects. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/29865/1/ifoameu_policy_gmos_dossier_201412.pdf |
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| Müller, Adrian; Bautze, Lin; Meier, Matthias; Gattinger, Andreas; Gall, Eric; Chatzinikolaou, Effimia; Meredith, Stephen; Ukas, Tonći; Ullmann, Laura. |
| Sustainably feeding the growing world population and preventing dangerous climate change are two of the major challenges facing society today. While there is a growing understanding of the complexity of the links between these challenges and of the global degradation of the environment, the contribution of food and farming to climate change mitigation is all too often looked at from the single perspective of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per hectare or kilogram of product. This narrow view fails to account for the vast array of ways that food and farming contribute to climate change, as well as the destructive effects of industrial agriculture on soils, biodiversity and the natural resources on which we depend for food production. The impact of... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Air and water emissions. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/31483/1/ifoameu_advocacy_climate_change_report_2016.pdf |
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