ERA-Net Project Core Organic

The overall objective is to gather the critical mass and enhance quality, relevance and utilisation of resources in European research in organic food and farming. In order to document the current status of organic farming research in Europe the Organic Eprints archive is used. The final goal of the project is to establish a joint European research programme.

The project is coordinated by the Danish Research Centre of Organic Farming DARCOF.

Pilot Call

In September 2006 the eleven partners of the ERA-Net project Core Organic have issued a pilot pilot call for transnational research programme in organic food and farming. The call was open from September 4, to December 1, 2006.

Animal disease and parasite management, mainly focusing on preventive health and improving therapies to reduce reliance on antibiotics
Quality of organic food - health and safety
Innovative marketing strategies - identification of successful marketing methods, local markets.

Following a pilot call , the CORE Organic Governing Board selected eight research projects for further negotiations. The new research starts in the middle of June 2007.

The Core Organic Newsletter informs regulary about organic farming research in Europe as well as about the progress of the project.

Country Reports

The country reports to be provided within the framework of this porject were published as a book which can be ordered from the Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food BLE, Germany* .The individual country reports are also available at the Organic Eprints archive as well as at the Core Organic Webportal.

Austria
Fuhrmann, Elfriede ; Silmbrod, Anita and Trondl, Doris
CORE Organic Country Report Austria
Denmark
Andreasen, Claus Bo und Kristensen, Erik Steen
CORE Organic country report. Report on Danish Research in Organic Food and Farming. December 2005
Finland
Nykänen, Arja und Järvenpää, Markku
Report on Organic Food and Farming in Finland
France
Diolez, Annick und Sylvander, Bertil
The National Research Programmes on Organic Farming 2000–2006: French Country Report
Germany
Lange, Stefan ; Williges, Ute ; Saxena, Shilpi und Willer, Helga
Country Report on Organic Food and Farming Research in Germany
Italy
Puliga, Serenella ; Marzetti, Annamaria und Canali, Stefano
Report on Italian Research in Organic Food and Farming (2000–2005)
The Netherlands
Teenstra, Eddie and Regouin, Eric
Research in Organic Food and Farming in The Netherlands

Norway
Løes, Anne-Kristin and Schjøth, Johanne E.
Country Report on Organic Farming Research in Norway

Sweden
Alm, Jessica ; Nilsdotter-Linde, Nilla and Geber, Ulrika
Swedish research in organic farming and food systems
Switzerland
Alföldi, Thomas ; Niggli, Urs ; Willer, Helga ; Fried, Padruot M. ; Strasser, Fredie ; Dubois, David ; Baumann, Daniel ; Kaufmann, Robert ; Gallmann, Peter and Charles, Raphael
Country Report on Organic Farming Research in Switzerland
UK
Defra, The Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs
CORE Organic Defra-UK Country Report

Ordering tbe book

The book can be ordered free of charge at the office of the Federal Organic Farming Scheme ( Geschäftsstelle Bundesprogramm Ökologischer Landbau) at the Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food BLE.

Citation

Lange, Stefan ; Williges, Ute ; Saxena, Shilpi and Willer, Helga , Eds.(2006) Research in Organic Food and Farming. Reports on organisation and conduction of research programmes in 11 European countries . Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE) / Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food BLE, Bonn, Germany .

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