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December 2005 • No. 3

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Joint Organic Congress

QLIF Congress 2006

QLIF Research News

Organic milk as a high value product

Effects of management practices on the composition of nutritually relevant compounds and sensory quality of crops

Consumer attitudes to food quality and safety

QLIF Training and Exchange Workshop

International QLIF Training and Exchange Workshop

QLIF Communication

Improving communication on organic research

Communicating European research 2005

Organic Eprints expands the number of editors and users

New Technical Manager for QLIF

Open doors at Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux

Effect of management practise on lettuce quality

Notes & Correspondance

New organic principles

SOAR summer School 2006

Keynotes from seminar on environmentally friendly food production systems

Suggestions for EU regulation

First scientific conference at FQH

Evaluating inputs for organic farming - a new system

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Congress Topic 1:

Towards a sustainable Europe

Within this topic, sessions on economic, social, environmental, mercantile, and political aspects of organic food and farming will be conducted. Furthermore, sessions will discuss if and how organic food and farming systems can enhance a sustain-able development in rural areas.

The topic is organized by the EU research projects EU-CEE-OFP, ORGAP and CHANNEL and conists of three themes:

  • Research in sustainable systems
  • European policy initiatives
  • What should be the rule

Coordinators of the three themes, as described below, are Nic Lampkin, Markus Schermer and Erik Steen Kristensen.

Potential contributors to the individual themes (either oral or poster presentations) should look at the full descriptions offered through the links entitled 'More'.

Deadline for submission of papers is March 1st, but a short submission form should kindly be filled out before February 15th (see Congess website).


Research in sustainable systems
The theme will elucidate firstly the future of organic farming. How can organic farming tackle issues like increased professionalisation, conventionalisation and instrumentalisation. Also, the impact of organic farming on the wider society and rural development will be discussed. More...
Schermer
European policy initiatives
Possibilities for development of organic farming through policy initiatives are highlighted. The take-off is the development of organic farming in Europe, national and European examples on policy initiatives for organic farming, and the data needs for decision-making and policy evaluation. More...
Lampkin

What should be the rule
The theme discuss the role of rules, values and principles as a basis for regulation of organic agriculture. Also, the role of rules and values are discussed in relation to differences between regulations and standards in Europe and to issues as derogations on feed and seed. More...
Kristensen