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2556: Organic Agricultural Research in Europe -– Present State and Future Prospects

Niggli, Urs and Willer, Helga (2000) Organic Agricultural Research in Europe -– Present State and Future Prospects, in Alföldi, Thomas; Lockeretz, William and Niggli, Urs, Eds. Proceedings of the 13th IFOAM-Scientific Conference in Basel, 29.-31.8.2000 - IFOAM 2000. The World Grows Organic., page pp. 722-726. Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, CH-Frick; Publisher: vdf Hochschulverlag AG an der ETH Zürich.

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Summary

Organic agriculture has become a widely accepted sector of agricultural and food research. In Europe publicly funded research has shifted towards organic farming, while research funding for conventional farming has been cut considerably. This paper takes a closer look at how organic farming research is organised in Europe and at what challenges researchers will face in the future.

Document Language:English
Keywords:Organic Farming Research, research Structures, Forschungskommunikation
Subject Areas:Knowledge management > Research methodology and philosophy > Research communication and quality
Research affiliation: Switzerland > FiBL > Communication
Orgprints ID Number:2556
Contact:Niggli, Dr. Urs
Deposited On:13 May 2004
EPrint Type:Book chapter
Published?:Published
Peer Review Status:Not peer-reviewed

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