2613: Results of the EISfOM project investigation into the current situation of data collection and processing

Richter, Toralf (2004) Results of the EISfOM project investigation into the current situation of data collection and processing. [oral] Presentation at 1st EISfOM Seminar Development of European Information Systems for Organic Markets - improving the availability, quality and comparability of statistical data, Germany, Berlin, 26.-27.04.2004.

Summary

Conclusion
- Currently few public data collection and processing systems on an international level exist with regard to the organic agriculture and food sector (however FAO, EUROSTAT, IFOAM have startes activities).
- Less activities aree run to harmonise national organic data collection systems on an international level.
- Investment decisions of market actors and support decisions of policy makers are taken under conditions of great uncertainty.
- Organic data know-how in most countries concentrated on less and private minds.
- Public demand for organic data presently often are just statements and action plan points to support organic farming in theory.
- Partly the link is missing between political objectives (on national and international level) and realisation by statistic authorities.
- The EU-project European Inforamtion Systems for Organic Markets will assist all national and international efforts to improve organic data collecting in next two years.

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