3321: Feeding strategies in Swiss organic farming to improve food quality and animal health
(2004) Feeding strategies in Swiss organic farming to improve food quality and animal health, in Hovi, Malla; Sundrum, Albert and Padel, Susanne, Eds. Organic livestock farming: potential and limitations of husbandry practice to secure animal health and welfare and food quality. Proceedings of the 2nd SAFO Workshop 25-27 March 2004, Witzenhausen, Germany, page pp. 55-57. SAFO Sustaining Animal Health and Food Safety in Organic Farming. A European Commission funded Concerted Action Project..
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Summary
At the moment, Switzerland has about 6,500 organic farmers, with 11 % of the agriculture area managed organically. The main regulations in organic farming are The Schweizer Bio-Verordnung (Swiss Government Regulation for Organic farming). These regulations are increasingly adapted to the EU-Regulation for organic farming. The BIO SUISSE regulation has further requirements. Nearly all organic farmers are BIO SUISSE farmers. The symbol of BIO SUISSE is a bud.
| Document Language: | English |
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| Keywords: | organic feeding, non-organic feeding components, feeding guideline, Bildung, Beratung |
| Subject Areas: | Food systems > Food security, food quality and human health Values, standards and certification Animal husbandry > Feeding and growth |
| Research affiliation: | European Union > Animal Health and Food Safety SAFO Switzerland > FiBL > Advisory Service |
| Orgprints ID Number: | 3321 |
| Contact: | Früh, Barbara |
| Deposited On: | 22 September 2004 |
| EPrint Type: | Book chapter |
| Published?: | Published |
| Online at: | http://www.safonetwork.org/publications/wp2pub/2_SAFO_pro.pdf |
| Peer Review Status: | Not peer-reviewed |
| Related Links: | http://www.fibl.org, http://www.safonetwork.org/, http://orgprints.org/view/projects/eu-safo.html |
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