558: The contribution of research to the development of organic farming in Europe
(2002) The contribution of research to the development of organic farming in Europe. Paper presented at UK Organic Research 2002, Aberystwyth, UK, 26-28th March 2002; Published in Powell, Jane, Eds. UK Organic Research 2002: Proceedings of the COR Conference, page pp. 19-24. Organic Centre Wales, Aberystwyth, UK.
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Summary
On national as well as on EU level, research funds should be directed substantially towards organic farming in order to improve the economic and ecological performance of organic farming. The impact of research funds is very high in this field of food production, because, as yet, the potential of organic farming has been scarcely tapped by research. Integrating organic farming research into conventional research structures means disintegrating organic farming itself. Therefore, special attention should be given to how research activities are organised. National or regional centres of competence (hubs) are needed in order to provide and maintain an appropriate quality of research.
These hubs can be organised as real or virtual centres.
Evaluation procedures for most national and EU research funds do not consider adequately the unique approach and methodology of organic farming research.
| Document Language: | English |
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| Keywords: | Organic Farming, Research, Europe, Pioneers, Forschungskommunikation |
| Subject Areas: | Knowledge management > Research methodology and philosophy > Research communication and quality "Organics" in general > Country reports > Europe |
| Research affiliation: | Switzerland > FiBL > Communication |
| Orgprints ID Number: | 558 |
| Contact: | Niggli, Dr. Urs |
| Deposited On: | 17 March 2003 |
| EPrint Type: | Conference paper |
| Published?: | Published |
| Online at: | http://www.organic.aber.ac.uk/conference/proceedings.shtml |
| Peer Review Status: | Not peer-reviewed |
| Additional Publishing Information: | The paper was held at the biannual Conference of COR - The Colloquium of organic Researchers, which took place in March 2002 Aberystwyth, Wales. |
| Related Links: | http://www.organic.aber.ac.uk/Conference/CORconf.shtml, http://www.organic.aber.ac.uk/Conference/proceedings.shtml, http://www.fibl.org/forschung/forschungskommunikation/index.php |
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