?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Organic+Agriculture+and+Legal+Framework.+Second+Round+Table+of+the+Eastern+European+Countries&rft.creator=Huber%2C+Beate&rft.creator=Neuendorff%2C+Jochen&rft.subject=Ukraine&rft.subject=+Regulation&rft.subject=+Values%2C+standards+and+certification&rft.description=The+Second+Round+Table+of+the+Eastern+European+countries+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%98Organic+Agriculture+and+Legal+Framework%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99+was+conducted+in+Kyiv%2C+Ukraine+on+November+5+and+6%2C+2008.+Organic+agriculture+is+gaining+increasing+importance+in+the+Central+and+Eastern+European+countries%3B+currently+ca.+1.7+million+hectares+are+under+organic+management.+%0D%0AParticipants+of+the+public+and+private+sector+from+eleven+countries+discussed+the+opportunities+of+organic+agriculture.+The+Round+Table+was+organized+by+FiBL+and+the+Ministry+of+Agrarian+Policy+of+Ukraine+and+supported+by+the+Swiss+State+Secretariat+for+Economic+Affairs+(SECO)+and+the+National+Association+of+Agricultural+Advisory+Services+of+Ukraine.+%0D%0AAt+the+meeting+participants+shared+their+experiences+with+the+organic+farming+development+in+their+countries.+Andrzej+Dycha%2C+Under-Sectretary+of+State%2C+Ministry+of+Agriculture+and+Rural+Development+Poland+stressed+the+importance+of+organic+agriculture+which+has+given+new+prospects+to+Polish+farmers.+12%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99000+farmers+are+farming+organically+in+Poland%2C+representing+an+increase+of+500+%25+in+five+years.+The+farmers+are+encouraged+by+national+support+measures+such+as+research%2C+subsidies+for+control+costs+and+the+rural+development+activities.+Since+2007+an+Action+Plan+for+Organic+Food+and+Farming+is+further+strengthening+the+organic+development+in+the+field+of+information%2C+science%2C+control%2C+economy+and+promotion.%0D%0ADeputy+Minister+Jiri+Urban+from+Czech+Republic+explained+the+national+support+measures+contributing+to+the+prosperous+domestic+market+for+organic+products+in+Czech+Republic.+Such+measures+include+the+legal+framework%2C+an+effective+control+and+certification+system%2C+support+for+farmers%2C+eduction+of+consumers%2C+promotion+activities+and%2C+since+2007%2C+the+support+of+processing+companies.%0D%0AThe+second+day+the+Ukraine+participants+discussed+the+current+draft+of+the+organic+agriculture+law+which+is+expected+to+be+passed+by+the+Parliament+in+2009.+In+a+closed+workshop+representatives+of+the+Ministries+exchanged+their+experience+in+the+implementation+of+legal+frameworks+and+explored+the+potential+for+further+cooperation.+It+was+agreed+that+further+exchange+between+authorities+and+certification+bodies+on+the+regional+level+should+be+supported.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+participants+and+speakers+represented+the+public+and+private+sector+from+Ukraine%2C+Albania%2C+Czech+Republic%2C+Macedonia+FYROM%2C+Moldavia%2C+Montenegro%2C+Poland%2C+Slovenia%2C+Switzerland+and+the+EU.+%0D%0A&rft.publisher=Research+Institute+of+Organic+Agriculture+FiBL%2C+CH-Frick&rft.contributor=Huber%2C+Beate&rft.date=2008&rft.type=Proceedings&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F15019%2F1%2FBIOLan.pdf&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F15019%2F2%2Furban-czech-republic.pdf&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F15019%2F3%2Fhuber-certfication.pdf&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F15019%2F4%2Fgladchenko-certifcation-english.pdf&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F15019%2F5%2Fgladchenko-certifcation-ukrainian.pdf&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F15019%2F6%2Fgladchenko-certifcation-ukrainian.pdf&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F15019%2F7%2Fzlatkovski-macedonia.pdf&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F15019%2F8%2Fniggli-2009-advantages-oa.pdf&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F15019%2F9%2Fmarkov-advisory-service.pdf&rft.identifier=Huber%2C+Beate+and+Neuendorff%2C+Jochen+(2008)+Organic+Agriculture+and+Legal+Framework.+Second+Round+Table+of+the+Eastern+European+Countries.+Proceedings+of+Organic+Agriculture+and+Legal+Framework.+Second+Round+Table+of+the+Eastern+European+Countries%2C+Kyiv%2C+Ukraine%2C+November+5%266%2C+2008.+Research+Institute+of+Organic+Agriculture+FiBL%2C+CH-Frick.+[+Unpublished%2C+]&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F15019%2F