http://orgprints.org/2613/ Results of the EISfOM project investigation into the current situation of data collection and processing 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. Richter, Toralf 5markets 8policy eu-eisfom fibl-socio-economics Results of the EISfOM project investigation into the current situation of data collection and processing 2004-05-12 Richter, Toralf (2004) Results of the EISfOM project investigation into the current situation of data collection and processing. 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. application/pdf