TY - CONF ID - orgprints2613 UR - http://orgprints.org/2613/ A1 - Richter, Toralf TI - Results of the EISfOM project investigation into the current situation of data collection and processing Y1 - 2004/// N2 - 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. AV - public KW - Statistik KW - EISfOM KW - Organic Market KW - ER -