?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Socio-economic+aspects+of+animal+health+and+food+safety+in+organic+farming+systems%0D%0A&rft.subject=+Food+security%2C+food+quality+and+human+health&rft.subject=+Policy+environments+and+social+economy&rft.subject=+Health+and+welfare&rft.description=Sustaining+Animal+Health+and+Food+Safety+in+Organic+Farming+(SAFO)+is+a+European+Commission+funded+Concerted+Action+Project+with+the+objective+to+contribute+to+improved+food+safety+and+animal+health+in+organic+livestock+production+systems+in+existing+and+candidate+member+countries+of+the+European+Union.+We+aim+at+doing+this+through+exchange+and+active+communication+of+research+results+and+conclusions+between+researchers%2C+policy+makers%2C+farmers+and+the+wider+stakeholder+community%2C+including+consumers.+Workshops+form+a+central+part+of+these+activities%2C+documented+by+the+proceedings.+This+volume+with+the+contributions+to+first+SAFO+Workshop+in+Florence+in+September+2003+is+the+first+in+a+series+of+five+proceedings+published+during+the+lifetime+of+the+project+(2003-2006).+%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+Workshop+in+Florence+on+%22Socio-Economic+Aspects+of+Animal+Health+and+Food+Safety+in+Organic+Farming+Systems%22+focused+on+financial+and+economic+aspects+of+organic+livestock+production+at+the+farm+level+and+in+the+whole+organic+food+chain.+The+impact+of+attitudes+of+various+stakeholders+on+the+development+of+organic+livestock+production+was+also+covered.+The+Workshop+was+attended+by+70+delegates+from+22+countries%2C+representing+a+wide+variety+of+expertise+and+aspects+of+organic+farming+from+certification+activities%2C+marketing+economics+and+social+science+to+animal+health+and+welfare.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt+was+apparent%2C+from+the+papers%2C+posters+and+working+group+conclusions%2C+that+organic+livestock+producers+work+within+a+society+and+are+governed+by+if+not+the+same+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%93+at+least+very+similar+-+economic+constraints+as+conventional+farmers.+In+addition%2C+they+have+voluntarily+taken+onboard+the+organic+rules+and+values.+It+is+also+clear+that+the+interface+of+the+organic+values%2C+and+those+of+society+and+food+production+at+large%2C+can+impose+complex+constraints+on+production+at+farm+level.+For+instance%2C+while+animal+health+appears+to+be+an+important+concept+to+the+consumers+in+deciding+what+to+buy%2C+there+appears+to+be+a+discrepancy+between+the+welfare+expectations+of+consumers+and+the+production+realities.+One+of+the+key+issues+raised+by+the+workshop+was+the+need+to+educate+the+consumer+and+to+focus+on+the+process+rather+than+the+product.%0D%0A%0D%0AContents%0D%0A%0D%0APart+A%3A+A+framework+for+organic+livestock+production%3A+socio-economics%2C+health+and%0D%0Awelfare+economics+and+marketing+chain%0D%0APotential+contribution+of+economics+to+animal+health+and+food+safety+on+organic+farms%0D%0AA.W.Stott%0D%0A%0D%0AFarm+level+economics+of+organic+milk+and+beef+production+in+several+European+countries%0D%0AC.+Deblitz%2C+E.+Deeken%2C+M.D.+Izquierdo-Lopez%0D%0A%0D%0AMarket+situation+for+organic+livestock+products+in+Europe%0D%0AU.+Hamm%2C+F.+Gronefeld%0D%0A%0D%0APolitical+economy+of+organic+foods%0D%0AP.+R.+Kledal%0D%0A%0D%0AIs+it+easy+for+producers+to+market+organic+beef%3F+The+case+of+Biobourgogne+Viande+in+France%0D%0AP.+Sans%2C+G.+de+Fontguyon%2C+B.+Sylvander%2C+A.+Le+Floc%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99h%2C+M.+Auersalmi%2C+O.+Schmid%0D%0A%0D%0ACurrent+practice+and+prospects+of+organic+livestock+production+in+Greece%0D%0AG.+Arsenos%2C+P.+Fortomaris%2C+G.+Banos%2C+D.+Zygoyiannis%0D%0A%0D%0AWorking+Group+reports%3A%0D%0AImplications+of+economic+constraints+and+consumer+and+producer+attitudes+to+standard+development%2C+in+relation+to+animal+health%2C+welfare+and+food+safety+Sheep+and+beef+production+farm+level+constraints+and+recommendations+for+enhancing+health+welfare+and+food+safety.%0D%0ADairy+farms+vel+constraints+and+recommendations+for+enhancing+health+welfare+and+food+safety.%0D%0APoultry+production+vel+constraints+and+recommendations+for+enhancing+health+welfare+and+food+safety.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0APart+B%3A+Italy%3A+a+case+study+in+the+development+of+organic+livestock+production%0D%0AThe+activities+of+Regional+Agency+for+Development+and+Innovation+in+the+Agro-forestry+sector+(ARSIA)+for+the+development+of+organic+agriculture+and+livestock+productions+in+Tuscany%0D%0AM.+Bonanzinga%2C+P.+Bottazzi%2C+C.+Mearini%0D%0A%0D%0AImpact+of+economic+investments+on+animal+welfare%3A+a+case+study%0D%0AC.+Contini%2C+A.+Martini%2C+V.+Ferrante%2C+L.+Omodei+Zorini%2C+P.+Migliorini%2C+G.+Lorenzini%2C+S.+Rosi%0D%0ABelli%C3%83%C2%A8re%0D%0A%0D%0ASustainable+production+methods+and+economic+development+of+the+marginal+rural+zones+of+the+Italian+Central+Apennines%0D%0AF.+Ansaloni%2C+V.+Cammertoni%0D%0A%0D%0AWhy+are+consumers+buying+organic+meat+and+milk%3F+A+qualitative+study+on+the+Italian+market%0D%0AD.+Gambelli%2C+S.+Naspetti%2C+D.+Vairo%0D%0A125%0D%0AAnalysis+of+organic+dairy+farm+revenue+for+the+period+1999+%C3%A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