?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Organic+Viticulture+World-Wide&rft.creator=Geier%2C+Bernward&rft.creator=Hofmann%2C+Uwe&rft.creator=Willer%2C+Helga&rft.subject=Viticulture&rft.description=In+most+wine+growing+countries+organic+viticulture+is+now+becoming+more+and+more+important.+In+most+non-European+countries+organic+viticulture+is+still+in+an+initial+stage+and+the+number+of+organic+vineyards+is+still+small.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+expansion+of+organic+viticulture+is+hindered+by+the+fact+that+in+many+countries+incentives+are+provided+for+growers+to+adopt+integrated+pest+management.+Such+incentive+schemes+are+generally+supported+and+promoted+by+the+government%2C+the+chemical+industry+and+conventional+producer+associations.+As+demand+for+conventional+wines+is+booming%2C+market+forces+do+not+provide+much+incentive+for+growers+to+convert+to+organic+production+methods.+The+limited+knowledge+about+organic+viticulture+also+poses+a+severe+restriction+of+its+expansion.+Many+conventional+wine+growers+only+have+very+little+information+about+organic+production+techniques.+However%2C+there+is+also+growing+concern+about+decreasing+soil+fertility+among+some+of+the+large+corporate+wine+growers+in+Australia+who+are+looking+for+more+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%9Csustainable%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%9D+means+of+production.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+organic+producer+associations+in+many+countries+do+not+have+sufficient+expertise+about+organic+viticulture+yet.+Therefore%2C+various+specific+organisations+for+commercial+organic+wine+growers+were+formed+recently+in+countries+such+as+New+Zealand+(Organic+Wine+Growers%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99+Association)%2C+Australia+(Organic+Vignerons+Association)+and+South+Africa+(Cape+Organic+Growers+Association).&rft.publisher=Stiftung+%C3%83%C2%96kologie+%26+Landbau%2C+DE-Bad+D%C3%83%C2%BCrkheim%2C+and+Forschungsinstitut+f%C3%83%C2%BCr+biologischen+Landbau+(FiBL)%2C+CH-Frick&rft.contributor=Willer%2C+Helga&rft.contributor=Meier%2C+Urs&rft.date=2000&rft.type=Book+chapter&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F2998%2F1%2Fgeier-etal-2000-viticulture-world-wide.pdf&rft.identifier=Geier%2C+Bernward%3B+Hofmann%2C+Uwe+and+Willer%2C+Helga+(2000)+Organic+Viticulture+World-Wide.+In%3A+Willer%2C+Helga+and+Meier%2C+Urs+(Eds.)+Proceedings+6th+International+Congress+on+Organic+Viticulture.+Convention+Center+Basel%2C+25+and+26+August+2000%2C+Stiftung+%C3%83%C2%96kologie+%26+Landbau%2C+DE-Bad+D%C3%83%C2%BCrkheim%2C+and+Forschungsinstitut+f%C3%83%C2%BCr+biologischen+Landbau+(FiBL)%2C+CH-Frick%2C+pp.+20-22.&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F2998%2F