%0 Generic
%A Moschitz, Heidrun
%A Stolze, Matthias
%A Michelsen, Johannes
%D 2004
%F orgprints:4799
%K institutions, organic farming development, agricultural policy, EU enlargement, CEEC
%T Report on the development of political institutions involved in policy elaborations in organic farming for selected European states
%U http://orgprints.org/4799/
%X As organic farming has become an instrument of European agricultural policy the organic sector is required more and more to get politically active. This report presents results from the EU-funded project EU-CEEOFP on the development of organic farming institutions for the period of 1997-2003 in eleven European countries. Institutions of the organic farming sector in new EU member states are still developing and their relation with mainstream farming institutions is characterised by a state of competition. In (old) EU 15 countries and Switzerland this relation is more oriented towards co-operation and has been described as in a state of creative conflict. Countries with a high share of organic farming show signs of consolidation of their institutions. The report concludes with recommendations for a succesful development of organic farming institutions.