?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Report+on+the+evaluation+of+the+pilot+case+studies+(%3D+Deliverable+D4+of+the+Project+European+Information+System+for+Organic+Markets%2C+QLK5-2002-02400)%2C+including+%0D%0AAnnex+1%3A+National+working+papers+on+pilot+applications+(DCPS)+in+eight+European+countries%0D%0Aand+Annex+2+Guidelines+on+evaluating+pilot+applications+(DCPS)+in+eight+European+Countries&rft.creator=Gleirscher%2C+Norbert&rft.creator=Schermer%2C+Markus&rft.creator=Wroblewska%2C+Marta&rft.creator=Zakowska-Biemans%2C+Sylvia&rft.subject=+Surveys+and+statistics&rft.description=The+current+situation+of+market+information+systems+on+organic+farming+in+Europe+shows+a+substantial+lack+of+information.+Although+previous+EU-research+projects+such+as+OFCAP+(FAIR3-CT96-1794)+and+OMIaRD+(QLK5-2000-01124)+have+shown+that+regional+or+national+data+gathering+takes+place+in+many+countries%2C+the+availability+of+detailed+and+current+data+on+various+levels%2C+such+as+production%2C+consumption%2C+prices+as+well+as+trade%2C+on+the+national+as+well+as+at+the+European+level%2C+is+not+satisfactory.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+main+problem+areas+identified+in+regard+to+market+information+systems+for+organic+farming+can+be+summarised+as+i)+the+lack+of+market+information+at+the+national+level+and+ii)+where+data+are+available%2C+the+lack+of+data+harmonisation+at+the+European+level.%0D%0A%0D%0AWithin+the+EU-funded+concerted+action+EISfOM+(European+Information+System+for+Organic+Markets%2C+QLK5-2002-02400)%2C+the+aim+is+to+build+a+framework+for+reporting+valid+and+reliable+production+and+market+data+for+the+European+organic+sector+in+order+to+meet+the+needs+of+policymakers%2C+farmers%2C+processors%2C+wholesalers+and+other+actors+involved+in+organic+markets.+Based+on+the+previous+research+done+in+Workpackages+2%2C+3+and+4%2C+this+report+focuses+on+the+evaluation+of+pilot+case+studies+in+eight+European+countries%2C+showing+proposals+for+new+and%2For+enlarged+data+collection+and+processing+systems+for+organic+markets+in+Europe.%0D%0A%0D%0AThis+report+is+based+mainly+on+the+pilot+application+studies+conducted+in+WP5.++Following+the+description+of+objectives+and+the+general+approach+of+WP5+in+Chapter+1%2C+Chapter+2+focuses+on+the+national+pilot+case+studies%2C+including+a+description+of+the+relevant+institutions+and+DCPS+as+well+as+an+assessment+of+data+quality.+Chapter+3+provides+an+analysis+of+the+DCPS+investigated+with+regard+to+the+problems+and+barriers+involved+with+their+practical+implementation.+Chapter+4+then+analyses+the+critical+points+identified+with+regard+to+potential+solutions+for+harmonisation+of+various+DCPS+at+the+national+and+international+level.+Chapter+5+deals+with+the+analysis+of+the+recommendations+made+in+WP4%2C+while+Chapter+6+summarizing+and+concluding+the+results.+As+well+as+the+national+working+papers+on+the+results+of+the+pilot+application+studies%2C+this+deliverable+is+also+strongly+linked+to+previous+project+deliverables%2C+namely+D2+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%9CWP2%3A+Data+collection+and+processing+systems+for+conventional+markets+and+WP3%3A+Data+collection+and+processing+systems+for+organic+markets%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%9D+(Wolfert%2C+S.+et+al.%2C+2004)%2C+deliverable+D3+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%9CReport+on+proposals+for+the+development%2C+harmonisation+and+quality+assurance+of+organic+data+collection+and+processing+systems.+systems+(Recke%2C+G.+et+al.%2C+2004)+and+the+proceedings+of+the+first+European+Seminar+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%9CDevelopment+of+a+European+Information+System+for+organic+markets+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%93+improving+the+scope+and+quality+of+statistical+data%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%9D+(Recke%2C+G.+et+al.%2C+2004).&rft.date=2005-07&rft.type=Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F5642%2F1%2FD4_EISFOMFinal.pdf&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F5642%2F2%2FD4_EISfOM_Annex1REV.pdf&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F5642%2F3%2FD4_EISfOM_Annex2.pdf&rft.identifier=Gleirscher%2C+Norbert%3B+Schermer%2C+Markus%3B+Wroblewska%2C+Marta+and+Zakowska-Biemans%2C+Sylvia+(2005)+Report+on+the+evaluation+of+the+pilot+case+studies+(%3D+Deliverable+D4+of+the+Project+European+Information+System+for+Organic+Markets%2C+QLK5-2002-02400)%2C+including+Annex+1%3A+National+working+papers+on+pilot+applications+(DCPS)+in+eight+European+countries+and+Annex+2+Guidelines+on+evaluating+pilot+applications+(DCPS)+in+eight+European+Countries.+Publications+of+the+European+Information+System+for+Organic+Markets%2C+QLK5-2002-02400.+[+Unpublished%2C+]&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F5642%2F