Towards a European Framework for Organic Market Information. Proceedings of the Second EISfOM European Seminar, Brussels, November 10 & 11, 2005The project European Information System for Organic Markets (EISfOM) is a concerted action funded by the European Commission under key action 5 (Quality of Life) of the 5th Framework Research and Technological Development Programme (QLK5 2002-02400). The main aim of the project is to develop a framework for the collection and processing of data on organic production and markets. At the second EISfOM seminar, which took place in November 2005 in Brussels, a draft framework for a European Information System for Organic Markets was discussed and defined. The proceedings of the seminar provide the papers presented, covering farm production, farm financial data, prices, consumers/consumption and supply balances/international trade. Detailed project information is available at www.eisfom.org Table of Contents Foreword Towards a European Framework for Organic Market Information - Welcome and Opening Speech Nikiforos Sivenas European Action Plan for Organic Food and Farming - DG Agriculture Initiatives under Action Point 3 Eric Willems Eurostat Initiatives on Organic Food and Farming Statistics Lourdes LLorens Abando European Case Studies on Information Systems for Organic Markets – Results and Recommendations Norbert Gleirscher Towards a Framework for European Organic Market Information - the EISfOM Vision and Summary of Recommendations Nicolas Lampkin and Markus Rippin The EISFOM Proposals Klaas Jan Kramer, Markus Rippin, Helga Willer The EISfOM Proposal for Production: Ministry User Response Nathalie Rison Alabert Comment on the EISfOM Proposal Farm Production: Certifyer Response Michaela Coli Administrative and Statistical Data Collection System for Organic Farming in Poland – Recommendations for Improvement Marta Wróblewska and Sylwia Zakowska-Biemans The EISfOM Framework for Harmonising Organic Farm Production Data – Do the Proposals Work for us? Phil Stocker Eurostat and ZMP Codes and Classification systems– Different Approaches and Ways to Harmonisation Markus Rippin and Diana Schaack 55 Estimating Supply and Demand in Scotland’s Organic Sector: The SAC Organic Market Link Project Caroline Bayliss From Agricultural Census Data towards Harmonised Organic Production Data Arthur I.M. Denneman Information System for Organic Markets in Lithuania V. Rutkovienė, G. Abraitytė, A. Savilionis, E. Čijauska Characteristics of the organic data flow in Flanders: AMS: a key actor in Flanders for monitoring, reporting and analysis of organic data Vincent Samborski, Koen Carels, Dirk Van Gijseghem The Organic Market in Croatia Sonja Karoglan Todorovic and Darko Znaor Farm Level Production Data in Latvia’s Organic Farms Livija Zarina EISfOM Recommendations Concerning Farm Financial Data Nicolas Lampkin ‘Organic’ Sampling and Weighting in Farm Accountancy Data Networks – A Discussion Note on Standard Gross Margins and Calibration Beat Meier Sampling of Organic Farms in the Dutch FADN: Lessons Learned Hans C.J. Vrolijk The Ministry Perspective of FADN Rainer Meyer The FADN and the Analysis of Organic Farming: the Italian Perspective Paola Doria and Alfonso Scardera, Berater-Praxis-Netzwerk (BPN) – the Consultant-Producer-Network Rainer Löser The Use of a Benchmark Tool Based on FADN for the Management of Organic Dairy Farms Alfons Beldman, Wil Hennen and Gerben Doornewaard Organic Farming in FADNs – Comparison Issues and Analysis Frank Offermann and Nicolas Lampkin Data Requirements for the Modelling of the Economic Potential for Conversion to Organic Farming Eva Kerselaers, Lieve De Cock and Ludwig Lauwers Osservatorio Prezzi Bio: A Model of Analysis of Price Trends on the Organic Food Markets Francesco Giardina and Benedetta Torani Defining an EU-Reference System for Price Collection and Processing for Organic Products Markus Rippin Experiences of organic consumer-producer cooperatives in Andalusia (Spain): composition of the prices Itziar Aguirre Experiences of Collecting Direct Sales Data in the UK Natalie Geen and Chris Firth Experiences of a Price Exchange Group for UK Organic Vegetable Growers 134 Natalie Geen and Chris Firth Approaches to Improving the Availability of European Organic Consumption and Retail Data – Methodological and Economic Issues Toralf Richter Results of an International Workshop on European Consumer and Retailer Panel Data for Organic Products in Bonn Paul Michels Biological Agriculture in the Netherlands: Working Towards Five Percent Organic Johan Bakker Consumption of Organic Food in Spain Carmen Fuentes Bol Consumer and Retail Panel Data for Organic Foods: the German ‘Puzzle Approach’ 156 Barbara Bien European Consumer Panel Reporting of Organics Elizabeth May Information on Trade in Organic Products – The International Agency Point of View Alexander Kasterine The Need for Data from the Viewpoint of Policy Makers Peter Crofts Need for Data from the Viewpoint of Policy Makers: A Third Country Perspective 168 Juan Carlos Ramírez and Nora Liliana Puppi Organic Trade Association Perspective A Questionnaire for Scientists and Statisticians Conrad Thimm Stakeholder Perspectives on Organic Food Supply Balances and International Trade Data Alexander Gerber Market Supply Balances and International Trade Data for Organic Goods: the viewpoint of the stakeholders Victor Gonzálvez Data for Supply Balances and International Trade – Possibilities to Build up Data Collecting and Processing Systems Guido Recke and Ulrich Hamm Compiling Supply Balance Sheets Francis Weiler International Trade in Organic Products from the Perspective of a National Statistical Office Poul Henning Larsen Institutional structures for EISfOM Markus Rippin, Nicolas Lampkin and Raffaele Zanoli Building European Knowledge: Towards the Seventh Framework Programme 2007-2013 Danielle Tissot Conclusions of the 2nd EISfOM European Seminar Nicolas Lampkin Surveys and statistics2006Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, Frick, SwitzerlandBook