creators_name: Sukkel, Wijnand
creators_name: van Leeuwen Haagsma, Wiepie
creators_name: van der Wel, Cees
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2006-05-09
lastmod: 2009-09-09 13:39:42
metadata_visibility: show
title: BIOM, Organic farmers network for Research, Development and Innovation
ispublished: pub
subjects: 2systems
subjects: 2farming
full_text_status: public
abstract: Farmers networks are a valuable instrument for research, development and innovation in organic agriculture. The last 15 years networks of pilot farms have been used in the Netherlands to improve farm performance for integrated and organic farming.  For organic agriculture the BIOM network was set up in 1998. Participating farmers improved their farm performance amongst others by a decrease of the hand labour for weed control and a reduction of the nutrient surpluses. The network also functioned as a facility for on-farm research on various topics. Additional effects of the close contacts between par-ticipants were a closer cooperation between farmers and an incentive for innovation
date: 2006
date_type: published
refereed: never
citation: Sukkel, ir Wijnand; van Leeuwen Haagsma, ing Wiepie and van der Wel, ing Cees (2006) BIOM, Organic farmers network for Research, Development and Innovation. Joint Organic Congress, Odense, Denmark, May 30-31, 2006.
document_url: http://orgprints.org/7399/1/BIOM_odense.doc