creators_name: Roderick, Steve
creators_name: Padel, Susanne
creators_name: Younie, David
creators_id: 348
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2006-05-09
lastmod: 2009-09-09 13:40:05
metadata_visibility: show
title: Diversity of organic livestock systems in Europe
ispublished: pub
subjects: 8policy
subjects: 5markets
subjects: 1animalprod
full_text_status: public
abstract: There is significant diversity in livestock production across Europe, as a consequence of a range of climatic, historic and economic factors. Yet there are common standards and goals. Enlargement of the European Union has added emphasis to the importance of this diversity. Statistics representing the recent development of organic farming illustrates the considerable variation across the continent in relation to land use and the main animal species farmed. This paper examines some of the climatic and historical impacts of a diverse Europe and recom-mends a degree of flexibility in the adoption of or-ganic standards.
date: 2006
date_type: published
refereed: never
citation: Roderick, Steve; Padel, Susanne and Younie, David (2006) Diversity of organic livestock systems in Europe. Joint Organic Congress, Odense, Denmark, May 30-31, 2006.
document_url: http://orgprints.org/8065/2/Roderick_diversity_8065.doc