creators_name: Mata, Macarena
creators_name: Longhurst, Phil
creators_name: Seaton, Roger
creators_name: Garrido, Marisol
editors_name: Powell, Jane
editors_name: et al., 
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2006-10-11
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:32:28
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title: Policy-relevant research and integrative indicators in the conversion to organic farming
ispublished: pub
subjects: 8policy
subjects: 1organics
subjects: 9education
full_text_status: public
keywords: Colloquium of Organic Researchers; COR;  policy; research; soil health; indicators; conversion
abstract: This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference. Council Regulation 2092/91 specifies the general standards for the production methods of organic products in Europe. The criteria for the conversion process assessment, though, are largely defined by the national Certification Bodies. Assessment indicators mostly used are (a) type of agricultural practices (whether within organic standards or not) and (b) pollution in soil or produce. However, the conversion process is complex and its aims go beyond the achievement of soil fertility as indicated by these indicators. Soil health and socio-economic indicators need to be essential elements in the organic farming regulation policy. The research reported here (partial result of a four-years Ph.D. research) applies policy-relevant research to identifying conversion process aims within a systems perspective, as well as integrative indicators to assess and monitor soil health. In this paper, only the research on soil health indicators is shown.
date: 2002
date_type: published
publication: Proceedings of the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference
publisher: Organic Centre Wales, Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth
pagerange: 329-330
refereed: never
referencetext: no references
citation: Mata, Macarena; Longhurst, Phil; Seaton, Roger and Garrido, Marisol (2002) Policy-relevant research and integrative indicators in the conversion to organic farming. UK Organic Research 2002 Conference, Aberystwyth, 26-28 March 2002. In: Powell, Jane and et al., (Eds.) Proceedings of the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference, Organic Centre Wales, Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth, pp. 329-330.
document_url: http://orgprints.org/8445/1/mata_Policy-relevant_research_conversion.pdf