The case studies of the Organic Data network

Summary

Conclusion
- “Many cooks spoil the broth”
-- Many different organisations
-- But of none has main task to collect organic market data
- Collaboration and data sharing likely to increase quality and prevent over-sampling of organic operators
-- Tension between market transparency and the need to protect commercially sensitive data
-- More active involvement of sector/trade organisations
- At national level aim for coherent and durable cross collection platforms
- Exchanging ideas and sharing experiences across borders can improve the data collection system and data quality