Deliverable 6.1: Targeted design of user-centric scenarios for organic production systems phasing out contentious inputs

Summary

Contentious inputs in organic farming are unwanted inputs, but allowed by the Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008. Such inputs include among others nonorganically fertilizers, soil conditioners, pesticides, feed stuff, and feed additives. In order to select suitable alternatives, and secondly, which alternatives are best, the consequences of substitution must be evaluated in terms of feasibility, sustainability, and environmental impact. As a first step, scenarios constructions aimed at these assessments have been carried out in Deliverable6.1. 22 scenarios were identified together with 37 case farms. These scenario alternatives were congruently specified at product level and examples were found in the relevant partner countries together with WP 2 task 2.1. where case farms are selected to elaborate on user centric aspects of implementing alternatives to the identified issues of concern. The list of scenarios will be used in cooperation with Task 2.1 to design the questions to be proposed for the case farms.