EISfOM surveys
The partners of EISfOM gathered information on existing Data Collection and Processing Systems (DCPS) in 32 European countries to improve existing DCPS for organic products and therefore the quality and reliability of organic data.
In this process, national and regional statistical offices as well as market agencies, which collect and process data on both organic and conventional production and products were asked to give information about their DCPS (Data Collection and Processing System) in 2 surveys.
- In the first survey general information about the type of agencies and organizations collecting data in the different countries was collected.
- The second survey more detailed information about the existing DCPS was collected. As there are different levels for data collection (farm/production, processor/wholesaler, import/export, retail level and consumer level), separate questionnaires were prepared.
The results of the surveys were published in this project report:
- Wolfert, Sjaak; Kramer, Klaas Jan; Richter, Toralf; Hempfling, Gabriele; Lux, Susanne und Recke, Guido (2004) European Information System for Organic Markets (EISFOM QLK5-2002-02400): WP 2: “Data collection and processing systems (DCPS) for the conventional markets” and WP 3: “Data collection and processing systems for organic markets” = Deliverable D2. Unpublished Report of the project QLK5-2002-02400: European Information System for Organic Markets (EISfOM), Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI), Wageningen, The Netherlands, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Frick Switzerland. Archived at http://orgprints.org/4058/