For the sixth consecutive year, the agency Organic has organized today an international seminar Organic Agriculture in the International Exhibition of Agriculture in Paris . This seminar aims to
- To review the main developments in the EU European and worldwide, both in terms of public policy for the development of organic agriculture in terms of consumption and production.
- Identify opportunities for changes of organic chains by 2010
- Analyze the "spring" of development of each country and draw "lessons".
One thing is certain. The opening of the seminar by Thierry Francois, president of the agency Bio , and Elisabeth Mercier, director of the agency we confirm that organic farming continues its development in the world. In 2009, it is 37.5 million hectares of cultivated land with 1.8 million farms, an increase of 6% organic potatoes grown since 2008. Europe accounts for ¼ of cultivated areas in order of importance with Germany, France, England and Italy. While in Germany, organic products are sold to 30% in the GMS, France is characterized by various distribution channels. Despite the crisis, consumption of organic products has remained stable overall. Is this due to a need for reassurance about the contents of his plate and traceability? In Italy and France, we note that main outlets for organic products go through catering. Italy had taken the lead in introducing organic products in its school lunch, followed by France, which requires 20% of organic food in all restaurants subsidized by the state. This decision has an educational role and citizen on the content of the plates. This is to maintain biodiversity, employment, enhance local short circuits. All these actions are supported by the bottom of future bio, funded mainly by the European Union.
consumption of organic products is concentrated in North America and Europe. It represents 96%. Therefore as stated Jean Francois Hulot, head of the farming unit at the European Commission harmonized European rules to allow the movement of organic products and ensure their quality. European law is harmonized since 2009, with a European logo compulsory from 1 July 2012. For imports of organic products, some countries, after strict controls, get the system of rules of equivalence, that is to say that organic products grown and processed to meet the same requirements as the European regulation, which is ahead of the U.S.! This regulation must adapt to the agreements of the Treaty of Lisbon. It remains to harmonize legislation on organic wines, including action plans are for 2004! All data are available on the website below
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/organic/home_fr
intervention by Luigi Guarrera, organic farming expert CIHEAM- MAIB , International Centre for Mediterranean Agronomic Studies, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari shows us that there is true cooperation and knowledge transfer between countries of the Mediterranean basin.
Roundtable closing this very interesting seminar with the benefits of organic farming in the world, with Samia Maamer, CEO of Organic Agriculture in Tunisia, Faustin Vomewor Kokou, Togo organic producer, Jean Claude Pons, FAO expert and inspector at Ecocert and Marc Dufumier, research professor at Agro Paris Tech.
detailed account of the seminar are available on the website of the agency bio
www.agencebio.org in section publication.
- To review the main developments in the EU European and worldwide, both in terms of public policy for the development of organic agriculture in terms of consumption and production.
- Identify opportunities for changes of organic chains by 2010
- Analyze the "spring" of development of each country and draw "lessons".
One thing is certain. The opening of the seminar by Thierry Francois, president of the agency Bio , and Elisabeth Mercier, director of the agency we confirm that organic farming continues its development in the world. In 2009, it is 37.5 million hectares of cultivated land with 1.8 million farms, an increase of 6% organic potatoes grown since 2008. Europe accounts for ¼ of cultivated areas in order of importance with Germany, France, England and Italy. While in Germany, organic products are sold to 30% in the GMS, France is characterized by various distribution channels. Despite the crisis, consumption of organic products has remained stable overall. Is this due to a need for reassurance about the contents of his plate and traceability? In Italy and France, we note that main outlets for organic products go through catering. Italy had taken the lead in introducing organic products in its school lunch, followed by France, which requires 20% of organic food in all restaurants subsidized by the state. This decision has an educational role and citizen on the content of the plates. This is to maintain biodiversity, employment, enhance local short circuits. All these actions are supported by the bottom of future bio, funded mainly by the European Union.
consumption of organic products is concentrated in North America and Europe. It represents 96%. Therefore as stated Jean Francois Hulot, head of the farming unit at the European Commission harmonized European rules to allow the movement of organic products and ensure their quality. European law is harmonized since 2009, with a European logo compulsory from 1 July 2012. For imports of organic products, some countries, after strict controls, get the system of rules of equivalence, that is to say that organic products grown and processed to meet the same requirements as the European regulation, which is ahead of the U.S.! This regulation must adapt to the agreements of the Treaty of Lisbon. It remains to harmonize legislation on organic wines, including action plans are for 2004! All data are available on the website below
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/organic/home_fr
intervention by Luigi Guarrera, organic farming expert CIHEAM- MAIB , International Centre for Mediterranean Agronomic Studies, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari shows us that there is true cooperation and knowledge transfer between countries of the Mediterranean basin.
Roundtable closing this very interesting seminar with the benefits of organic farming in the world, with Samia Maamer, CEO of Organic Agriculture in Tunisia, Faustin Vomewor Kokou, Togo organic producer, Jean Claude Pons, FAO expert and inspector at Ecocert and Marc Dufumier, research professor at Agro Paris Tech.
detailed account of the seminar are available on the website of the agency bio
www.agencebio.org in section publication.
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