CASE STUDY INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONS IN ORGANIC FARMING Marina

CASE STUDY: INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONS IN ORGANIC FARMING Marina de Rooij Markus Enenkel Alexander Karakán

CONTENT Introduction Austria Greece IFOAM Conclusion

CONTENT Introduction Austria Greece IFOAM Conclusion

INTRODUCTION Organic farming is seen as a social movement that is initiated by persons and organizations, which are not part of the mainstream agriculture segment. Illustration of cooperations: Austria and Greece Why these 2? – They differ concerning the amount of surface that is used for organic farming Austria is European leader and had a relatively long tradition in organic farming Greece serves as a negative example

INTRODUCTION To grow within agriculture, organic farming must establish interrelationships with general agriculture institutions

INTRODUCTION

CONTENT Introduction Austria Greece IFOAM Conclusion

AUSTRIA 10% of al farmers are organic (numbers differ) 11 organic producer organization The oldest organizations are ORBI (Förderungsgemeinschaft für ein gesundes Bauerntum), established in 1962, not by famers but by people with an interest in organic farming Bio Austria ( founded 1979, 55% of the organic producers)

AUSTRIA ÖIG (Österreichische Interessengemeinschaft für biologische Landwirtschaft) 3 associations: Erde & Saat (founded in 1987) together with its daughter company “Grüner Zweig”, Dinatur (founded in 1990 after a split from Demeter), KOPRA (consumer producer association, founded in 1991 as a regional association in the Vorarlberg province). ÖIG was founded in 1994 as an alternative for producer organizations that were more interested in alternative marketing structures to the supermarkets

CONTENT Introduction Austria Greece IFOAM Conclusion

GREECE 2 national organizations: SOYE ( Ecological Farming Association of Greece) EEBE ( Union of Organic Farmers of Greece) SOYE: established in 1985, association of scientists, producers and consumers EEBE: established in 1993, represents producer interests Certification and Support of local Structures

CONTENT Introduction Austria Greece IFOAM Conclusion

IFOAM International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements 750 members organisations in 108 countries Mission: “IFOAM's mission is leading, uniting and assisting the organic movement in its full diversity. Our goal is the worldwide adoption of ecologically, socially and economically sound systems that are based on the principles of organic agriculture

IFOAM most important step GMOs banned from organic farming (1998) Promotion of organic farming in developing countries Observer Status in different UN-institutions Created Training platform

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CONCLUSION

CONCLUSION Direct Relation of Cooperations and strength of organic sector Cooperations support awareness building and certificates Cooperations deliver useful adivce for marketing and processing Balance of cooperation and competition Professional cooperations are needed

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