Standards and regulations

The World of Organic Agriculture: Statistics and Emerging Trends 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 59-70

  Huber, Beate ^a   Schmid, Otto ^a   Kilcher, Lukas ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84905197794     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849775991     Document Type: Chapter

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3. Huber et al. (2007) Standards and Regulations. In: Willer /Yussefi (Eds.) The World of Organic Agriculture. Statistics and Emerging Trends 2007, International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements IFOAM, Bonn, Germany and Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Frick, Switzerland. orgprints.org/10506/.
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5. Schmid Otto et al. (2007): Analysis of EEC regulation 2092/91 in relation to other national and international organic standards. Report (Deliverable D 3.2). EEC 2092/91 (Organic) Revision project. Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), CH-Frick. www.organic-revision.org/pub/D_3_2_final%20report_low.pdf. Database www.organicrules.org.
6. www.fao.org/organicag/: Information on organic agriculture by FAO with detailed country reports including the on legal situation.
7. www.ifoam.org/about_ifoam/standards/index.html: IFOAM Guarantee system.
8. www.organic-europe.net/: Extensive country reports and address database.
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10. www.ams.usda.gov/nop/indexIE.htm: Information about the US National Organic Program (NOP).
11. organicrules.org/: Database which compares national and private standards with the EU Regulation 2092/91.
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