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A project facilitated by the Research and Development Group of the Bio Dynamic Farming and Gardening Association 9 Overseas and International Research Institutes Carrying Out Organic Research To provide a different type of information resource, contact details of institutes involved in organic research and useful web links have been included. This list is by no means comprehensive, but provides a good starting point to gather further information on organic research. The web links were all functional in October 2003.
Institut für organischen Landbau (IOL) Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Direktor: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Köpke Katzenburgweg 3, 53115 Bonn phone: +49-2 28/73-56 15/16 fax: +49-2 28/73-56 17 e-Mail: IOL@Uni-Bonn.de Since October 1987 the Institute for organic farming has specialized in organic research and teaching. Research is aimed at developing and optimizing organic farming. The publications page is available at http://www.iol.uni-bonn.de/index2_e.htm Accessed 24/8/04 but site hard to download, still downloading after 10 minutes…. |
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Institut für Pflanzenernährung Institute of Plant Nutrition Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Karlrobert-Kreiten-Strasse 13 D-53115 Bonn Phone: +49 -228 –732851 Fax: +49 -228 -732489 Email: ipe@uni-bonn.de http://www.ipe.uni-bonn.de/indexe.htm Accessed 24/8/04 Information provided at the home page of this institute of the University Bonn include a publication list, research topics and contact details of staff members involved in research. Institut für Ökologie Abt. Landschaftsökologie Universität-GH Essen Universitätsstraße 5 45117 Essen Institut für Pflanzenbau und Pflanzenzüchtung Institute of Crop Science and Plant Breeding Justus-Liebig Universität Giessen Institut für Pflanzenbau und Pflanzenzüchtung I Leiter: Prof. Dr. Bernd Honermeier FB 09 Agrarwissenschaften, Ökotrophologie und Umweltmanagement Ludwigstr. 23, 35390 Giessen Telefon: (+49) 641/99-37441 Telefax: (+49) 641/99-37449 http://www.uni-giessen.de/fbr09/ipz/pz/ Accessed 22/08/04 Institut für Pflanzenbau und Pflanzenzüchtung I Institute of Crop Science and Plant Breeding Justus-Liebig Universität Giessen Interdisziplinäres Forschungszentrum für Umweltsicherung (IFZ) Leiter: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Friedt phone: +49-641-99 37421 oder 37431 E-mail: wolfgang.friedt@agrar.uni-giessen.de http://www.uni-giessen.de/fbr09/ipz/pz/homeengl.html last updated 02/06/2004 Accessed 22/08/04
Fachgebiet Ökologischer Land- und Pflanzenbau Institute of organic farming and cropping systems Universität Kassel Witzenhausen Fachgebietsleiter: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Heß Nordbahnhofstr. 1a phone: +49-5542 98-1565 http://www.wiz.uni-kassel.de/foel/index_e.html The site has been under construction since December 2002, it provides e-mail contacts and phone numbers.
Fachgebiet Ökologische Tierhaltung Department of Organic Animal Husbandry Universität Kassel Witzenhausen phone: +49-05542-981586 Nordbahnhofstr. 1a http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb11cms/default.php?language=en&cPath=23 Accessed 18/08/04
Universität Hohenheim Fakultät IV - Agrarwissenschaften II Agrarökonomie, Agrartechnik und Tierproduktion Faculty IV, Agricultural Sciences II Head of Faculty: Prof. Dr.sc.agr. S. Dabbert Schloß, Speisemeistereiflügel phone: +49-711/459-2322 fax: +49-711/459-4270 e-mail: agrarfak@uni-hohenheim.de http://www.uni-hohenheim.de/i3ve/00000700/01246041.htm The web page for organic production systems, http://www.uni-hohenheim.de/oelb/, is only available in German. Accessed 18/08/04
Institut für Pflanzenernährung Institute for Plant Nutrition Institut 330 Head Prof. Dr. N. von Wirén Universität Hohenheim, Fruwirthstraße 20 D-70599 Stuttgart Phone: +49-711/459-3504 fax : +49-711/459-3295 Email plantnut@uni-hohenheim.de http://www.uni-hohenheim.de/i3ve/00000700/00097041.htm Accessed 18/04/2004 ’The purpose of the new series ‘Organic Farming in Europe: Economics and Policy’, published by the University of Hohenheim / Department of Farm Management, is to create an independent forum to provide in-depth and up-to-date information and to open a scientific debate." Institut für Biologisch-Dynamische Forschung Institute for Biodynamic Research Brandschneise 5 Accessed 18/8/04
The institute was established in 1950 as a registered non-profit association in Darmstadt, Germany; with a branch institute at the Dottenfelder Hof, a biodynamic farm in Bad Vilbel, Germany, and is a private, independent body. Projects are financed by project grants provided mainly by private foundations, to a smaller extent by public institutions. Current research focuses are: Results of a long-term fertilization trial: into yields, product quality and soil organic matter with long-term application of farmyard manure with and without biodynamic preparations compared to mineral fertilization are presented at this site. The site has last been updated in August 2001. Publications available as PDF downloads at http://www.ibdf.de/pubs.htm include some English publications. Institut für Biologisch-Dynamische Forschung Institute for Biodynamic Research Holzhausenweg 7
Bundesforschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft Federal Agricultural Research Centre (FAL) Bundesforschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft phone: +49-531 596 - 0 fax: +49-531 596 - 1099 e-mail: info@fal.de http://www.fal.de/en/index.htm?page=/en/forschung/ Accessed 18/8/04 "The FAL conducts research in the area of agricultural science and related disciplines. The organization publishes research results and cooperates internationally with other scientists and organizations. One purpose of the FAL is to obtain basic scientific knowledge to assist in political decisions on nutrition, agriculture, forestry and consumer issues." Institut für ökologischen Landbau Institute of Organic Farming (OEL) Head: PD Dr. Gerold Rahmann Trenthorst 32 The institute for organic farming has opened in December 2000: http://www.oel.fal.de/en "The new institute will actively initiate, institutionalise and consistently promote co-operative research in organic farming. Synergistic effects, as well as the conservation of resources through the avoidance of repetitive research, are the goal of co-operation and communication with other research institutions." Information available includes English articles as PDF downloads. http://www.oel.fal.de/en/index.htm?page=/en/research.htm Accessed 6/10/03
Stiftung Ökologie & Landbau (SÖL) Foundation Ecology & Agriculture Weinstrasse Süd 51, D-67098 Bad Dürkheim fax +49-6322-989701 http://www.soel.de/english/index.html Accessed 18/8/04 Institut fur Ökologischen Landbau IFOL Universität fur Bodenkultur Gregor Mendel-Haus http://www.boku.ac.at/oekoland/English.htm; Last update: 12.03.2003 Accessed 6/10/03
Forschungsinstitut für Biologischen Landbau Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FIBL) Ackerstrasse Postfach, 5070 Frick, Switzerland Phone: +41-62 865 72 72 Fax: +41-62 865 72 73 e-mail: admin@fibl.ch http://www.fibl.org/english/index.php Last Update 30.07.04 Accessed 18/08/04 The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL, Switzerland) was constituted as a private foundation by organic farmers, scientists and politicians in 1973. It has established practice oriented agronomic and economic research, and is making new findings available to the organic farmers in Switzerland and abroad. Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL Ackerstrasse CH-5070 Frick Tel: +41-62-865 72 72 Fax:+41-62-865 72 73 http://www.fibl.ch page available only in German Contact: Helga Willer Accessed 18/08/04 The Internet site http://www.organic-europe.net was set up in 2000. Within this project, an overview of organic farming in 25 European countries is given. The site contains an extensive database of contact details of people and institutes involved in organic research in Europe at http://www.organic-europe.net/address%5Fdatabase/ Accessed 18/08/04 Schweizerische Landwirtschaftliche Forschung Swiss Agricultural Research (SAR) Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Bernhardsberg 4104 Obervil Switzerland http://www.admin.ch/sar/en/index.htm Accessed 6/10/03 Last modified: 05.02.04, the site provides valuable information in English. There are six Swiss Agricultural Research Stations, which mainly deal with applied research. In Switzerland, basic research in agriculture is carried out by the Federal Institute of Technology as well as by certain Universities. Agricultural colleges for higher education and industries are also involved in applied research. Detailed information in English is available on research projects planned until 2003.
Institute of Plant Science, Federal Institute of Technology LFW Universitätsstr 2 CH-8092 Zürich Switzerland Fax: +41 (0) 1 632 10 37 Administrator: selsaad@ipw.agrl.ethz.ch http://www.ipw.agrl.ethz.ch/index.html Accessed 18/08/04 Some of the site seems dated, with last updates noted as 1997, 1999 and 2000.
Plant nutrition Group ETH Zurich, Institute of Plant Sciences, Research Experimental Station Eschikon 33 CH-8315 Lindau Switzerland http://www.pe.ipw.agrl.ethz.ch Accessed 18/08/04 Department of Ecological Agriculture and Society Head of the department: Prof Dr E.A. Goewie Wageningen University Building 527 phone: +31-317-484006 fax: + 31 317 4 78213 e-mail: Eric.Goewie@wur.nl Office@biob.dpw.wag-ur.nl Accessed 18/8/04 The websites, last updated 06-10-2003, provide information in English, including abstracts of dissertations since 1918! http://www.plant.wur.nl/default.asp?section=projects: a useful index of projects within the EU, with contact details. Accessed 18/8/04
Alterra - Research Institute for the Green World (ALTERRA) Postbus 47 "Alterra: your environment is our concern. Alterra is the research institute for our green living environment. We offer a combination of practical and scientific research in a multitude of disciplines related to the green world around us and the sustainable use of our living environment. Flora and fauna, soil, water, the environment, geo-information and remote sensing, landscape and spatial planning, man and society: just a few of the numerous aspects of our green environment that Alterra focuses on. Alterra is part of the Wageningen University and Research Centre concern. In research and education we closely co-operate with the school of Environmental Sciences from Wageningen University. The exchange of expertise and capacity and the match between fundamental and practical research in various projects give us a scientific advantage." Hoofdstraat 24 e-mail: info@louisbolk.nl http://www.louisbolk.nl/e/publications/artbt/fr.htm Accessed 6/10/03. The institute, a private independent body, was established in 1950 as a non-profit association in Darmstadt, Germany; with a branch at Dottenfelder Hof, a biodynamic farm in Bad Vilbel, Germany. "Connecting science with the practical domain, health and ethics for the good of life and quality."
Focuses of current research projects are: * Crop yield, product quality and soil fertility as a function of fertilization * Breeding and seed selection and preservation (cereals) * Biological plant protection and methods for weed control * Optimising the production and application of the biodynamic preparations * Research in rhythms * Composting of farmyard manure * Developing methods for food quality assessment
Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3AL. phone: +44-1970-622248. fax: +44-1970-622238. e-mail: organic@aber.ac.uk http://www.organic.aber.ac.uk/index.shtml Accessed 18/8/04 "The Organic Centre Wales is based at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and run jointly by ADAS, Elm Farm Research Centre, The Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research (IGER), the Institute of Rural Studies (UWA) and the Soil Association".
School of Human and Environmental Sciences University of Reading Whiteknights Reading RG6 6DW Telephone: +44-118 378 6557 Fax: +44-118 378 6660 Email: s.m.hawthorne@reading.ac.uk http://www.soils.rdg.ac.uk/About%20us/about_us.htm last updated 11/08/04 Accessed 18/8/04 Greenmount College of Agriculture and Horticulture CAFRE – College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise, with campuses at Enniskillen, Greenmount and Loughry http://www.cafre.ac.uk/ Greenmount Campus 22 Greenmount Road, Antrim, Co. Antrim, BT41 4PU Northern Ireland Phone: +44-289442 6601 Fax: +44-289442 6606 e-mail: enquiries@dardni.govt.uk Accessed 18/08/04 Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, N Ireland
"The responsibilities of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development include: the development of the agricultural, forestry and fishing industries in Northern Ireland; rural development in Northern Ireland; providing an advisory service for farmers; agricultural research and education; providing a veterinary service and administration of animal health and welfare policies; responsibility to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in the administration in Northern Ireland of schemes affecting the whole of the United Kingdom; the application of EU agricultural policy to Northern Ireland. " http://www.dardni.gov.uk/index.htm last updated August 2004 Accessed 6/10/03.
Hamstead Marshall Nr Newbury Berkshire RG20 0HR phone: +44-1488-658298 fax: +44-1488-658503 e-mail:elmfarm@efrc.com education@efrc.com research@efrc.com OAS, Organic Advisory Service: oas@efrc.com http://www.efrc.co.uk/ http://www.efrc.com/ Accessed 22/08/04 "Elm Farm Research Centre (EFRC) was founded in 1980 as an educational charity. Our aim is the development and promotion of organic agriculture as the most environmentally sound way of producing healthy food. As an educational charity, it is important for EFRC to get its information, knowledge and experience out into the public domain. This is not only achieved through the Organic Advisory Service and Education Services but also through written material - articles, scientific papers, contributions to books and our own Bulletin. Internationally, we collaborate with IFOAM, universities and research bodies, farmers' groups and individuals." Bristol House 40 - 56 Victoria Street Bristol BS1 6BY UK phone: +44-117 929 0661 fax: +44-117 925 2504 e-mail: info@soilassociation.org http://www.soilassociation.org/SA/SAWeb.nsf/!Open Accessed 22/8/2004 "The Soil Association, founded in 1946, is the UK's leading campaigning and certification organisation for organic food and farming. The Soil Association's organic symbol is the UK's most recognisable trademark for organic produce. Wherever you see it you can be sure that the food you have purchased has been produced and processed to strict and rigorous environmental and animal welfare standards. The Soil Association was founded by a group of farmers, scientists and nutritionists who were concerned about the way our food was produced. Over 50 years on we have grown in complexity and scope but at our core remains the fundamental link between healthy soil, healthy food, healthy people. The site offers directories, links, contact details for groups, a library, bookshop and events calendar.
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research (IGER) Aberystwyth SY 23 3EB, United Kingdom Phone:+44-1970-823 000 fax: +44-1970-828 357 Director of Research Professor C J Pollock Phone: +44-1970 823001 email: chris.pollock@bbsrc.ac.uk http://www.iger.bbsrc.ac.uk/igerweb Accessed 22/8/2004
The IGER’s mission statement is "to undertake an integrated, cross-disciplinary programme of basic, strategic and applied research for a range of customers, emphasising grassland-related agricultural systems. The aim of our research is to enhance efficiency, to improve sustainability and to promote a viable partnership between the production of high-quality products and the effective management of the landscape." The website offers ample information, contacts and links, a great resource for further exploration! Henry Doubleday Research Association (HDRA) Ryton Organic Gardens Coventry Warwickshire United Kingdom CV8 3LG Tel: +44 - 24 7630 3517 Fax: +44 - 24 7663 9229 Email: enquiry@hdra.org.uk Accessed 22/8/04 HDRA is Europe's largest organic membership organisation. It is dedicated to researching and promoting organic gardening, farming and food. "The organic approach to gardening and farming recognises that the whole environment in which plants grow is much more than the sum of its individual parts, and that all living things are inter-related and inter-dependent." Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs Nobel House 17 Smith Square London SW1P 3JR Ph +44 (0) 20 7238 6951 helpline@defra.gsi.gov.uk
Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet (SLU) Lennart.Salomonsson@cul.slu.se Accessed 22/8/04 Provides a lot of information in English, links, contacts and more.
Centre for Sustainable Agriculture (CUL) Skilleby gard, S-153 91 JÄRNA, Sweden "The Centre for Sustainable Agriculture - CUL - is a focal-point for researchers and institutions interested in research, development, education and information related to ecological agriculture. CUL co-ordinates activities and promotes co-operation. It takes an active part in the work of developing interdisciplinary research methods."
Biodynamic Research Institute Skilleby, S-15300 Jarna Sweden http://www.jdb.se/sbfi/english/Resprog/resprog02.html
Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA) National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service Hotz Hall - 4th Floor 1175 West Cleveland Fayetteville, AR 72701 OR P.O. Box 3657 Fayetteville, AR 72702 +1-479- 442-9824 +1-479-442-9842 fax Accessed 22/8/04 "The National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service is the website of the Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA). The ATTRA Project, created and managed by the National Centre for Appropriate Technology (NCAT), is funded under a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Business-Cooperative Service."
The Josephine Porter Institute for Applied Bio-Dynamics, Inc. P.O. Box 133 Fax: +1-276.930.2475 http://www.jpibiodynamics.org/ Accessed 22/8/04 Makers of Biodynamic Preparations The Josephine Porter Institute makes Biodynamic Preparations based on the original indications given by Rudolf Steiner. The Institute serves as a reliable source for biodynamic preparations for the beginning practitioner, and as an education centre for all biodynamic practitioners when they begin to make their own preparations.
Michael Fields Agricultural Institute W2493 County Road ES fax +1-262 642-4028 http://www.michaelfieldsaginst.org/ "Michael Fields Agricultural Institute is a public non-profit education and research organization committed to promoting resource-conserving, ecologically sustainable and economically viable food and farm systems." Available through the website are quarterly newsletters, links and information. The Kolisko Institute for Biodynamic Research and Education Post Office Box 15060 Founded in 1999, the Kolisko Institute offers workshops, seminars, and advisory work. In association with New College of California's School of Alternative Agriculture it also (http://www.newcollege.edu/agschool) (not accessible on22/8/04) offers fully accredited BA and MA degrees in Biodynamic Agriculture. Specialized courses in biodynamic viticulture, composting, herbal sprays, backyard scale biodynamics and farm management are also offered. Research on the biodynamic preparations, composting and on herbal sprays is on-going. "The Kolisko Institute is a non-profit organized solely for the purpose of promoting research and education in biodynamic agriculture. Our organization is named after Lili Kolisko, a woman who for years was a faithful researcher of the biodynamic suggestions given by Rudolf Steiner. We hope, in some modest fashion, to continue our biodynamic work in the spirit in which Ms. Kolisko took up hers."
The Centre for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS) Centre for Integrated Agricultural Systems New pages could not be accessed 22/8/04 CIAS is a small sustainable agriculture research centre at the University of Wisconsin's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Created in 1989 to build UW sustainable agriculture research programs that respond to farmer and citizen needs, it aims to involve them in setting research agendas. This means that human relationships are at the core of everything we do.
Organic Farming Research Foundation P.O. Box 440, Santa Cruz, CA 95061 Phone: +1-831-426-6606 fax: +1-831-426-6670 http://www.ofrf.org/ "The Organic Farming Research Foundation is a non-profit, tax-exempt foundation directed by certified organic farmers. We were founded in 1990 and our Board of Directors is composed of organic farmers, researchers and activists from around the nation. For decades organic farmers have produced just about every commodity under the sun using organic production methods, and have accomplished this objective without any institutional help. The Organic Farming Research Foundation is the only organization supporting organic farming grant-making research and advocacy in the nation. Our Mission: To sponsor research related to organic farming practices, to disseminate research results to organic farmers and growers interested in adopting organic production systems, to educate the public and decision-makers about organic farming issues." News bulletins are provided free of charge, and a Scientific Congress on Organic Agricultural Research (SCOAR) is organized annually. Ohio State University Extension Department of Horticulture and Crop Science 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1044 http://hcs.osu.edu/ Accessed 22/8/04 "This site is designed to serve as a knowledge bank and interactive learning centre on the care, cultivation, and utilization of plants from a commercial, consumer and academic perspective."
Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) Andy Clark, SAN Coordinator Fax: +1-301-504-5207 Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Valerie Berton, Communications Specialist Fax: +1-301 504-5207
Alternative Farming Systems Information Center (AFSIC) at the US National Agricultural Library, 10301 Baltimore Ave. Room 132, Beltsville MD 20705-2351 Phone: +1- 301-504-6559; TDD: +1-301-504-6856 FAX: +1-301-504-6409 http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/
"We specialize in identifying and accessing information related to alternative agricultural enterprises and crops as well as alternative cropping systems." There is a list of searchable sites and databases on a sub-page http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/agnic/agnic.htm#search Accessed 22/8/04 The Rodale Institute 611 Siegfriedale Road Kutztown, PA 19530-9320 USA Phone: +1-610-683-1400 Fax: +1-610-683-8548 http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/home.html Accessed 22/8/04 "The Rodale Institute works worldwide to achieve a regenerative food system that improves environmental and human health. We believe that Healthy Soil = Healthy Food = Healthy People®, its a matter of human survival."
http://www.biodynamics.com/groups.html is the website of the Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association Inc. in San Francisco and provides links and information about biodynamics in the US. Accessed 22/8/04
Ecological Agriculture Projects McGill University (Macdonald Campus) Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, H9X 3V9 Canada phone: +1-514-398-7771 fax: +1-514-398-7621 e-mail: eapinfo@macdonald.mcgill.ca http://www.eap.mcgill.ca/General/library.htm "Ecological Agricultural Projects (EAP) has a large resource centre, containing one of the world’s best collections of materials on sustainable food and agriculture systems. The EAP database can be searched via the Internet to identify references on specific subjects, and see what articles prepared by EAP are available. Sustainable Agriculture 'Virtual Library' offers full text or excerpts of thousands of useful documents, including the complete catalogue of EAP publications, other key articles from the collection, back issues of selected farm magazines and newsletters, annotated guides to significant literature, syntheses, abstracts, and linkages to other pertinent Internet sites."
Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation (RIRDC) Level 1, AMA House, 42 Macquarie Street PO Box 4776, KINGSTON ACT 2604 phone: +61-2-6272 4539 fax: +61-2-6272 5877 e-mail: rirdc@rirdc.gov.au http://www.rirdc.gov.au/ Accessed 22/8/04 This site provides information on current and completed research projects and projects, with project title, objectives and contact details for the researcher involved. Although it seems as if organic section of site http://www.rirdc.gov.au/99comp/org1.htm has last been updated in September 1999 (main site in September 2003) the information provided is worth exploring. Accessed 22/8/04
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements IFOAM IFOAM Head Office c/o Ökozentrum Imsbach D-66636 Tholey-Theley Germany phone: +49-6853-919890 fax: +49-6853-919899 e-mail: HeadOffice@AEA-ifoam.org Accessed 22/8/04 "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." Inter-Departmental Working Group on Organic Agriculture Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Secretary Nadia Scialabba Via delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 Rome, Italy phone: +39-3906-57056729 fax: +39-3906-57053369 e-mail: nadia.scialabba@fao.org
organic-research.com is an online community for organic farming and
food, developed by CABI Publishing. CABI Publishing aims
to provide impartial information of high quality, recognizing worldwide
interest in organic farming and related sustainability issues. Access
to organic-research.com is restricted to subscribers. Individual visitors
to organic-research.com may register for a free personal 24 hours trial.
Agriculture Network Information Center http://laurel.nal.usda.gov:8080/agnic/ Contact agnic@agnic.org "The Agriculture Network Information Center (AgNIC), is a voluntary alliance of the National Agricultural Library (NAL), land-grant universities and other agricultural organizations, in cooperation with citizen groups and government agencies. AgNIC focuses on providing agricultural information in electronic format over the World Wide Web via the Internet."
European Universities' Consortium for a Common Curriculum in Ecological Agriculture The Curriculum Development in Ecological Agriculture Consortium, established in 1994, has currently 10 participating universities; three of them (in the United Kingdom, Denmark and Germany) are teaching the common semesters for the Ecological Agriculture specialisation at Bachelor's level. It is envisaged that additional universities will become involved in teaching the specialisation, and that continuing curriculum development work will lead to a Master's level common programme in Agroecology. The following website contains details of participating
universities and further web links: The European Network for Scientific Research Coordination in Organic Farming ENOF ENOF’s main objective is to put in contact and establish collaborations between the Organisms or European Entities that work on Education, Research, Experimentation, Demonstration or Diffusion of Organic Farming Techniques. One of the most important results from ENOF was the elaboration of a database on Research in Organic Farming in Europe. http://www.cid.csic.es/enof Go to top of Chapter Ten Return to top of Chapter Nine Return to Table of Contents
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