International Conference on Organic Farming in Central and Eastern Europe

Schirmherrschaft

 Aleksander Kwasnieswski, President of Poland

Partners

• Heinrich-Böll Foundation, Berlin
• IUCN – The World Conservation Union, Office Warsaw
• IFOAM - International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movement
• Avalon-Stiftung, Holland
• The associations Ekoland in Poland, Pro-Bio in the Czech Republic and Biokultura, Hungary
• equalita Institute

Target Group

• Farmer, processor, retailer in Central and Eastern Europe
• Representatives of the Central and Eastern European countries
• Representatives of the European Commission and scientists

Period and Place

01 - 02 of March 2002 in Warsaw, Poland

Financing

• Heinrich-Böll Foundation, Berlin
• Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture

Description of Project

The conference aimed at strengthening the activism for organic farming as an agricultural alternative which respects the environment and the consumer. The work of the organic farming associations should find support in Central and Eastern Europe.

The conference presented organic farming as the most sustainable form of active environmental protection. With its positive effects on employment and as a contribution to an adequate consumer policy, it is, moreover, the most important element in the development of the rural areas.

The top-class team including many ministers and decision-makers from Central and Eastern Europe, a.o.: Renate Künast, the German minister of consumer protection, food and agriculture guaranteed  positive momentum.