Organic

The Bioproducts Association sent an open letter to the Prime Minister urging him to intervene in the conflict between the companies and the Ministry of Agriculture.

Bulgaria and Croatia are the EU member states with highest growing organic farming sectors in the 28-nation bloc, the latest data from the European Statistics Agency, Eurostat, show.

While the total area of organic production in the EU-28 from 2012 to 2016 grew by 18.7 per cent, in Bulgaria, the growth rate was over 310 per cent, and in Croatia it was 193.4 per cent.

If you are a foreigner in Turkey and used Twitter in the last couple of days, you were probably puzzled over the frenzy of the hashtag "organikhosaf." Let me try to explain it. 

The retailers of FMCG (Fast Mover Consumer Goods) in Romania do not market local organic fruit and vegetables, despite the fact that the marketing degree of such produce without organic certification has increased to 55%, according to the survey 'Retailer Scorecard 2014,' issued on Thursday for AGERPRES.

The Doğan Organic Agriculture project in the district of Kelkit in the Black Sea province of Gümüşhane has become an exemplary model for organic sustainability.

BELGRADE - BioBalkan Expo 2014, an international organic foods, processing technologies, machinery and equipment trade fair, will be held in Belgrade on September 10-13, and will feature the participation of more than 60 exhibitors from the country and abroad.

By Calliope Patera *

Christoforos Diamantis started farming organically in Marathon, northeast of Athens, in 1985, at a time when there were no agencies for certifying agricultural products, but even then he understood that pesticides and other heavy chemicals had no place in the cultivation of superior crops.

The "Bio-Romania" Association of Organic Agriculture Operators recommends that all farmers should register as organic agriculture operators in 2014 until the deadline, Aug 29, 2014, and submit requests to get financial support that could exceed 600 euros in 2015 for the farmers undergoing a period of conversion.

BELGRADE - Serbia's area under organic farming totaled 8,228 hectares in 2013, which is an increase of 32 percent compared to the year before, the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) data indicate.

BELGRADE - A festival of organic production will be held in Belgrade on July 12-13 under the slogan “Buy organic food- be friendly to yourself and your environment”.

The festival of organic production will take place at a market in New Belgrade. It will be organized by Serbia Organica, with the backing of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).