Mahepõllumajandus Eestis 2016 / Organic farming in Estonia 2016

Overview of organic agriculture in Estonia in 2016. In Estonia, organic land area has expanded 2.5 times over the last ten years, reaching more than 184,000 ha, representing 18% of the total agricultural area. This percentage makes Estonia one of the three leading countries in the EU by share of organic area. The number of processing and marketing enterprises has also grown every year, as have the sales of organic food. Health is given as the main reason why Estonian consumers buy organic food, likewise also consumers in many other countries

Mahepõllumajandus Eestis 2015 / Organic farming in Estonia 2015

Overview of organic agriculture in Estonia in 2015. In Estonia, organic land area has expanded almost threefold over the last ten years. The number of processing and marketing enterprises has also grown every year, as have sales of organic food. Healthiness is given as the main reason why Estonian consumers buy organic food

Mahepõllumajandus Eestis 2013 / Organic farming in Estonia 2013

Overview of Estonian organic sector in 2013 (in Estonian and English)

Organic Agriculture in Estonia

Report contains the information about organic farming development, organic food production, processing and marketing in Estonia until 2004

Mahetoit lasteasutustes

Overview of good practises introducing organic meals in schools and kindergartens in different countries

Mahepõllumajandus Eestis 2017 / Organic farming in Estonia 2017

Overview of organic agriculture in Estonia in 2017. In Estonia, the organic land area has expanded 2.5 times over the last ten years, reaching 199,947 ha, representing ca 20% of the total agricultural area. This percentage makes Estonia one of the three leading countries in the EU by share of organic area together with Austria and Sweden

UURINGUD

The Estonian University of Life Sciences, the Estonian Crop Research Institute and the Agricultural Research Centre have conducted research in organic farming. Maheklaster (Organic Cluster) and Liivimaa Lihaveis (Liivimaa Beef) continued innovation projects in cooperation with research institutions

Use of biostimulants in organic vegetable production

In the framework of the project "Innovation in organic farming", Maheklaster NGO (Organic Cluster) conducted research on the use of different biostimulants in organic vegetable production. The results of the carrot and swede on-farm trials are presented in this article

Searching for products to control potato late blight in organic farming. On-farm field trials in Estonia

In the framework of the project "Innovation in organic farming", Maheklaster NGO (Organic Cluster) conducted research to test the effectiveness of different products to control the late blight in organic potato production. The results of on-farm field trials are presented in the article

Multi species green manure crops as pre crop for organic vegetables. On-farm field trials in Estonia

One of the activities of the Maheklaster NGO project "Innovation in organic plant production" was to study the use of multi-species green manure crops as pre-crops for organic vegetables. The effects of four different multi-species green manure crop mixtures on weed infestation, soil microbiology and the yield of carrots grown as a next crop to the green manure crop were investigated in on-farm trials. The results were compared to a green manure crop grown as a monoculture (crimson clover)