ICROFS news 2/2009 - newsletter from ICROFS

News from ICROFS: CORE Organic ERA-net proposal is formulated, FAO side-event was a success, upcoming course in media handling Articles: J. Eriksen, M. Askegaard & K. Søegaard: Nitrogen management on large organic daity farms C. Daugbjerg & K. M. Sønderskov: Organic labelling systems and consumer confidence G. T. Svendsen: Organic farmers can gain from Green House Gas trade H. Egelyng: Certified Organic Agriclture: Policy Instrument for Sustainable Development? M.S. Carter & N. Chirinda: No effect of cropping system on the greenhouse gas N2O J.H. Ingemann: Economics, Policy, and Organic Agriculture Brief news: TP ORganics needs you!, New publication: The World of ORganic Agriculture: Statistics and emerging trends, NJF seminar, Organic farmers bite back!, International conference on organic agriculture in Scope of environmental problems, Expo - MENOPE: 7th Middle East Natural and Organic Product

Enhancing the role of the voluntary and community sector - a case study of the Yorkshire and Humber Region

This report was commissioned by the Chief Executive of the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) to evaluate at ground level, using the Yorkshire and Humberside region as a case study, what is currently being achieved by the Prison and Probation Services in working with the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS); and to identify and provide analysis of perceived barriers and make recommendations to improve the engagement of the sector

Organic Rules and Certification

Development of the database, www.organicrules.org: The database was developed by ICROFS (DARCOF) and FiBL in 2005 - 2006 for comparison of European and international standards with the EU Regulation 2092/91 in the EU FP6 project, ”EEC 2092/91 Revision” (www.organic-revision). In the EU FP7 project, Economic Analysis of Certification Systems in Organic Food and Farming, www.CERTCOST.org (2008-2011). The database has been further developed by ICROFS. The information for the database is collected by the 9 partners of the CERTCOST project, and it is edited by Lizzie Melby Jespersen, ICROFS

The Design Process as a Life Skill

AbstractProblem-solving and decision-making are highly desirable assets when facing the unpredictable and complex environments of today and tomorrow. Education promotes innovative approaches and leadership skills capable of coping with change and embracing human qualities, and guiding students to embrace holistic thinking. Universities of Lebanon can play a major role in reforming students from the out-dated schooling system that focuses on teaching critical thinking only to solve problems of yesterday and does not prepare them for surviving in an ambiguous future. This paper presents a new design process as a teaching tool that allows instructors and students to alternate between creative and critical thinking that is not bound to context, encouraging them to accept change proactively

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