Development of a European Information System for Organic Markets - Improving the Scope and Quality of Statistical Data. Proceedings of the 1st EISfOM European Seminar, held in Berlin, Germany, 26-27 April, 2004

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Contents Plenary Session Welcome address Massimo Burioni Introduction to the European Information System for Organic Markets and the aims of the 1st EISfOM European Seminar, Berlin, April 2004 Nicolas Lampkin The current situation of data collection and processing of organic farming and marketing across Europe Toralf Richter Problems and solutions for the collection of data on organic markets: experiences from previous research projects Ulrich Hamm Current Eurostat initiatives on organic farming statistics Ana Martinez Organic agricultural statistics and information at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation: initiatives, opportunities and challenges Robert Mayo Stakeholder perspectives on the need for data and the role of private and public institutions Victor Gonzálvez Quality assurance issues in DCPS for agricultural commodities: an analysis of the theoretical and analytical tools and methods used in the assessment of data quality Guido Recke Data received from Member States in accordance with Regulation 2092/91 Per Ahle Group 1: Farm Production - Farm Structure Survey (FSS) and administrative (2092/91) data Results from the Community farm structure survey and Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2092/91 reporting: organic farming data and derived agri-environmental indicators Koen Duchateau Compilation of basic statistical data on organic farming in Europe and worldwide - challenges and opportunities Minou Yussefi, Santiago Olmos, Helga Willer Problems regarding the official statistical survey on organic agriculture in Italy 6 M. Adua and A. Pallotti Opportunities for the development of organic data collection and processing based on Finnish experiences Sampsa Heinonen The “Observatoire”of French organic production: data collection since 1995 and future developments Katell Guernic Organic production in official agricultural statistics of Germany Torsten Blumöhr Developing the data collection system for organic farming in Poland Marta Wroblewska, Ewa Szymborska International data harmonisation - learning from UK experiences Rob Haward Data collecting and evaluation of the organic agriculture system in Turkey Erdal Süngü Results of Group 1: Farm Structure Survey (FSS) and administrative (2092/91) data Lizzie Melby Jespersen and Helga Willer Group 2: Farm Incomes and Prices Information systems on organic farming: FADN and market statistics Krijn J. Poppe Summarizing results from earlier EISfOM activities on farm incomes and farm level prices Sjaak Wolfert Current and future perspectives for economic analyses on organic farming with the EU-FADN Alberto D’Avino Comparing organic and conventional farm incomes in FADN - Issues in international harmonisation and quality assurance Frank Offermann Acquisition of participants for the FADN in Germany and practical issues of quality management Rainer Meyer The integration and analysis of data on organic farming in the Swiss Farm Accountancy Data Network Beat Meier ZMP-Comparison of producer prices for milk Reinhard Schoch Determination of organic product prices at farm level Markus Rippin Producer price premiums – an indicator for the viability of organic farming at the European level? Nicolas Lampkin HDRA’s contribution to organic horticultural data collection in Europe Ulrich Schmutz and Chris Firth Results of Group 2: Farm Incomes and Prices Jürn Sanders and Johan Bakker Group 3: Supply chain/Trade (Import/Export) volumes and prices 147 Understanding organic markets and the production of relevant statistics with special focus on the trade/wholesaler/processor level Jens Vestergaard The price of organic fruit and vegetables: analysis of one year of monitoring from production to consumer in Italy Francesco Giardina and Luigi Guarrera BioStockManager®: A software solution for data collection along the whole supply chain Harald Falkner Statistics on organic farming and organic products in Denmark Poul Henning Larsen e-Cert, inspection and certification software Frank Rumpe Stakeholder perspectives and data management Conrad Thimm Results of Group 3: Statistics on organic farming: Supply Chain Level Norbert Gleirscher and Raffaele Zanoli Group 4: Retailers and consumers Information from household panels about the market for organic farming Micaela Schantl Retailer and consumer panel data: strengths and weaknesses in surveying organic food demand Paul Michels bioVista – retail panel for the organic food market Christoph Spahn Consumer Price Monitoring in Germany - ZMP-Panel of retail trade Hans-Theo Erkes A European information system for organic markets based on current panels: A critical assessment of possibilities and constraints Paul Michels The Household Budget Surveys as a source of information for the study of the consumption of organic products Antonio Puente Rodero Surveys carried out in Hungary in connection with organic products and arising problems Annamária Kovács Results of Group 4: Consumer and Retailer Level Sylwia Zakowska-Biemans, Toralf Richter, Susanne Lux, Gabriele Hempfling Group 5: Supply Balance Sheets Chair: Ulrich Hamm and Guido Recke; Rapporteur: Jessica Aschemann Supply Balance Sheets Francis Weiler Results of Group 5: Supply Balance Sheets Ulrich Hamm, Jessica Aschemann, Guido Recke Group 6: Policy Evaluation Evaluation of European organic farming policies - development of indicators employing the MEANS framework Jon Tuson and Nicolas Lampkin OECD Work on Agri-environmental indicators: Lessons for data harmonisation and policy evaluation Darryl Jones Results of Group 6: Policy Evaluation Nicolas Lampkin and Jon Tuson Summary and conclusions of the 1st EISfOM European Seminar, Berlin, April 2004 Nicolas Lampki