Sundrum, A. and Padel, S. (2006) Evaluation criteria for including feed materials in Annex II C and dietary supplements in Annex II D of the EC-Regulation 2092/91. EEC 2092/91 (Organic Revision Project Report), no. D 4.2. University of Kassel, Kassel.
Organic livestock farming is intended to contribute to the equilibrium of agricultural production systems; establish and maintaining an interdependence between soils, plants and animals; is land-related ruling out landless productions, and should support the development of a sustainable agriculture. The criteria for the evaluation of non-organic and organic feed inputs should be consistent with these principles of organic livestock production.
This report provides an overview of issues to be considered with regard to the inclusion of criteria for non-organic and external feed materials in the further development of the EC-Regulation 2092/91 on organic food. The various implications of a criteria based approach are discussed in relation to the main objectives and principles in organic production. A system approach is recommended to provide a tool for balancing the divergent and ambivalent issues in relation to the inclusion of non-organic and external feed material on the different levels relevant in organic production.
|Subjects:|| Values, standards and certification > Regulation|
Farming Systems > Farm nutrient management
Animal husbandry > Feeding and growth
|Research affiliation:|| European Union > Organic Revision|
UK > Univ. Aberystwyth > Institute for Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS)
Germany > University of Kassel > Department of Animal Nutrition and Animal Health
|Deposited By:||Padel, Dr Susanne|
|Deposited On:||02 Mar 2007|
|Last Modified:||07 Apr 2011 12:10|
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