We use cookies on our website. Some are necessary for the operation of the website. You can also allow cookies for statistical purposes. You can adjust the data protection settings or agree to all cookies directly.
Data Protection Declaration
Imprint
Organic Pilot Farms in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)
Project
Project code: 25153
Contract period: 01.01.1993
- 30.06.2017
Purpose of research: Demonstration
Since 1993, research, advisory service and practice work together in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) on solutions for selected issues of plant cultivation and animal husbandry with practical relevance for organic farmers. The project that is funded by NRW and the European Union entails demonstration and optimisation of selected organically operating farms and their methods of production as well as professional advice. The project is coordinated by the Institute of Organic Agriculture and executed in cooperation with the Chamber of Agriculture and contributes effectively to the expansion of Organic Agriculture (OA) in NRW. In this successful participatory and interdisciplinary cooperation between practice, extension service and research, 30 farms that are distributed all over NRW and integrate a wide range of different types of production in their typical local region are involved in developing the research questions, executing experiments and discussing results. Solutions are assessed and optimised on farm level and demonstrated in the practice of major farms in order to secure the knowledge transfer in extended agricultural practice. The feasibility of the methods is immediately assessed by practitioners and transmitted to colleagues.
Section overview
Subjects
- Organic Farming
Funding programme
Excutive institution
Participating institutions
Funding institution
Project management agencies
Associated projects: Organic pilot farms in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Organic Pilot Farms in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Organic Pilot Farms in North Rhine-Westphalia- continuation
- Organic pilot farms in North Rhine-Westphalia 2011-2013: Optimisation of organic farms by utilization and transfer of scientific knowledge for demonstration and advice to practical farmers
- Organic pilot farms in North Rhine-Westphalia: Optimisation of organic farms by utilization and transfer of scientific knowledge for demonstration and advice to practical farmers
