Partners & organisations



Project partners

The project covers 32 countries (EU member states, candidate countries and EFTA states).

There are nine core partners with regional liaison and specific task co-ordination responsibilities:


University of Wales Aberystwyth
Institute of Rural Sciences
Llanbadarn Campus
Aberystwyth
SY23 3AL
Wales
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1970 624471
Fax: +44 (0)1970 622238
E-mail: acv@aber.ac.uk

Scientific team
Dr. Nicolas Lampkin, Senior Lecturer In Agricultural Economics
Alison Vaughan, Administrative Assistant

Responsibility for contact with members in:

  • Great Brittain
  • Ireland
  • France


Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau (FIBL)
Ackerstrasse, CH-5070 Frick, Switzerland.
Tel: +41 (0)62 865 7272 Fax: +41 (0)62 865 7273
E-mail: toralf.richter@fibl.ch

Scientific team
Dr. Toralf Richter, Research Associate, Division Socio-economics
Dr. Helga Willer, Research Associate, Division Communication
Otto Schmid, Research Associate, Division Socio-economics

Responsibility for contact with members in:

  • Switzerland
  • Turkey
  • Liechtenstein


Leopold Franzens Universität Innsbruck (Uni Ibk)
Zentrum für Berglandwirtschaft ,Technikerstrasse 13, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria. Tel: +43 512 507 5690, Fax +43 512 507 2817
E-mail: norbert.gleirscher@uibk.ac.at

Scientific team
Markus Schermer, Senior Researcher
Norbert Gleirscher, Research Associate

Responsibility for contact with members in:

  • Austria
  • Slovenia
  • Romania
  • Bulgaria


University of Kassel
Faculty of Ecological Agricultural Sciences
Postfach 1252
Steinstrasse 19
D-37213 Witzenhausen
Phone: +49 (0) 5542 98 1285. Fax: +49 (0) 5542 98 1286
E-mail: grecke@wiz.uni-kassel.de

Scientific team
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hamm, Professor for agricultural market research and marketing
Friederike Gronefeld, Research Associate
Guido Recke, Research Associate

Responsibility for contact with members in:

  • Czech Republic
  • Hungary


Zentrale Markt- und Preisberichtstelle für Erzeugnisse der Ernährungs-, Land- und Forstwirtschaft GmbH (ZMP)
Rochusstr. 2, D-53123 Bonn, Germany.
Tel: + 49 (0) 228 9777 0, Fax: + 49 (0)228 9777 169
E-mail: susanne.lux@t-online.de

Scientific team
Markus Rippin, Project assistant FB Oekologischer Landbau
Hans-Theo Erkes, Project manager
Susanne Lux, Project co-ordinator (Freelance)

Responsibility for contact with members in:

  • Germany
  • Slovakia
  • Spain


Università Politecnica delle Marche
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Informatica, Gestionale e dell'Automazione (DIIGA)
Università Politecnica delle Marche via Brecce Bianche
I-60131 Ancona, Italy
Fax: +39 71 220 4858 / 4474
E-mail: zanoli@agrecon.univpm.it

Scientific team
Prof. Raffaele Zanoli, PhD Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics
Susanna Vitulano, Researcher
Dr. Danilo Gambelli, Researcher

Responsibility for contact with members in:

  • Italy
  • Greece
  • Portugal
  • Malta
  • Cyprus


Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming (DARCOF)
PO Box 50, Research Centre Foulum, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark.
Tel: +45 (0)8999 1675 Fax: +45 (0)8999 1673
E-mail: LizzieM.Jespersen@agrsci.dk

Scientific team
Claus Bo Andreasen. Head of information
Lizzie Melby Jespersen, Scientific officer

Responsibility for contact with members in:

  • Denmark
  • Norway
  • Sweden
  • Finland
  • Island


Warsaw Agricultural University (WAU/SGGW)
Faculty of Human Nutrition and Consumer Studies, ul Nowoursynowska 159c, PL 02-787 Warszawa, Poland
E-mail: zakowska@alpha.sggw.waw.pl

Scientific team
Sylwia Zakowska-Biemans, Researcher/PhD candidate
Krystyna Gutkowska, Professor, Dean of Faculty
Ozimek Irena, PhD. Researcher

Responsibility for contact with members in:

  • Poland
  • Estonia
  • Lithuania
  • Latvia


Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI)
P.O. Box 29703, Burgermeester Patijnlaan 19, NL-2502 LS Den Haag, The Netherlands. Tel: + 31 (0)703358245 Fax: + 31 (0)703615624
E-mail: klaasjan.Kramer@wur.nl

Scientific team
Dr. K.J. Kramer , Scientific Researcher on Sustainable Agricultural Chains
Dr. J. Wolfert, Scientific Researcher on Systems Analysis and Modelling
Drs. K. Boone Scientific Researcher on Financial Economics

Responsibility for contact with members in:

  • Belgium
  • Holland
  • Luxemburg




Steering group

The project is managed by a steering committee, which meets twice yearly and consists of the core partners and representatives of key international organisations, including Eurostat, the European Commission, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM).



European and international organizations

Both directly and through the steering group the project are collaborating with International and European organisations concerned with statistical information on organic agriculture. These are mainly:

EUROSTAT
The Statistical Office of the European Communities

FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

IFOAM
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements

OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development



Related research projects

Currently, two other European research efforts are concerning marketing of agricultural products, policy developments etc.:

EU-CEE-OFP
Further development of Organic Farming Policy in Europe, with Particular Emphasis on EU Enlargement

OMIaRD
Organic Marketing Initiatives and Rural Development



Networks etc.

EIONET
EEA's network for improving Europe's environment

IRENA
Indicator reporting on the integration of environmental concerns into agricultural policy