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Organic farming is going to strengthen from the Eastern Europe to Central Asia
Armenia
Thursday 15 April 2010
FJ
The farming organic as engine of growth for Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia.
The initiative "green economy" of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is going to analyze the role of the organic farming for the stimulation of the exports and the growth of savings.
UNEP, in partnership with the international Federation of the movements of organic farming ( IFOAM), examines the perspectives which could be obtained by investing more in the long-lasting agriculture in Eastern Europe, in the Caucasus and in Central Asia ( EOCAC).
The organic farming quickly develops in the world, with 35 million hectares of farmlands managed in a organic way by approximately 1,4 million producers in more than 150 countries.
Nevertheless, the percentage of farmlands dedicated to the bio in Ukraine and in Moldavia is lower than 1 %, whereas the long-lasting agriculture is only beginning in Armenia.
This new initiative aims to pull more countries to dash or to increase the number of hectares of biological production.
The project has for objective to increase the raising awareness to the advantages of the organic farming and to its potential of growth for regions.
The first national workshops are organized in Ukraine, in Armenia and in Moldavia this month. A final report should be published at the end of 2010.
Source: United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).
