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Session 1998-99 Publications on the internet European Communities Committee Publications

European Communities - Sixteenth Report Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 20 July 1999. CONTENTS REPORT PART 1— INTRODUCTION What is organic farming? Development of organic farming Organic production and processing standards Imports Current size of the organic sector Future size of the organic sector Encouragement of organic farming Structure of the Report PART 2—BENEFITS AND DISADVANTAGES The Philosophy and Principles of Organic Farming Why do people buy organic? Economics Biodiversity Soil Structure Water Quality Landscape Food Safety Food Quality Employment Energy Use Yield Size of farms Pest, Weed and Disease Control in plants Animal Health and Welfare Conclusions PART 3—ORGANIC PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING STANDARDS Regulation 2092/91 Regulation 2092/91: livestock amendment The United Kingdom: UKROFS and the sector bodies Enforcement of standards Imports Genetically Modified Organisms PART 4—SUPPORT FOR ORGANIC FARMING Should the Government set a target? Ongoing subsidy Conversion subsidy Organic Farming Scheme Common Agricultural Policy Research and development Provision of information, advice and training Marketing and infrastructure PART 5—SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Appendix 1—Membership of Sub-Committee D Appendix 2—Call for evidence Appendix 3— List of witnesses Appendix 4—Sector bodies and their logos Appendix 5—Visit to Duchy Home Farm, Highgrove, and Eastbrook Farm, Bishopstone ORAL EVIDENCE Soil Association Oral Evidence, 24 February 1999 Organic Farmers & Growers Ltd Oral Evidence, 10 March 1999 National Farmers' Union of England and Wales Written Evidence Oral Evidence, 10 March 1999 Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd Written Evidence Oral Evidence, 17 March 1999 Supplementary Written Evidence, 27 April 1999 Professor Peter Midmore and Dr Nicolas Lampkin Written Evidence Oral Evidence, 17 March 1999 Supplementary Written Evidence, 1 July 1999 Mrs Helen Browning, Mrs Jan Deane, Mr Dick Roper Oral Evidence, 24 March 1999 Co-operative Wholesale Society Written Evidence Oral Evidence, 31 March 1999 Consumers in Europe Group Written Evidence Oral Evidence, 31 March 1999 Elm Farm Research Centre Written Evidence Oral Evidence, 14 April 1999 Supplementary Written Evidence Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Written Evidence Oral Evidence, 21 April 1999 Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics Research Unit of the University of Reading Written Evidence Oral Evidence, 12 May 1999 Institute of Arable Crops Research Written Evidence Oral Evidence, 19 May 1999 Supplementary Written Evidence, 1 June 1999 Game Conservancy Trust Written Evidence Oral Evidence, 19 May 1999 Mr John Hassett Written Evidence Oral Evidence, 26 May 1999 Professor John Marsh Written Evidence Oral Evidence, 26 May 1999 Mr Elliot Morley, MP, Minister for Fisheries and the Countryside Written Evidence Oral Evidence, 16 June 1999 WRITTEN EVIDENCE Aberdeen University Centre for Organic Agriculture ADAS Consulting Ltd Australian Government Austrian Government Belgian Government Biodynamic Agricultural Association British Nutrition Foundation British Trust for Ornithology Canadian Government Countryside Commission Countryside Council for Wales Mrs Dorothy Craig Czech Government Elgro English Nature Environment Agency European Commission Farm and Food Society Farmers' Union of Wales Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group Finnish Government French Government Freshlands Friends of the Earth Global Environmental Change Programme of the Economic and Social Research Council German Government Horticulture Research International Professor D Hughes, Wye College Institute for European Environmental Policy Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research Italian Government Local Authorities Coordinating Body on Food and Trading Standards Luxembourg Government Marks & Spencer Milk Marque Ltd nabim National Trust New Zealand Government National Farmers' Union of Scotland Organic Farm Foods Ltd Organic Farmers Scotland Polish Government Royal Agricultural College SAFE Alliance Scottish Agricultural College Scottish Natural Heritage Scottish Organic Producers Association Limited Somerfield Stores Limited Spanish Government Swedish Government Transport and General Workers Union Dr G Ulmanis United States Government Waitrose Welsh Development Agency Wessex Water NOTE: Pages of the report are numbered in bold type; pages of evidence are numbered in ordinary type. References in the text of the Report are as follows: (Q) refers to a question in oral evidence. (p) refers to a page of written evidence.

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