THE PROJECT BALTICECO
14-04-2014 Project BalticEco meeting in Metsajoe, Estonia
Mrs. Neda Jakubauskiene,
Deputy head of Agri-environment and Organic Farming Division
Agricultural Production and Food Industry Department
Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania
phone: +370 5 239 1096
fax:
+370 5 239 1212
e-mail neda.jakubauskiene@zum.lt
Conference “Shaping Europe's Organic
Future Together - Making an impact on
the EU organic legal framework within
the future CAP"
July 3-4, 2013, Vilnius
BALTICECO PROJECT
Main project goals:
• Promotion of a sector via inter-institutional cooperation in the Baltic Sea
Region,
• Strengthening organic agri-food production sector
Expected outcomes:
• Platform for inter-institutional cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region on
organic agri-food production is set up
• Documentation - vision/guidelines for future development of this sector in
the Baltic Sea Region are improved
Strengthening the organic farming, agri-food production,
control sector and developing inter institutional
cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region - „BalticEco“
Leader partner: Lithuanian Ministry of Agriculture
Other project partners:
• Latvijas Zemkopības ministrija,
• Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Estonia,
• Ministerium für Landwirtschaft, Umwelt und
Verbraucherschutz in Shwerin,
• Certification institution „Ekoagros“
Duration: 1 year
Geographical scope: Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Germany
(represented by federal state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
Strengthening the organic farming, agri-food production, control sector and
developing inter institutional cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region - „BalticEco“
BUDGET OF THE PROJECT
PROJECT BALTICECO
PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE FOR VISITS
• Preliminary:
• LV: 26 - 29th of May;
• DE: 10 -13th of June;
• LT: 15 -19th of September
MAIN SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION DURING VISITS ARE THE FOLLOWING
National organic food and farming legislations, standards, similarities and
differences, exchange them according to needs
•
•
•
Every EU country has different national legislation for application of EU organic
farming regulation requirements.
The regulations are also applied differently in the project countries, especially if
only general requirements are present in the articles. That is why the discussion
regarding the application of certain regulations is needed in order to improve
national legislation of the project countries.
Various project countries established national rules for organic production
within scope of organic farming regulation, but there are no detailed rules in EU
regulations. (e.g. LT has national rules for public catering, rabbit, deer animals
growing; EE – rabbits, nutrias, quails and mass catering; LV – deer family
animals, rabbits, pheasants, quails, snails, pigeons, earthworm production; DE –
national rules for pullet breeding, controls for egg production units, several
private standards for fallow deer, rabbits, microalgae production, mass catering
and pet food). Visits to the farms having different national standards (especially
the ones that are unique to one or several project countries) are planned during
the scope of the project
MAIN SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION DURING VISITS ARE THE FOLLOWING
Control system for organic food and farming, penalties for
violations or non-compliance within a country
• Exchange visits, to discuss national (and common to all partners) problems in
organic farming sector, legislation gaps, provide possible ways of corrections
and to share the best practices.
• The discussion about EU and national organic food and farming legislations,
standards, similarities and differences (modify them, according to needs) is
planned.
• Activities and discussions related to control system for organic food and
farming, penalties for violations or non-compliance within a country are also
within the main project scope.
• Main certification, control problems and gaps in legislation that are common
to all participant countries will be crystalized.
• Most sensitive, criticised or differently implemented parts of EU regulations
MAIN SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION DURING VISITS ARE THE FOLLOWING
Sharing of best practices in setting up demonstration organic farms
• The discussion about main criteria and rules for establishing such
demonstrational organic farms in some Baltic countries is planned as
well.
• The preparation of rules for such farms in LT is planned in the
nearest future.
• Recommendations and discussions between the project members
about the main criteria for establishing such farms will be carried
out (e.g. farmer using good land treatment methods, modern
equipment for animal keeping and feeding, inviting visitors and
organic food consumers to farm, allowance of scientific work in
natural farm conditions, possibilities for selling products in the
website, possibilities for making final products/production selling
experience in the farm shop, neighbouring farmers’ cooperation
possibilities, sharing the best practice with other organic farmers
etc.).
MAIN SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION DURING VISITS ARE THE FOLLOWING
Discussion of other relevant problems and the exchange of experience in
organic plant growing sector
• The aim of these discussions is to clarify scientific and
technological expertise in the use of cropping systems, crops
in organic farming, the possible range of variety of winter and
spring crops and others related areas.
• During the meetings (visits) with partners, it is important to
identify the limitation of agro-technologies in organic farming,
to discuss knowledge gaps for more stable organic agricultural
development and possible new research within the framework
of the joint project.
• The exchange of experience between scientific institutions in
organic seed sector
MAIN SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION DURING VISITS ARE THE FOLLOWING
Setting up criteria for the best organic farm/product
• One of the seed money facility project activities is to expand the
scope of the best organic farm/product competition among all
Baltic States – LT, LV, EE, DE.
• The requirements for the competition will be adapted for the
entire Baltic region.
• The scope of this project includes visiting suggested, the most
advanced organic farms
• The best organic product during exhibitions between all Baltic
countries will become a nice continuous tradition.
• Organizing Baltic/Nordic sea countries meeting/conference in LT
in 2015 or 2016
ACHIEVED OUTCOMES
• Exchanged experience about promotion in organic farming;
• Improved consumer (especially children and young generation)
knowledge about benefit of organic farming;
• Rules for the best organic farm/product of the Baltic Sea countries
competition;
• Improved agro-ecosystem productivity and welfare of the Baltic Sea
region countries;
• Baltic/Nordic sea countries meeting/conference in Lithuania
• Prepared work plan for future project
Thank you for your attention!