Those involved in the farm contracting of organic crops are appealing for more support from the European Union in order to improve the producing and promotion of their organic products.
At a recent conference in Italy, Copa-Cogeca put forward the pleas from European farm contractors of the need for greater investment in the organic farming sector and the concern that the agricultural contracting of organic produce is not considered of equal importance as more traditional farming techniques.
Part of the argument forwarded for the benefits of organic farming included the noticeable improvements of soil quality and water quality. Additionally, farm contractors who take up an organic approach can be assured that they are farming high quality produce with a low environmental impact.
Copa Cogeca furthered their plight of the importance of increasing the support of the farm contracting of organic crops by presenting figures that demonstrated the increasing demand for organic produce. Indeed, Europe is now the second greatest organic farmers. Furthermore, there is an ever continuing importation to the EU.
In summary, the key message was that organic farming is able to achieve the main goal of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), therefore, more investment should be put into the research of growing organic crops and the promotion of organic produce.
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Tags: Agricultural Contracting, Farm Contracting, Farm Contractors
