project - EIP-AGRI Operational Group

2015-003 - GOFOPE15: Operational Group for the Transition to Organic Farming on Agricultural and Livestock Farms
2015-003 - GOFOPE15: Grupo operativo para la transición hacia la Agricultura ecológica de explotaciones agrícolas y ganaderas

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Completed | 2015 - 2016 Spain
Completed | 2015 - 2016 Spain
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Objectives

Overall objective is to increase the area and production of organic farming in Basque Country through the flow of information and advice.

Specific objectives are proposed:

  1. Creation of a working group capable of extracting relevant  information for the transition from farms with conventional agricultural management (CA) to organic farming (OF), using the data obtained monitoring the farms involved
  2. Draft a Base Operational Manual for transition to OF taking into account economic, technical and normative constraints in 8 different productive orientations.
  3. Creation of a permanent network of specialized advisory services in OF in Basque Country keeping Operational Manual up to date

Objectives

El objetivo general es aumentar el área y la producción de la agricultura ecológica en el País Vasco a través del flujo de información y asesoramiento.

Se proponen objetivos específicos:

  1. Creación de un grupo de trabajo para extraer información para la transición de explotaciones agrarias en agricultura convencional (AC) a ecológica (AE), utilizando los datos obtenidos del seguimiento de granjas involucradas.
  2. Elaborar un Manual Operativo para la transición a la AE con limitaciones económicas, técnicas y normativas en 8  orientaciones productivas diferentes.
  3. Creación de una red permanente de asesoramiento especializado en AE en País Vasco manteniendo actualizado el Manual de Operaciones

Activities

  1. Acquisition of the knowledge necessary to carry out a complete plan of transition from conventional to organic farming (OF) with meetings with experts in OF and monitoring of a farm in transition
  2. Obtaining information on difficulties during the transitional period and in OF by analyzing the situation of a representative farm, and supporting project technicians to collect information on the parameters of other farms
  3. Drafting of the Operational Manual (public document of free access) based on data collected by the project partners
  4. Creation of permanent network of specialized advice in AE in Basque Country and update of the Operational Manual

Activities

  1. Adquisición de conocimientos necesarios para realizar un plan completo de transición de agricultura convencional a ecológica (AE) mediante reuniones con expertos propios en AE y monitorización de una explotación en transición
  2. Obtención de información sobre dificultades en periodo de transición y en AE haciendo el análisis de situación de una granja representativa, y apoyando a técnicos del proyecto a recabar información de los parámetros de otras granjas
  3. Redacción del Manual Operativo (documento público de libre acceso) basado en datos recabados por los socios del grupo
  4. Creación de red permanente de asesoramiento especializado en AE en País Vasco y actualización del Manual Operativo
Project details
Main funding source
Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups
Rural Development Programme
2014ES06RDRP015 Spain - Rural Development Programme (Regional) - País Vasco
Location
Main geographical location
Álava
Other geographical location
Guipúzcoa, Vizcaya

EUR 46 920.00

Total budget

Total contributions from EAFRD, national co-financing, additional national financing and other financing.

Resources

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Contacts

Project coordinator

Project partners

  • ABELUR – Agricultural Services (Private company, Technical Advice and Management of Agricultural Holdings)

    Project partner

  • ABERE - Cooperative of Livestock Growers in Basque Country

    Project partner

  • AGA – Cooperative of Farmers and Livestock Growers in Araba

    Project partner

  • BIOLUR – Association of Organic Growers in Gipuzkoa

    Project partner

  • ENEEK – Basque Council for Organic Food and Agriculture (Certification Body)

    Project partner

  • LORRA - Cooperative of Farmers and Livestock Growers in Bizkaia

    Project partner

  • LURGINTZA - Cooperative of Farmers and Livestock Growers in Gipuzkoa

    Project partner