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Organic food and farming research needs in the UK:A report on a stakeholder participatory consultation process
Briefings
In 2005 Defra commissioned a study to identify and analyse issues and aspirations that organic stakeholders felt should be addressed by publicly funded organic food and farming research in the UK. A series of 12 workshops were undertaken throughout the UK, attended by nearly 300 stakeholders. These workshops used participatory approaches to identify and record the most important issues and aspirations from those attending.
Engineering Coexistence
Briefings
Commentary from Elm Farm Organic Research Centre on the Government’s proposals to allow GM crops to be grown alongside organic and conventional farming in England.
GM debate bubbles below the surface
Bulletin Articles
Mass media coverage of genetically engineered crops has cooled since the big public debates of 2003/2004. But the threat to our food supply and environment from contamination has not. ORC's Dr Bruce Pearce reports from a key EU gathering on GM and GE crops in Vienna...
Avian 'flu briefing - A sense of proportion in a world gone Avian ‘Flu mad
Briefings
Briefing Note on the UK’s avian ‘flu “panic pandemic” of October/November 2005
Stakeholders issues and aspirations to inform future public funded research in organic farming (OF0350)
Research Publications
In 2005 Defra commissioned a study to identify and analyse issues and aspirations that organic stakeholders felt should be addressed by publicly funded organic food and farming research in the UK. A series of 12 workshops were undertaken throughout the UK, attended by nearly 300 stakeholders. These workshops used participatory approaches to identify and record the most important issues and aspirations from those attending.