March 2012

Contents:

News from ICROFS
ICROFS joins Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative; New blog: Landscapes for People, Food and Nature; Organic Eprints is rising in the ranks; Try the VOA3R platform beta-version; CORE Organic second call for preproposals of research projects is closed; Healthy herbs for healthy cows

Articles
International organic research theme - Brazil:
- Research experiences on organic agriculture from Brazil
- Organic milk production in Brazil
- Mokichi Okada Research Center: Agricultural research and development
- Effect of alternative fertilization: Productive and qualitative performance in recovering degraded pastures in Brazil.
CoreOrganic:
Preventing disease and parasites in european organic pig herds

Brief News - on proposal calls, congresses, publications and media news

September 2011

Contents:

- CORE Organic II second call
- CORE Organic research seminar in Paris
- ANSOFT workshop in Korea
- Organic Eprints is Open AIRE Compliant
- ICROFS meets EPOK from Sweden
- Towards a social research platform for agriculture and aquaculture
- New ICROFS phone numbers

- International organic research theme (2 articles from USA)
- Transport is important in the carbon footprint of imported organic plant products
- Ecosystem services of biodiversity in ­organic grasslands
- Innovation research in value chains

- Brief news on proposal calls, congresses, publications and media news

May 2011

Contents:

- 11 CORE Organic II projects selected
- Danish research to pave the way for organic policy
- Organic Eprints is expanding
- Honourable mention of Organic Eprints
- ProGrOV project set in motion in Ugand
- International organic research theme: USA
- Opinions on biogas in organic farming
- Yield effects of grazing in white clover/grass mixtures
- How to include farmers in the emission trading system

- Brief news on congresses, publications and meetings

November 2010

Contents:

- 59 CORE Organic pre-proposals
- Organic RDD is in place
- ICROFS coordinates research in 3 African countries

- Improving wheat production using nitrogen
- Communicating 'ethical' attributes of organic food
- Markets and institutional capacity
- A glance at the development of the organic sector in Nigeria
- Organic bread-wheat in New England, USA

- 3rd ISOFAR conference: New deadline: 31.12.2010
- New version of Organic.Edunet
- FQH 2011, NJF 2011

- CERTCOST workshop at BioFach and in Brussels (on preventing fraud)

August 2010

Contents:

- Organic RDD application deadline: 13. September 2010

- DARCOF III project, SEED, finalized

- VOA3R project website is published

- New project: Transparent Food: Quality & Integrity in Food

- Why Danish Organic Farming Policy has been succesful
- Quality of foraging material and effect on hens feed intake
- Chinese organic export model & a Danish future perspective
- The climate heroes of the future?
- Course: ‘Organic agriculture in a development perspective’

- Brief news on congresses and publications

May 2010

Contents:

- CORE Organic II is set into motion

- News on the next Danish research programme, Organic RD

- ICROFS' chairman speaks at international ATV conference

- Public organic food procurement for youth in 4 EU countries

- Cattle trampling reduces risk of nitrate leaching in organic dairy rotation
- Horse bean, pea and rape protein in feed for organic trout
- Cows fed vitamin-rich feed produce vitamin-rich milk

- Brief news on congresses and publications

February 2010

Contents:
- CORE Organic II kick-off meeting

- Organic Agriculture: New journal calls for papers

- PhD defense on meta-analysis of variety mixtures

- Strip cropping system for sustainable food/energy production
- OA systems benefit biodiversity and natural pest regulation
- A pro-poor model for smallholder inclusion in developing countries

- Brief news on congresses and publications

November 2009

Contents:

- International workshop and board meeting in China
- Greenhouse gas emissions from cultivation of energy crops
- Nitrogen dynamics in organic crop rotations
- Nitrate leaching from silage maize

- Organic farming effects on clay dispersion in carbon-exhausted soils

- Ecology and Farming: Research Special Edition
- Brief news on congresses, publications, and fairs

August 2009

Contents:

- African workshop report published by ICROFS
- Organics and multi-functionality of agriculture
- CORE Organic - latest developments

- ORCA - a vision for future organic research for development

- Herbs in the grassland
- OA: A new policy field for international organisations.

May 2009

Contents:

- CORE Organic ERA-NET proposal is formulated
- Nitrogen management on large organic dairy farms

- Organic labelling systems and sonsumer trust

- Organic farmers may gain from Green House Gas trade

- Certified oganic agriculture as policy instrument

- No effect of cropping system on the greenhouse has N2O

- Economics, policy and organic agriculture

February 2009

Contents:

- The new web site has been launched
- ICROFS participates at BioFach2009

- The first African Organic Conference 2009

- The second international board meeting at BioFach
- ICROFS publishes new fact sheets.

October 2008

Contents:

- Welcome to a new international research centre

- Organics as the future norm for sustainability

- Growth and integrity in the Danish organic sector

- Organic futures - a scenario game

- Strengthen research in organic food systems