This paper reviews the processes for bilateral equivalence arrangements concluded in the past several years between Canada and the United States, Canada and the European Union, and the European Union and United States. These arrangements suggest a trend from unilateral equivalence declarations of an importing country toward an exporting country,...

This Guide has been developed to assist in the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (the VGGT) with regard to fisheries in marine and inland waters. It explains the characteristics of the fisheries...

This publication intends to raise awareness of the importance of mountain family farming in sustainable development worldwide and encourage investment in this sector. To mark the International Year of Family Farming 2014, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, the Austrian Development Cooperation, the International...

The studies from different Sub-Saharan countries demonstrate that successful organic farming is about whole farm management, where feeding the soil feeds the plant, where optimal nutrient cycling is achieved through plant and animals management in time (i.e. rotations) and space (i.e. associations) and where quality production goes hand-in-hand with market...

Sustainability is about ecosystem integrity, social well-being, economic resilience, and good governance. According to the current state of knowledge and development, how does organic agriculture contribute to each of these sustainability dimensions? Sustainability has first been equated with environmental soundness in order to ensure the continued provision of goods and...

Posljednjih 10 godina u pojedinim zemljama Zapadne Evrope organska poljoprivreda se razvila uz godišnji rast do 10%. Crna Gora ima odlične uslove za razvoj kvalitetne, zdravstvenobezbjedne, sertifikovane organske hrane. Organska proizvodnja je zakonski regulisana proizvodnja koja uključuje kontrolu i sertifikaciju proizvodnje i proizvoda (kontrola „od njive do trpeze“). Nakon čitanja ovog...