Institutional barriers to organic farming in Central and Eastern European countries of the Baltic Sea region

Agricultural and Food Economics

Table 7 Indicator 23–26: Integration of the organic sector within agricultural institutions of the state domain

		Estonia	Latvia	Lithuania	Poland	Sweden
23	Specific office in agricultural ministry	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
24	Integration of OF in training establishments	Weak, almost fully segregated	Largely integrated	Nd	Largely integrated	Largely integrated
25	Range of research program	Production only	Production only	Almost full range*	Almost full range* for crop	Full range* for crop and livestock
26	Integration of OF in advisory services	Almost none	Largely integrated	Little integration	Largely integrated	Largely integrated

23) CEEC: Tyburski 2003, Ministry of agriculture websites, SE: Swedish Ministry for Rural Affairs 2012.
24) EE: Milkk 2005 PL: Moschitz et al. 2004 Brent 1999 LV: Zarina 2009, SE: Källander 2000/2010.
25) All: Slabe 2004. *Full range: research programme covers topics of production, food quality, and market development.
26) EE: Milkk 2005, personal communication Eve Ader, Estonian Plant Production Inspectorate, PL: Moschitz et al. 2004 Brent 1999 LV: Zarina 2009 Drozdovska 2005 LT: Tatulos programa 2005, SE: Källander 2000/2010.