Organic Agriculture

 

Workgroup 4:

Organic and Ecological Agriculture and Eco-Tourism

 

 1.  Introduction

  • Economical aspects of organic agriculture
  • Ecological agriculture and environmental protection
  • Moving from traditional agriculture to organic agriculture

 

2.  Specific Branches of Organic Agriculture

  • The organic plantation
  • The organic garden
  • The organic greenhouse
  • Organic field crops
  • Organic animal cultivation (cows, chicken, bees, etc.)
  • Organic fertilization
  • Organic pest control

 

3.  Ecological Agriculture and Ecotourism

  • Advantages and disadvantages of ecological agriculture
  • Olive growing as a leverage for ecotourism development
  • Wine production as a leverage for ecotourism development
  • Plantations as a leverage for ecotourism development
  • Fishing industry as a leverage for ecotourism development

 

4.  Business Aspects of Organic Agriculture

  • The impact of farmers associations, distributors associations, and consumer associations  on marketing of organic produce
  • Marketing aspects
  • The feasibility of converting to organic agriculture

 

5.  Professional Tours

  • Visit organic growers
  • Visit marketing sites and meet with distributors
  • Visit ecotourism projects

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