Practice of Organic Agriculture in Belarus

It is difficult to appreciate the number of holdings which conduct the organic agriculture, use its elements and variations, such as bioorganic agriculture or permaculture. The Ministry of agriculture and supply of Belarus doesn't have the data about the number of holdings which use ecological methods of agricultural production and about the amount of the released ecological output (bio-output). According to the introduced data in inquiry answer there are separate agricultural organizations with the elements of “ecologization” in Belarus, e.g. SPK “Novoselky-Luchai” (Postava region). Read more…

Legislation, Norms, Standards, and Certification in the Field of Agriculture and Adjacent Fields

There is no law on the organic/ecological agriculture in Belarus, but there is information the National Assembly plans to pass the law “About the Alternative Methods of Agricultural Production”. The law about the organic agriculture maybe is not principal for the development of such field in Belarus, but in many countries, even at the post soviet space, such law exists (Moldova, Estonia) or it is going to pass (the Ukraine, Russia). Read more…