The use of phosphonates in organic farming: a MAIB workshop at MiPAAF

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: #00FF" lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The scope of the&nbsp;workshop&nbsp;was to start a process of complete, scientifically based and participatory evaluation of potentials and acceptability of phosphonate use in organic plant protection. </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: #00FF" lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The outcome of the<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>meeting wants to feed a following process&nbsp; to gather National stakeholders opinions and&nbsp; get to a common position on the issue (the phosphonates can be a good substitute of copper) of EU organic sector.&nbsp;The common position&nbsp; reached&nbsp; will&nbsp; be put forward to EU Commission for a regulatory proposal.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; The seminar was organised by MAIB (Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari) in the context of the project "InterBio", with the support of the Organic Farming Office of MiPAAF and AIAB – Italian Association of Organic Farming. The interventions were the following:</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: #00FF" lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: #00FF; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; mso-font-kerning: .5pt; mso-fareast-language: #00FF" lang=EN-GB>The use of phosphonate at world level and specifically in organic farming. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: #00FF; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; mso-font-kerning: .5pt; mso-fareast-language: #00FF">Markus Kelderer, Laimburg Institute<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV></LI>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: #00FF" lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: #00FF; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; mso-font-kerning: .5pt; mso-fareast-language: #00FF"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: #00FF; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; mso-font-kerning: .5pt; mso-fareast-language: #00FF" lang=EN-GB>Use, need and side effects of phosphonate use in organic vineyards, Uwe Hofmann, Ecovin (presenting as well SRIG experience), Germany, and Schweigkofler &amp; Haas, Laimburg Institute, Italy </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV></LI>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: #00FF" lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: #00FF; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; mso-font-kerning: .5pt; mso-fareast-language: #00FF"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: #00FF; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; mso-font-kerning: .5pt; mso-fareast-language: #00FF" lang=EN-GB><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: #00FF; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; mso-font-kerning: .5pt; mso-fareast-language: #00FF" lang=EN-GB>The use of phosphonate in organic apple production and its alternatives, Markus Kelderer, Laimburg Institute<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>and German expert</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV></LI><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: #00FF" lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: #00FF; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; mso-font-kerning: .5pt; mso-fareast-language: #00FF"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: #00FF; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; mso-font-kerning: .5pt; mso-fareast-language: #00FF" lang=EN-GB><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: #00FF; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; mso-font-kerning: .5pt; mso-fareast-language: #00FF" lang=EN-GB>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: char" class=TableContents><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: #00FF" lang=EN-GB>Are residues a problem? How to measure them.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: #00FF; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; mso-font-kerning: .5pt; mso-fareast-language: #00FF" lang=EN-GB>Lucius Tamm, SRIG experience (UWE??) </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: #00FF; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; mso-font-kerning: .5pt; mso-fareast-language: #00FF">and A.Mateazzi, Laimburg</SPAN></DIV></LI></UL>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: #00FF; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; mso-font-kerning: .5pt; mso-fareast-language: #00FF"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: #00FF; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; mso-font-kerning: .5pt; mso-fareast-language: #00FF" lang=EN-GB>A Round table on the use on phosfonate (legal status, organic producers opinion etc.) in several Countries: France,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Spain, Germany, Austria, Netherlands and<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Italy, and a finale debate concluded the workshop. The&nbsp;interventions &nbsp;will be published on SINAB. </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>