{"id":4339,"date":"2021-09-23T16:40:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T13:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qftp.org\/launch-of-an-annual-eu-organic-day\/"},"modified":"2021-09-24T14:33:41","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T11:33:41","slug":"launch-of-an-annual-eu-organic-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.qftp.org\/en\/launch-of-an-annual-eu-organic-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch of an annual \u2018EU organic day&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kty870zv-0994ffc66d1ed79e1c89859a0340907e\">\n.avia-image-container.av-kty870zv-0994ffc66d1ed79e1c89859a0340907e img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-kty870zv-0994ffc66d1ed79e1c89859a0340907e .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-kty870zv-0994ffc66d1ed79e1c89859a0340907e av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_codeblock  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-4336 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-4336 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/old.qftp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/eu-organic-day.jpg\" alt='' title='EU organic day'  height=\"325\" width=\"555\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.qftp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/eu-organic-day.jpg 555w, https:\/\/old.qftp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/eu-organic-day-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-kty0r7wc-aa2e8949d5cbe42bfcdad18019f9ddf1 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Today, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission celebrate the launch of an annual\u00a0<strong>\u2018EU organic day&#8217;<\/strong>. The three institutions signed a joint declaration establishing from now on each\u00a0<strong>23 September<\/strong>\u00a0as EU organic day. This follows up on the\u00a0Action Plan for the development of organic production,\u00a0adopted by the Commission on 25 March 2021, which announced the creation of such a day to raise awareness of organic production.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At the signing and launch ceremony, Commissioner for Agriculture <strong>Janusz\u00a0Wojciechowski\u00a0<\/strong>said:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<em>Today we celebrate organic production, a sustainable type of agriculture where food production is done in harmony with nature, biodiversity and animal welfare. 23 September is also autumnal equinox, when day and night are equally long, a symbol of balance between agriculture and environment that ideally suits organic production. I am glad that together with the European Parliament, the Council, and key actors of this sector we get to launch this annual EU organic day, a great opportunity to raise awareness of organic production and promote the key role it plays in the transition to sustainable food systems<\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The overall aim of the Action Plan for the development of organic production is to boost substantially the production and consumption of organic products in order to contribute to the achievement of the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies&#8217; targets such as reducing the use of fertilisers, pesticides and anti-microbials. The organic sector needs the right tools to grow, as laid out in the Action Plan. Structured around three axes &#8211;\u00a0<strong>boosting consumption<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>increasing production<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>further improving the sustainability of the sector<\/strong>\u00a0-, 23 actions are put forward to ensure a balanced growth of the sector.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Actions<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To boost consumption the Action Plan includes actions such as informing and communicating about organic production, promoting the consumption of organic products, and stimulating a greater use of organics in public canteens through public procurement. Furthermore, to increase organic production, the\u00a0Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)\u00a0will remain a key tool for supporting the conversion to organic farming. It will be complemented by, for instance, information events and networking for sharing best practices and certification for groups of farmers rather than for individuals. Finally, to improve the sustainability of organic farming, the Commission will dedicate at least 30% of the budget for research and innovation in the field of agriculture, forestry and rural areas to topics specific to or relevant for the organic sector.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Background<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Organic production comes with a number of important benefits: organic fields have around 30% more biodiversity, organically farmed animals enjoy a higher degree of animal welfare and take less antibiotics, organic farmers have higher incomes and are more resilient, and consumers know exactly what they are getting thanks to the<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/food-farming-fisheries\/farming\/organic-farming\/organic-logo_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\">EU organic logo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"VIiyi\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"uk\" data-phrase-index=\"0\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Source:<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #99cc00;\">official website of the European Commission<\/span><\/span><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/ip_21_4821\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\">https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/ip_21_4821<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The Farm to Fork Strategy:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Eng. (original) &#8211;<\/span> <span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><a style=\"color: #99cc00;\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/food\/horizontal-topics\/farm-fork-strategy_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/food\/horizontal-topics\/farm-fork-strategy_en<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Action Plan for the development of organic production:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Eng. (original) &#8211;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/sites\/default\/files\/food-farming-fisheries\/farming\/documents\/com2021_141_act_organic-action-plan_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\">https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/sites\/default\/files\/food-farming-fisheries\/farming\/documents\/com2021_141_act_organic-action-plan_en.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>European Green Deal<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Eng. (original) &#8211;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/sites\/default\/files\/european-green-deal-communication_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\">https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/sites\/default\/files\/european-green-deal-communication_en.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Launch of an annual \u2018EU organic day&#039; | QFTP<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Launch of an 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