France creates organic food agency
PARIS - France yesterday created a new agency dedicated to promoting and
developing organic food and agriculture in the country, officials said. The
semi-public \"Agence Bio\", comprising government officials and organic food
producers and transformers, will help France reach its goal of producing organic
food on one million hectares (ha) by 2005, the farm ministry said. The agency
will also manage the \"AB\" organic label and evaluate the environmental and
social impact of organic farming, the ministry said. In 2000, France devoted
370,000 ha - or 1.3 percent of the total farm area in France - to organic food
production. That was double the level of only two years earlier, it said.
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PARIS - France yesterday created a new agency dedicated to promoting and developing organic food and agriculture in the country, officials said.
The semi-public \"Agence Bio\", comprising government officials and organic food producers and transformers, will help France reach its goal of producing organic food on one million hectares (ha) by 2005, the farm ministry said.
The agency will also manage the \"AB\" organic label and evaluate the environmental and social impact of organic farming, the ministry said.
In 2000, France devoted 370,000 ha - or 1.3 percent of the total farm area in France - to organic food production. That was double the level of only two years earlier, it said.
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