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groves practice ecological farming Tuesday, September 20, 2005 For several years, and Romania, are increasingly talking about organic farming, a great solution for rural development, and progress for the Romanian peasant farms profitable. It was said at one point, even that organic agriculture could save the Romanian agriculture, small-scale use of chemicals (fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides) in the last 15 years transforming the land in Romania in such an environment for business . It came special legislation for this area, and interested investors have appeared first, most foreigners. After several years of practice, however, some were convinced, far from reality does not correspond with what our officials hint. First of all the risks in organic agriculture are much higher than in conventional farming and, apparently, are not really covered by the insurance, access to subsidies is restricted and there are still serious deficiencies in legislative and organizational, that cause breaks in production chain - recovery. ecological farm groves Sunday, August 22, 2010
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recently AgroCaravana "100 km Â" object "" has arrived at such a farm, located near the village groves. "Antica Fattoria" about it because it is a joint venture with eight Italians and one Romanian shareholders, who practiced organic agriculture in both crops, as well as livestock. In addition, the Italians took the concession the ADS and a lake within the village groves, Traian Lake, which will develop scientific activity, namely to turn it into the protected area. The entire activity, management of the company collaborates with local and central environmental protection, with several universities in Romania and Italy, with the Association of ornithology and other associations to protect the environment, animals and birds, with both Romanian researchers, as well Italian. In fact, most Italian shareholders is made up of scientists and academics from the region Pissa Italy. 
"Everything is organic. We want that here, the large lake on which it feeds the pond and a lake is still lower down, to make protected areas. We to make exchanges between universities, to develop scientific activity. This is the main goal. Develop and economic activity for the financial support we need. For now it is very hard because I put a lot of money, I invested in agriculture and we did not do large production, nor do we sell products as organic, "said Alessandro Barsacchi, one of the shareholders of the company," Antica Fattoria LLC Braila.
"Everything is organic. We want that here, the large lake on which it feeds the pond and a lake is still lower down, to make protected areas. We to make exchanges between universities, to develop scientific activity. This is the main goal. Develop and economic activity for the financial support we need. For now it is very hard because I put a lot of money, I invested in agriculture and we did not do large production, nor do we sell products as organic, "said Alessandro Barsacchi, one of the shareholders of the company," Antica Fattoria LLC Braila. "I could not cross the border to live animals
first large-scale economic activity, developed by Italian company in Braila county, was increased organic pig. It started with about 400 head in a complex designed on the lake. For he had not received operating permits from the Environmental Protection Agency, the complex has been moved. The problems faced in turning the meat, but they were determined from one year to a dramatic reduction in herd, now reaching to about 30 ends. "It did not work for us, at first, I said this: bring biological material from Italy, here we grow organically, and we sell the meat to the European market where there is demand. But after I bought pigs in Italy, we They gave him permission to bring into Romania veterinary reasons. Then I changed: pig breeding in Romania certified. Everything was fine at first. I gave them food from our organic vegetable farm, I met all the requirements imposed by law, have been periodically check everything was OK. When I go back to Italy but not given us permission at the border. They said that receive only passing notice of pig carcases, in the case. But all rules say organic pigs must be slaughtered in special slaughterhouses, certified, approved in the EU, while in Romania it was not anything. We obtained approval to sacrifice her nearest slaughterhouse approved by the EU but it is in Hungary, and the border is not going to live animals. So I sold the meat in conventional systems in Romania, at the price you know, well below the production. I lost. How to say, investment in organic agriculture is less than the conventional system, but production is lower, so is Need a trade at higher prices to cover the costs you can, "said Barsacchi.
Organic products were not the only ones that have hampered business growth. Administrator our company has explained that access to environmental practices drastically reduce subsidies. "I had big problems with subsidies, we do not receive because we work not complied with environmental regulations on crop technologies. Sprayer not, do not apply fertilizer, plant protection products do not use and therefore do not benefit from subsidies. Now, for example, have insurance and will not compensate us for that, they say, again I followed the technology. But if environmental work how to do this? So I happened to commodity subsidies to production and seeds so that we do not use treated seed " , Alessandro Barsacchi ended.
Although things go as they initially thought, the Italians will not give up, their primary objective are now getting protected status for the lake area Trajan. In addition, they hope, as time integration approach and the legislation will be harmonized, organic farming will be treated at its true value, as is already happening in developed countries like France, Germany and Britain. 
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