EU: Organic potatoes under threat from ban on copper-based fungicides
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Summary: The UK National Farmers' Union has warned that organic potato producers are under threat from proposed EU legislation against copper-based fungicides. NFU organic committee chairman Oliver Dowding said that: "The legislation for the removal of copper as a fungicide will cut output (of organic systems) from 60% of conventional crops to just 40%. Even with a 100% organic premium you can do the simple maths and see growers are going to be worse off." Read the complete article…
Date: 26 April 2002
Source: just-food.com editorial team
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