Norway is facing the prospect of a shortage of domestic organic foods as more organic farmers leave the sector in the face of “bureaucratic” regulations, according to a report from Norsk Institutt for Landbruks Okonomisk Forskning (NILF).
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Norway’s state-owned agricultural research institute warned that a government target to have 15% of the country’s farms classified as organic by 2015 is under threat.
“The rate of exit by farmers from the organic sector is continuing to grow. The primary reasons cited by farmers are excessive bureaucracy, difficulties in registering organic products, and the general amount of paperwork involved,” the report said.
OIKOS, Norway’s association of organic producers and consumers, warns that up to 5% of registered organic farmers may revert to conventional operations by year-end 2008.
“If the government wants to reach the 15% target then it must look more closely at the operational problems organic farmers face in terms of the high levels of state bureaucracy they face,” said Maiken Pollestad Sele, a foods development executive with OIKOS.
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