Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Advisory Service Units
Private Advisory
14
12 26
3
Local advisors direct contact with farmers
X
1
1
-
Private advisory institutes(ökoringe)
X
X
2
2
-
X
X
X
3
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
7
10
X
1
Private consulting advisory firms
Companies selling input / commercial
advice/ Input producers
X
X
2
X
X
2
4
-
Private/Exporter firms via contract
farming
X
X
X
-
-
1
Conventional advisory firms
X
X
X
3
-
3
-
No state advisory service
X
1
X
1
2
-
Independent advisory/consultant
X
X
2
X
X
2
4
X
1
Farmer's Organizations
12
7
19
2
Organic Producer organizations
X
X
X
3
X
X
X
X
4
7
X
X
2
Producer organizations/Chamber of
Agric.
X
X
X
3
X
1
4
-
Organic association advisors
X
X
2
X
1
3
-
Organic agriculture consulting units
XX
X
X
4
X
1
5
-
Ministries/Public
6
13 19
6
Ministry of Agriculture
X
X
X
X
X
4
4
X
2
Min.of Agric. in organic farm unit
X
X
2
2
-
Regional agric.authorities(in districts)
X
X
2
X
1
3
X
X
2
Min.of Agriculture, organic conversion
information service
X
1
X
1
2
-
National Agric.Advisory Service
X
1
X
1
2
X
1
Ministry of Agriculture& other
Organization/institute/centre
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
6
6
1
Others
7
-
7
1
Agr.schools/courses/seminar/demonstrati
on
X
X
X
X
X
5
-
5
X
1
Exchange between organic farmers
X
1
-
1
-
Telephone helpline
X
1
1
-
Advisory service units number
3
4
1
2
1
4
4
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
5
39 4
4
2
3
2
4
2
2
1
3
2
2
1
32
71
1
3
2
2
1
12
(*) Based on author's computations from [4, 5, 6, 10, 17, 21, 23, 31, 32, 34, 36, 37, 40, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 58].
