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Organic Viticulture in Croatia

Organic viticulture is still rather undeveloped in Croatia. However, several producers are existing in different parts of the country and some practical research work has been carried out by the Faculty of Agriculture of the Zagreb University. The poster briefly describes present status and future prospects of the organic wine production in Croatia providing brief information on existing organic vineyards, grape varieties, scientific research and marketing. A first brochure on organic viticulture in Croatian language was published in 1996. but this activity is still not widely accepted by the local farmers and wine producers. In other words, talking about present status of organic viticulture in Croatia one should not mention loudly terms like certified organic hectares and market shares. Two principal obstacles in the past were lack of the appropriate national organic agriculture development strategy/policy and adequate organic standards/regulations, followed by rather poor advisory and training opportunities for producers. Until recently entire Croatian "organic world" was governed solely by a few NGOs and mostly neglected by the Ministry of Agriculture, governmental extension service and scientific institutions. However, Institute of Viticulture of the Faculty of Agriculture in Zagreb had different approach towards organic - it was one of the rare institutions which commenced in late 1990. with scientific and practical work on organic viticulture, resulting in production of its own "eco-wine". A national law on organic agriculture and food production should be accepted by the Croatian parliament during year 2000. If that happens, one of the main challenges of organic viticulture development will be permanently removed. Does that mean that the Croatian poster at the 7th congress on organic viticulture will be more optimistic? Come and see for yourself.

Present status; future prospects; research; standards/regulations

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