ROMANIAN ASSOCIATION FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

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A.R.A.D.

Str. N. Titulescu - nr.3, 915200 Fundulea, jud. Calarasi, Romania

Tel: (00 40) 724 - 384.301, (00 40) 242 - 642.687

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Council Board:

Dr. Ion TONCEA ( Ion_Toncea@yahoo.com )

President

Dr. Radu STOIANOV

Vice-President

Dr. Lucian STOIAN

Vice-President

Dipl.Eng. Danut HODOROGEA

Secretary

Dipl.Eng. Petrica Iovita SCHIOPU

Treasurer

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Romanian Association of Sustainable Agriculture

 

Str. N. Titulescu nr.3, 915200 Fundulea, jud. Calarasi

Tel : (00 40) 724 38 43 01, Tel/Fax : (00 40) 242 64 26 87

E-mail : Ion_Toncea@yahoo.com ; www.agriculturadurabila.ro
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEWS

 

 

The project "Eco-Learning"

Transferance of Educational Tools

in Ecological Agriculture

to different countries

and adaptation to E-Learning

(UE Programme "Leonardo da Vinci")

 

 

The ECO-LEARNING Project

Romanian Interim Report no. 1

 

 

Content Proposal

for

Manual of Ecological Agriculture

All interested users are invited to send improvement proposals to:

toncea@ricic.ro , ion_toncea@yahoo.com 

 

 

 

Starting with January 1st, 2009,

the EC (European Commission) regulation no. 2092/1991 was abrogated, and organic (ecological) farming activities will conform to the EC regulation no. 834/2007 and its implementing rules established by the EC regulation no. 889/05.09.2008.

The content of these regulations could be found on the MADR website: http://www.madr.ro - Informatii utile - Agricultura ecologica

 

 

Useful information on Ecological Agriculture could be found at the address:

http://www.ec.europa.eu/agriculture/organic/home_en

 

 

Publications of interest

Sowing with gutter above row

(D.Manole, Marioara Nicolescu, E.Florea)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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DATA & FACTS

 

-          Acronym: A.R.A.D.;

-          Founded in: 19.10.1998 on the basis of Romanian law 21/1924;

-          Type: Nongovernmental, apolitical, non-profit and interdisciplinary organization, concerning promotion of sustainable farming systems;

-          Fiscal certification (C.I.F.) No: 15940935/27.11.2003;

-          Bank and Account No.: Banca Comerciala CARPATICA - Agentia Fundulea, Bd. 22 Decembrie, nr. 95, jud. Calarasi. IBAN: RO10CARP012000290114RO02;;

-          Address: N. Titulescu 3; 915200 Fundulea - Calarasi; ROMANIA

-          Structure (departments): Ecological Agriculture and Integrated Farming

-          Statutory activities:

.          promotion and implementation of sustainable farming standards;

.          consulting as regards design of agroecosystems;

.          theoretical and practical training of farmers and other rural entrepreneurs;

.          inspection of farms and farming companies and certification of ecological products;

.          publishing of leaflets, periodicals, books and other scientific papers in order to preserve and rehabilitate the cultural values of Romanian village.

-          Members (to the present):

.          54 individual experts and supporters: researchers, professors, agronomists, rural entrepreneurs, students etc.;

.          10 peasants family;

.          6 farming associations and companies.

 

-          Facts:

A.R.A.D. took part, as partner, in 7 agricultural and rural development projects:

 

.          IAIR 2000, financed by Foundation for Open Society, with the purpose of training and technical assistance of rural entrepreneurs from 8 Romanian counties: Satu Mare, Cluj, Salaj, Maramures, Bacau, Suceava, Olt and Constanta;

.          Organic agriculture - new opportunity for co-operation in Lower Danube Euroregion, CBC project financed by EU;

.          Agronomic and environmental impacts of organic (ecological) farming systems in Romania and Greece. Development of prototype technology for improving organic (ecological) farming systems ; Bilateral project between Greece and Romania ;

.          Integrated system to support the farmers and farmer associations from Calarasi county for sustainable land use, co-financed by Ministry of Agriculture, Forests, Waters and Environment and World Bank;

.          Structural Strengthening of the Network for Sustainable Agriculture in Central and Eastern Europe, financed by VROM/AVALON - The Netherland;

.          Support for implementating the recomendations and standards concerning the production of ecological products and measures for informing the consumers of Bulgaria and Romania, financed by Enlargement Direction of EC;

.          ECOLEARNING, project financed by EU (Programme LEONARDO DA VINCI)

 

-          Other specific facts:

.          Founder member of National Federation of Ecological Agriculture;

.          Co-organizer of the International symposium Rural Development and Ecological Farming in Cluj-Napoca, 27 - 28 July 2000;

.          Main or coorganizer of: yearly conference, seminars, flying visits and meetings, broadcasting radio and TV, publishing of books and papers, local and national exhibition.

.          Member of AVALON Network.