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Stiftung Ökologie & Landbau Consultant-Practice-Network Foundation Ecology & Agriculture Rainer Löser, Coordinator working groups, funds and report of the Consultant-Practice-Network Weinstr. Süd 51, 67098 Bad Dürkheim, Germany, Tel: ++49-6322-98970-0 Term of project: May 2004 til March 2007 Project 03OE495 of the Bundesprogramm Ökologischer Landbau Sponsor: BLE, Bonn 1 Stiftung Ökologie & Landbau Aims and tasks of the project To establish an German wide acting network of consultants to prepare a solid base of economical data for important production proceeds of the organic agriculture and the whole farm Improvement of the economics of the different farm branches or of the whole farm through intensive consultancy Development of an integrated system for the analysis of the whole farm or branches (Agricon farm comparison, full costs analysis of farm branches through the DLG-method) 2 Stiftung Ökologie & Landbau Aims and tasks of the project Cooperation of farmers, consultancy and science Serving the knowledge data base with information Use of the consultancy tools after the project 3 Four German wide working groups Stiftung Ökologie & Landbau 1. WG Farm Comparison: Development, creation and use of horizontal and vertical farm comparison (3 years) software: Agricon, Partners: 6 consultants, 1. year 50 farms, later 80 farms 2. WG Organic Poultry Husbandry: Introduction of the full costs analysis (2 years), Collection of proofed data over the net of the farms software: excel tool pig, Partners: 10 consultants, 32 laying hens farms, 5 farms with young hens, 5 farms with chicken, 5 farms with turkeys 3. WG Organic Milk Production: Introduction of the full costs analysis (2 years), Collection of proofed data over the net of the farms software: excel tool milking cows, Partners: 8 consultants, 45 farms 4. WG Organic Piglet and Fattening Pig Production: Introduction of the full costs analysis (2 years), Collection of proofed data over the net of the farms software: excel tool pig, Partners: 12 consultants, 21 piglet 4 producers, 26 farms with fattening pigs Stiftung Ökologie & Landbau Financing - Farmers Fee 100 – 200 € per year and farm or branch - Own involvement of the consultants or organisation with participation in four seminars without compensation of travel costs or unpaid work and office use - 80 % subsidy of the BLE 5