Organic agricultural production is developing all over the world. 2007 year figures show that in more than 120 countries in the world organic farming It is done. Around one thousand farmers 634 produce organic agricultural production on more than one million acres of land, and these numbers are growing. The organic products market, whose first steps were taken in 310 years, grows between 80-15 on average every year. Looking at the commercial dimension, the world trade in organic agricultural products has exceeded forty billion dollars.
Our country is also making progress in this regard. In our first year, organic production activities started in 80. In those years, more European companies importing from our country organic agricultural product began to demand. In 1991, the European Union issued a regulation regulating production and marketing conditions within the framework of ecological agricultural production activities. A year later, an additional regulation explained the rules that the importing countries should follow. In this parallel organic agricultural production countries to make their own legal arrangements. Accordingly, the following legal arrangements have been made in our country:
• Implementing Regulation on the Production of Plant and Animal Products by Ecological Methods (1994)
• Regulation on the Principles and Application of Organic Agriculture (2002)
• Law on Organic Agriculture (2004)
• Regulation on the Principles and Application of Organic Agriculture (2005)
With these legal arrangements, organic agricultural production activities are regulated from production to marketing. Accordingly, organic farming activities became a method under the supervision of the certification bodies authorized by the Ministry and subject to the control of the Ministry.
The principles of organic agricultural production can be explained as follows:
• The principle of being healthy
The basis of organic agriculture is the protection and improvement of the health of the soil, plants, people, animals and all living things. The health of all these numbers cannot be considered separate from the health of the ecological system in which they live. Health is the conditions that ensure the integrity and continuity of living systems. Protection of ecological balance. Organic farming aims to produce high nutritional value and quality. It avoids the use of chemical fertilizers and drugs that pose a health hazard.
• The principle of ecological balance
Organic agriculture is in favor of preserving the ecological balance of the world. Consider ecological cycles. Ecological system in accordance with the production targets. The important thing is to ensure the continuity of ecological balance.
• The principle of being honest
The organic agricultural production method requires producers, workers in production, retailers, distribution companies, traders and finally consumers to be honest and fair to the environment and life forms.
• The principle of being sensitive
Organic agricultural production method requires a sense of responsibility for the health and protection of people and the environment in which they live.
The TÜRCERT certification agency conducts agricultural product certification studies as well as various management systems certification studies. If you want to learn more about organic agriculture and its principles or if you want to have an Organic Agriculture Certificate, you can apply to the experts and employees of the TÜRCERT certification body.