PACARes: Providing Access, Collation and Analysis of DEFRA research in the organic sector.

This is a project managed by IOTA and funded by DEFRA. It aims to improve awareness and uptake of organic research by farmers.

The Project has provided:

Organic E-Prints www.orgprints.org - a pan-European web based archive of over 5,000 organic research reports including most of the DEFRA-funded work from the last 5 years. Publicly available. Project complete.
   
Mapping of the UK organic research institutions and facilities. Click here for the report (pdf file). Project complete.
   
Review, analysis and publication of Defra organic research undertaken on 21 organic farming topics. Project complete. Click here for a list of the completed Reviews.
   

Five Research workshops over two years providing the results and discussion on the implications for organic farming. Project complete.