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.