organic queries

Elizabeth Bird (eabird@facstaff.wisc.edu)
Tue, 13 Feb 1996 12:32:52 -0600

I have received two queries recently that I am unable to respond to, and
post them here in hopes that one or more of you will respond instead. The
first is from:

Nazanine Mahdavi
24, rue Barbet de Jouy
75007 Paris
France
Tel: 45.51.22.89

This person is collaborating with a group of research terminologists from
the institute of interpretation and translation, to write a terminology
study (trilingual glossaries in French-English-Spanish etc.) on organic
farming processes. S/he is looking for documents on the subject, and
engineers, experts or researchers in organic farming who would provide
information. They are putting together data to elaborate a complete and
thorough file of the various technical terms encountered.

The second query is from Dr. Harish Tewari, general secretary of the Society
for Employment Welfare and Agriculture Knowledge. They are engaged in
organic ag production and marketing and are member of IFOAM. They currently
have no organic certification agency of international repute necessary for
expoerts of organic food products. They seek cooperation for starting a
system fo inspection and certification of organic food being produced by
their members and are looking for information on inspection and
certification and organic practices. They have set up organic demo farms
where they educate farmers to adopt organic agricultural practices. Their
primary office address is

c/o Neel Padam
Judge Farms
P.O. Haldwani
Distt. Nainital (U.P.)
INDIA 263139

Thanks for your help. I will happily forward the letters to anyone who
wants them.

Elizabeth

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Elizabeth Ann R. Bird, Ph.D.
Organization and Development Director,
Consortium for Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
c/o Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems
1450 Linden Dr. Room 146
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI 53706
608-265-6483
FAX 608-265-3020
Internet: eabird@facstaff.wisc.edu