The new EU Organic Regulation No. 2018/848 brings significant changes for all organic operators in third countries wishing to export organic products to the EU or Switzerland from 2025, but especially for smallholder producer groups in developing and emerging countries. The Regulation defines new rules for the certification of smallholder farmers as "groups of operators". This has direct implications for all farmer groups organised by export/processing companies, but also for many organic farmer associations, which may need to set up new group entities or adapt their certification set-up to meet the new group certification requirements for the EU market.
FiBL is conducting a study on the impact of the new EU organic regulation on smallholder supply chains from developing and emerging countries and the European organic market.
The study is funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL).
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