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Dr inz. Ewelina Hallmann Dr hab. Ewa
Rembialkowska mgr inz. Monika Adamczyk Warsaw
Agricultural University Division of Organic
Food e-mail hallmann_at_alpha.sggw.waw.pl e-mail
rembialk_at_alpha.sggw.waw.pl e-mail
adamczyk_at_alpha.sggw.waw.pl
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Division of Organic Foodstuffs
Short description of the main research
directions

• Evaluation of the wholesome, nutritive, storage
  and sensory quality of plant crops (vegetables,
  potatoes, fruits) from organic agriculture

2. Evaluation of the potential impact of the
organically produced food on human health
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3. Analysis of the functioning, legal rules and
perspectives of organic farming in Poland in the
light of European Union
4. Analysis of the role of bats in the
agricultural and woodland landscape
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European research cooperation
Partnership in a project SIMOCA Setting up and
implementation of sustainable and multifunctional
rural development model based on organic and
competitive agriculture accepted for 2003-2005
within a programme Interreg III B CADSES.
Programme is coordinated by CIHEAM (International
Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Studies) in
Bari (Italy). Polish coordinator dr hab. Ewa
Rembialkowska
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• The general objective of the project is to define
  a new strategy for sustainable and
  multifunctional rural development based on the
  growth of organic farming.
• The specific objectives of the project are the
  following
• 1. Building up a common transnational
  knowledgebase and permanent communication
  networking system on organic agriculture and
  rural development
• 2. Elaboration of best-practice models in
  multifunctional and organic agriculture in
  selected areas
• 3. Socio-economic and environmental evaluation of
  the model
• 4. Analysis of the infrastructure needs for the
  implementation of the model
• 5. Implementation and demonstration of the model
  in well defined areas
• 6. Set up and validation of a trans-national
  strategy for reshaping rural development in the
  selected areas (shaping rural development)
• 7. Capacity building-training, awareness and
  dissemination on organic agriculture and rural
  development.

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Partnership in a project IP in VI Framework
Programme Improving quality and safety and
reduction of cost in the European organic and
low input food supply chains, 2004-2008,
coordinated by prof. Carlo Leifert from
Newcastle University (UK) Polish coordinator dr
hab. Ewa Rembialkowska
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The integrated project aims to improve quality,
ensure safety and reduce cost along the organic
and low input food supply chains through
research, dissemination and training activities.
It focuses on increasing value to both consumers
and producers and on supporting all components of
the food chain, using a fork to farm approach.
Subproject 2. Nutrition which will quantify the
impact of current organic and low input
management practices on the nutritional, sensory,
microbiological and toxicological quality/safety
of foods.
WP 2.3.2. Animal dietary intervention study of
effect of organic vs conventional food production
methods on health and well being of rats
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• Objectives
• The aim is to quantify to what extent long term
  consumption of diets produced using two versions
  (organic and conventional) of two specific crop
  management factors (fertility management and crop
  health management) has a difference in impact on
  parameters related to health and well being of
  rats in when compared in a factorial design.
• 2. Basing on up-to now-knowledge it can be stated
  that organically managed plants contain much
  less chemical synthetic residues compared to
  conventionally grown plants. There are also
  indications that bioactive compounds like e.g.
  polyphenolic compounds are more abundant in
  organically fertilised plants.

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• Several studies on animals (rats, mice,
  rabbits) and two on humans showed various
  differences in parameters related to health and
  well being, when they were given organic and
  conventional feed, either one of these or the
  option to choose.
• However the above results are much too scarce
  to allow general conclusions, therefore long and
  detailed research studies have to be conducted.