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EISA |
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European Initiative for
Sustainable Development
in Agriculture |
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Contents : The EISA Charter
- The members of EISA
The EISA Charter
Integrated Farming Systems - the basis for sustainable agriculture in Europe
Sustainable
development on our planet cannot be achieved without a
major contri-bution from agriculture. People must be fed, and
agriculture is faced with the challenge of producing food for a
rapidly growing world population whilst maintaining the world‘s
fragile resources.
Sustainable development must
encompass food production alongside conservation of finite resources
and protection of the natural environment so that the needs of people
living today can be met without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs.
Integrated Farming meets these
potentially conflicting challenges at farm level, in a manner that
balances food production, profitability, safety, animal welfare,
social responsibility and environmental care. Integrated Farming
seeks to reinforce the positive influences of agricultural production
whilst reducing its negative impacts. It is a means of achieving
sustainable agriculture and an indispensable part (but only a part) of
sustainable development.
Organisations for the promotion of Integrated
Farming have been formed throughout Europe - FNL in Germany,
LEAF in Great Britain, Odling i Balans in Sweden, FARRE in France,
FILL in Luxemburg and L‘Agricoltura che vogliamo in Italy. They all
aim to en-courage the adoption of Integrated
Farming on farms and to inform consumers of its principles
and advantages, in both the acceptability of food and towards the
environment. They have founded EISA to intensify these efforts on a
European basis.
EISA members are strongly committed to sustainable
agriculture, which is economically viable, environmentally
responsible and socially acceptable. EISA will continue to work in
partnership with all stakeholders to achieve the goal of a sustainable
agriculture through the promotion and further development
of Integrated Farming.
January, 2001
Mrs. Christiane
Lambert
President of FARRE
113, av. J.-B. Clement
F- 92100 Boulogne Billancourt
France |
Mr. Robert Campbell
Member of LEAF-board
Stoneleigh, Warwickshire
CV 8, 2 LZ
Great Britain |
Mr. Göran Ohlsson
Chairman of Odling i Balans
Box 109,
S-28900 Knisling
Sweden |
Dr. Carlo Vailati
Riboni
Vice-President of
L‘Agricoltura che vogliamo
Via Giovanni da Procida, 11
I - 20149 Milano
Italy |
Mr. Nico Kaas
Chairman of FILL
Service d‘Economie Rurale
115, rue de Hollerich
L - 1741 Luxembourg
Luxembourg |
Mr. Heinz-Christian
Bär
Member of FNL-board
Konstantinstraße 90
D-53179 Bonn
Germany
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The members of EISA
In Europe, 6 national associations promote Integrated
Farming and are grouped together under the common identity of EISA
(European Intitaitive for Sustainable Development in Agriculture).
These associations are :
- Farre, in France,
- FILL, in Luxembourg
- FNL, in
Germany,
- L'Agricoltura che
Vogliamo, in Italy.
- LEAF, in United
Kingdom,
- Odling i
Balans, in Sweden,
To contact EISA :
President : Heinz-Christian BAR
Vice-President : Jean-Marie MUTSCHLER
Treasurer : Lucien CLESSE
E.I.S.A.
Fr
Susanne WITSCH
Konstantinstrasse 90, D- 53179 Bonn
Tel. : +49 (0)2 28 - 9 79 93 - 0
Fax: +49 (0)2 28 - 9 79 93 40
s.witsch@fnl.de
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