The Steering Committee is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the project and especially the information flow between the different work packages. It also decides on the financial management of the project. The Steering Committee exists of the leaders and co-leaders of the work packages with one being a scientific institute and the other a farmer organisation. In addition, three more practice partners have been co-opted in the Steering Committee. This will ensure that the farmer’s perspective is fully integrated in all aspects of the project.

List of work package leaders and co-leaders:

• IFOAM EU Group
• Research Institute of Organic Agriculture
• Organic Research Centre, UK
• Bioland Beratung GmbH, Germany
• Aarhus University (ICROFS), Denmark
• Associazione Italiana, per l’Agricoltura Biologica

Co-opted members

• FiBl Österreich, Austria
• Institut Technique de l’Agriculture Biologique
• Eesti Mahepõllumajanduse Sihtasutus (Estonian Organic Farming Foundation), Estonia