POSEIDON - a tool to support the orientation towards a sustainable improvement of organic fruit growing in participative working groups

摘要

In the frame of the project “network for improvement of the production system in organic fruit growing” (BOELN-project Nr. 040E178/060E100) a group of fruitgrowers, consultants and researchers from all German regions started to discuss approaches toimprove the orientation of their production system towards the principles of organic farming (POA). Several working groups on different topics have been generated in this network. In a participative process involving fruit growers, researchers and consultants, POSEIDON, a first indicator system has been developed to support the decision making process of these working groups by presenting relevant data from practice and analysis. In the BOELN-project 28100E024, a field record system and a benchmarkingsystem to collect and present the parameters based on these indicators necessary for the working group “reduction of copper and of general input of plant protection products” are prepared and evaluated. POSEIDON aims to support the discussions about different strategies with data presentation. POSEIDON does not aim to replace the discussion about the best strategies to improve the orientation towards the POA by a rating system for “best practice” referring to the actual state of scientific knowledge. The nucleus for the improvement of the production system is not the model but the working groups consisting of growers, consultants and scientists.