Linking sustainable practices throughout Europe
EKOTREND Slovakia
Rural topic(s): Local food Chains
City: Levoča
Country: Slovakia
Web site: http://www.ecotrend.sk
EKOTREND - The Organic Farming Association is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation with a global reach, bringing together 162 members - farmers, processors, producers, experts and stakeholders on organic farming and sustainable life.
The organisation was established in 1997 by dividing the existing Naturalis association into two independent organisations:
EKOTREND - an association dedicated to consultancy in the field of organic production, processing and sales
NATURALIS - an association with inspection and certification activities in the field of organic farming
Scale of intervention : National
Keywords: organic farming, local food processing, agricultural policy, certification body
Places: Slovakia
Actors: NGO
Methods: consulting/expertise, training/capacity-building, advocacy