Russia: The lessons of growing pumpkin according to the Japanese organic JAS standard

Published 2021년 9월 2일

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A training on the production of organic pumpkin was conducted at the peasant farm A.I. Grishko in the Primorsky Territory, attended by 58 participants from nine regions. The event was part of the project 'Organic agriculture - new opportunities' and was funded by a Presidential grant. The farm's head, Alexander Grishko, shared his experience of switching to organic farming and the benefits of exporting to Japan. The training included visits to the Primorskaya State Agricultural Academy's nursery and the Center for the Promotion of Organic Agriculture, where an organic vegetable garden was planted. The Rosselkhoztsentr is supporting farmers in the Primorsky Territory to leverage the region's geographic position and natural resources.

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58 participants from 9 regions took part in the training on the production of organic pumpkin in the Primorsky Territory. Distances for organics are not an obstacle. Farmers and scientists from many regions came to Primorsky Krai to adopt the best practices. After all, a unique partnership has developed here - an organic producer of peasant farms A.I. Grishko, Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education of the Primorskaya State Agricultural Academy, the Far Eastern Organic Union, the certification body of the Primorsky branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Rosselkhoztsentr", the Primorsky EM Center. It is this synergy that the Organic Farming Union has shown. On the basis of the peasant farm A.I. Grishko, on August 26-27, there was a free training in the production of organic pumpkin. Practical training took place within the framework of the project “Organic agriculture - new opportunities. System and Practices of Responsible Land Use, ...

Source: Agroxxi