Certification of organic agricultural enterprises

Organic farming is a uniform agricultural and food production system that provides optimal healthy and productive existence of inter-related elements of the ecosystem - soil, plants, animals and people.

Production techniques are based on maintaining of a sustainable ecosystem, creating a maximum closed production cycle, fully excluding use of synthetically produced fertilizer and pesticide, minimizing the potential for contamination of the environment. The result of organic farming is not only healthy food, but also a sustainable natural environment, which ensures high quality of life not only humans but also plants and animals.

Organic farming benefits

Organic farming sector is growing. Overall positive trend in organic farming is increasingly growing consumers’ demand, which gives farmers a lot of new opportunities. Being organic farmers, the producers receive a certificate and obtain the right to market their products under the label 'organic'. As a result, healthy and natural product enters the market increasing the competitiveness of producers. The market price for organic products is higher because the consumer is willing to pay more for qualitative food, animal welfare and environmental protection. It is possible to get annual state aid for organic products.

Areas, in which we perform conformity assessment for organic farming

Organic production and labelling are subject to certification process. Certifying and Testing Centre assesses conformity of the enterprise in the following areas:

•  crop cultivation
•  livestock breeding
•  beekeeping
•  rearing of aquaculture animals
• wild animal breeding
• mollusc growing
• earthworm farming
• product processing
• fertilizer producing

To become a producer of organic products, an application shall be submitted at State Ltd „Certifying and Testing Centre”. For production enterprises– until 1 April of the current year, for processing companies – throughout the year!