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Europe has strong Green Deal ambitions to develop Organic Farming. At the same time, Russia’s war of aggression has caused a mineral fertiliser supply and price crisis. This does not directly impact Organic Production, but has implications for food security and inflation and accentuates the need for Organic Farming to optimise use of recycled nutrients, in coherence with Organic Farming’s environmental objectives. Recycled struvite and precipitated phosphates have been added into the list of authorised inputs as fertilisers in EU Organic Farming, with appropriate limitations (January 2023). Certain other recycled nutrients are already authorised, again with conditions.
This meeting will discuss which further recycled nutrient products might be appropriate for Organic Farming, based on practical examples, and under what conditions they might be considered for addition to the EU Organic Farming regulations. The objective would be to then put proposals forward to EGTOP and to the European Commission, and to define what further information might be needed.