In many regions, the ecological situation is depressing, due to bad management in agriculture, an ongoing immission of pollutants and environmental catastrophes. In some countries a private agricultural sector has begun to develop. However, the new farms are frequently not profitable, because of a lack of technical equipment and of experience of their managers. In Western and Central Europe too, the prevailing methods of agriculture are increasingly questioned. Changes in agricultural production and in the treatment of the environment are necessary.
Pesticides often have to be imported.
So these products cannot be used economically and many farms work without them. The farmers and the agricultural researchers are interested in the methods for organic agriculture for better and safer yields. The development of organic farms, their certification and of organic organisations is slow. Many consumers from the local markets are very poor and are not able to pay higher prices for ecological products. The consumers have not enough informations about production methods and food quality.