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Name: Christopher Stopes
Company/Organisation: Eco-Stopes Consulting
Address : Wood End, Garden Close Lane, Newbury, Berks, RG14 6PP UK
Email + Web: c.stopes@dial.pipex.com; www.organicTS.com
Years of experience: 17
Specialised fields: Organic
food and farming: Freelance policy, research, technical & market
development consultant in organic agriculture, food and
farming. I have a well-established and widely respected reputation
within the agricultural research, policy and development community,
specialising in the organic sector with extensive market knowledge
Countries worked in UK
Main activities & responsibilities: Work with government, NGO and corporate clients as consultant,
primarily on organic food and farming. Member of UK government organic
Control Authority (UKROFS) and UK government pesticide regulatory body
(Advisory Committee on Pesticides)
Areas of specialisation: Organic
policy, supply chain development, corporate strategy, issues
management, pesticides (regulatory policy, organic use of pesticides,
pest and disease control), organic food quality, local food
development.·
Special interest in technical issues in organic systems,
including crop and livestock production, veterinary management and
environmental pollution from livestock production, grassland systems,
bio-diversity and habitat conservation and farming systems research.
Special interest and
role in organic Certification and control procedures (Chair of the UK
Control Authority - UKROFS - Certification Committee and member of
Board)
Special interest in
policy issues relating to acceptability of pesticides permitted under
organic rules but not necessarily under UK pesticide legislation.
Special interest in regional development and the role of agriculture in rural regeneration, particularly in more disadvantaged regions.
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