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Paul van den Berge

Activity areas

  • Regions: Switzerland, Eastern Europe, Mediterranean, Middle-East, South America, South-East Asia
  • Expertise: Production, processing, marketing and certification of horticultural crops
  • Regulatory frameworks in organic agriculture

Projects

StatusFiBLTitleStartEnd
ongoing CH Organic and Fairtrade certification of baby- and cooking bananas 01.01.2024 31.12.2026
ongoing CH Organic pot herbs for Coop/Jumbo (Coop-Topfkräuter) 01.01.2024 31.12.2026
ongoing CH Recycling palm oil production residues by composting (Côte d'Ivoire Compost huile de palme) 01.09.2022 28.02.2025
ongoing CH Climate friendly organic palm and coconut oil production in the tropics 01.09.2022 31.12.2025
completed CH Organic dried prunes 01.09.2021 31.12.2023
completed CH Sri Lanka: Conversion to organic farming and scientific support on organic fertilization (Sri Lanka Bio Conversion) 28.06.2021 31.12.2023
ongoing CH Fair & Organic Coconut Oil from Côte d’Ivoire 01.03.2021 31.12.2024
completed CH Bio Hülsenfrüchte aus Europa (Hülsenfrüchte) 01.01.2021 31.12.2023
completed CH Organic hazelnuts 01.01.2021 31.12.2023
ongoing CH Organic Palm Oil from Africa – Bio Suisse certified palm oil from small-scale farmers in Ivory Coast 01.01.2021 31.12.2024
completed CH Facilitating organic cocoa development in Central Cameroon 01.09.2020 31.12.2022
ongoing CH Strengthening the competitiveness of various value chains in Peru (SeCompetitivo Peru) 22.06.2020
completed CH Fact finding for the establishment of a direct value chain for Bio Suisse certified green pistachio kernels from Turkey 01.02.2020 30.04.2020
completed CH Knowledge transfer to ICS certified producer groups in selected African countries within the framework of GIZ SI training and employment (Africa ICS GIZ) 15.10.2019 31.12.2020
completed CH Farmer capacity development to improve organic sesame production in Ethiopia 01.07.2019 30.06.2022
completed CH Organic and Fair Palm Oil Production 01.10.2018 31.03.2019
completed CH Organic beans from Macedonia on the Coop shelf 01.09.2018 31.12.2023
completed CH Implementing SPRING at avocado-producers in Peru and Chile 01.07.2018 31.12.2019
completed CH Parmesan cheese in Bio Suisse Quality 01.01.2018 31.12.2020
completed CH Buffel-mozzarella in Bio Suisse Quality 01.01.2018 31.12.2022
completed CH Experience exchange and joint assessment to promote organic agriculture in Tunisia and Morocco 01.12.2017 31.12.2017
completed CH Organic Agriculture in Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi OAS) 05.10.2015 23.03.2017
completed CH Assessment study of the LED supported fruit processing company "La Morina" in Moro, Peru 25.09.2015 31.12.2015
completed CH Import of organic fruits and vegetables 01.01.2015 31.12.2017
completed CHAT Conceptualisation and implementation of a model farm within an Eco-village in the Caucasus 12.08.2014
completed CH Organic Soya from Europa 01.04.2014 28.02.2016
completed DECH German-Turkish Cooperation – Organic Agriculture 01.12.2011 31.12.2016
completed CH Double certification Bio Suisse and Fair Trade 01.01.2011 31.12.2014
completed CH Sourcing Parmesan Cheese in Bio Suisse Quality 01.01.2011 31.12.2015
completed CH Collaboration between Ariza BV and FiBL in the evaluation of suppliers and the long term supply security of primary material for processing 01.01.2009 31.12.2014
completed CH Organic Certification and Market Development, Lebanon 01.01.2005 31.12.2011
ongoing CHAT Coop – Import of organic fruits and vegetables 01.01.2002
completed CH Development of a wide range of organic ornamentals for Coop 01.01.2002 31.12.2017

Training / professional career

  • 1992 - on-going Senior expert organic agriculture at the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, Department of International Cooperation
  • 1990 - 1992 Sveriges Lantbruksuniversität, Sweden & University of Agriculture, Wageningen, Holland
  • 1985 - 1986 Diploma in Farm management, Fachhochschule Wädenswil, Switzerland
  • 1980 - 1990 Farm manager, organic vegetable production, Gerra Verzasca, Switzerland
  • 1971 - 1979 Graduate studies in horticulture (diploma as Horticultural Engineer), Superior technical college and Swedish University of Agriculture

Committee work

  • Standards Committee, IFOAM

Publications

Publications in the Organic Eprints archive

Publications that are not in the Organic Eprints archive

2015

  • Van den Berge, P. (2015): Variety trials in vegetable and MAP production, standard operating procedure, 13 S.

2001

  • Richter, T., Schmid, O., Meier, U., Halpin, D., van den Berge, P., Damary, P. (2001): Marketing Approaches for Organic Products in Supermarkets: Case Studies from Western Europe and the United States of America conducted in 2000. 93 p.

2002

  • Richter, T., Schmid, O., Damary, P., van den Berge, P., Meier, U., Halpin, D. (2000): International study of retail chains with regard to their activities in the marketing of organic products.
  • Richter, T., Schmid, O., Meier, U., Halpin, D., van den Berge, P., Damary, P. (2000): Internationale Untersuchung von Einzelhandelsunternehmen hinsichtlich ihrer Aktivitäten zur Vermarktung von Bioprodukten. 146 S.

1997

  • Peter, M., Wyss, E., Speiser, B., Lichtenhahn, M., van den Berge, P., Pfiffner, L. (1997): Biogemüsebau: einige Grundlagen. FiBL-Merkblatt

1996

  • Peter, M., Berner, A., Lichtenhahn, M., Speiser, B., Tamm, L., van den Berge, P., Wyss, E. (1996): Biogemüsebau: Anzucht von Jungpflanzen. FiBL-Merkblatt,