RIGA - Latvia could become a powerful EU market player in biological farming with its almost 4,000 organic farms. That is remarkably high rate, compared to other EU countries. The biggest obstacle in reaching this goal is the weak possibility of biological processing; with 62 certified companies, Latvia can’t even provide for its own market, says Gustavs Norkarlis, committee president of the Latvian Biological Agriculture Association.About 9 percent of all the land which is available for farming is used for biological agriculture, show the statistics at the Ministry of Agricul...
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