24.04.2017
Bayer & Monsanto - Keep Your Fingers Off Our Food!High-level panel discussion with international guests, 27 April, University of CologneOn the evening before BAYER’s Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, 28 April in Bonn, a panel discussion on the planned takeover of Monsanto by the BAYER Group will take place in the tradition of an American Townhall... more
21.04.2017
Hear what farmers have to say about climate change and the difference organic agriculture can make. Dear Climate Change Skeptics,Every year on April 22, we celebrate Earth Day. The goal this year is to achieve global climate and environmental literacy in the space of three years. A tall order considering the odd notions some world leaders have on... more
20.04.2017
In March the Steering Committee for the “Organic Trade and Value Chain Development” (OTEA Project) met in Nairobi, Kenya to discuss the progress of the intervention and look to the future. The project,... more
18.04.2017
Monsanto’s activities have negative impact on basic human rights.Better regulation needed to protect victims of multinational corporations.Today the five international judges in the Monsanto Tribunal presented their legal opinion. They have come to important conclusions, both on the conduct of Monsanto and on necessary developments in... more
07.04.2017
Sylvia Kuria is a member of Kenya Organic Agriculture Network, one of our partners in the OTEA project. For the Sake of Your Health, Choose Organic!It’s time to end the myth of safe pesticides! The costs our public health... more
29.03.2017
IFOAM – Organics International participated in the Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon (GSOC17), a scientific meeting held 21-23 March 2017 at FAO headquarters in Rome with hundreds of participants from all geographical regions and countries of the world.Soils constitute the largest store of terrestrial carbon. When managed sustainably, soils... more
17.03.2017
Water is a Lifeline in Agriculture – Its Scarcity is Life-threatening for MillionsSevere droughts in Africa have left millions of people on the brink of famine. Unsustainable agricultural practices have rendered soils incapable of yielding enough food to feed the hungry. Yet we know that organic farming techniques increase the water-holding... more
14.03.2017
IFOAM - Organics International, the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), Mekelle University in Ethiopia, the Ecological Organic Agricultural Initiative (EOAI), and the African Organic Network (AfrOnet) organized a three day conference on the 23rd to the 26th November 2016, entitled “Changing Food Systems in Africa: Agroecology and Food... more
08.03.2017
Two United Nations experts are calling for a comprehensive new global treaty to regulate and phase out the use of dangerous pesticides in farming, and move towards sustainable agricultural practices. They say: “excessive use of pesticides are very dangerous to human health, to the environment and it is misleading to claim they are vital to... more
08.03.2017
Giving women more resources to practice nutrition-sensitive, organic agriculture can help significantly reduce malnutrition.On International Women’s Day we highlight how going organic can contribute to achieving household food and nutrition security.Women farmers play a fundamental role in ensuring food security particularly in rural societies but... more
