10.04.2019
Governments should only support agricultural systems that provide healthy food, minimize environmental impact and enable producers to earn a decent living. 11 international experts argue in the renowned scientific journal... more
08.04.2019
IFOAM - Organics International is launching an urgent multi-stakeholder process to refine Group Certification RequirementsGroup certification is the dominant approach for organic certification of smallholder farmers in developing countries. Currently, it is used to certify millions of farmers worldwide. Group certification is done through Internal... more
04.04.2019
Agroecology Europe (AEEU), a European member association working to advance agroecology, will hold the Second Agroecology Europe Forum from Septemer 26-28, 2019 in Heraklion, Greece. The forum will bring together local farmers as well as... more
28.03.2019
IFOAM - Organics International is actively engaging in comprehensive capacity building efforts for our GIZ partners from Africa, Asia, and India. In the past two months alone, we have supported more than 80 delegation members from GIZ Sri Lanka, GIZ Green Innovation Centres (GIC), and the GIZ global program “Soil Protection and Rehabilitation for... more
25.03.2019
This week, from March 26-29, 2019, the World Rural Forum will hold its VI Global Conference on Family Farming: A Decade to Improve the Lives of Family Farmers in Derio-Bilbao, Spain.Now in its seventy second session, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028... more
