04.12.2017
February 27-28, Kathmandu, NepalWe cordially invite rural service providers and members of academia, civil society organizations, national or local governments and development agencies and businesses to submit an abstract, reflecting on one or preferably more of the following guiding questions:How does the solution presented deliver multiple... more
28.11.2017
FAO is organizing the 2nd International Symposium on Agroecology, which will be held in April 2018. The Symposium will move the topic of agroecology in FAO from discussion/dialogue to activities at the regional and country level.To contribute to the symposium, FAO is interested in collecting and sharing video... more
15.11.2017
Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction Center And Ethiopia’s Apis Agribusiness were chosen from more than 300 submissions.The 2017 “Farming for Biodiversity contest by Solution Search, designed to showcase leading and innovative approaches to sustainable farming, has named Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction Center as the Judge’s Choice... more
12.11.2017
This short video introduces Organic 3.0, the next phase of organic development.Organic 3.0 has the goal to enable a widespread uptake of truly sustainable farming systems and markets based on organic principles.Organic 3.0 is about bringing organic out of its current niche into the mainstream and positioning organic systems as part of the multiple... more
12.11.2017
World Board of IFOAM - Organics International 2017 - 2020!The GA in India has elected a new World Board for the tenure 2017 to 2020. The new President is Peggy Miars. Jennifer Chang and Frank Eyhorn join her on the Executive Board as our Vice-Presidents.The new members are (in alphabetical order): ... more
10.11.2017
Honorable Chief Minister Pawan Chamling, Chief Minister of the Indian State of Sikkim has been celebrated as the Grand Prix Winner of the One World Award at the Organic World Congress in Delhi. His leadership and vision have managed to convert the entire Indian federal state of Sikkim – and... more
10.11.2017
The winners of the 2017 Organic Farming Innovation Awards (OFIA) were announced on 10 November 2017, at an awards ceremony during the Organic World Congress (OWC) in New Delhi, India.The OFIA awards are designed to recognise and celebrate organic innovations by scientists, extension agents and practitioners around the world.An alternative to slash... more
06.11.2017
FAO is organizing the 2nd International Symposium on Agroecology, which will take place in April 2018.As one part of the Symposium, FAO will select and showcase 12 successful experiences in agroecology in action that can be scaled up and out. Scaling out refers to the... more
31.10.2017
The devastation caused by multiple climate disasters in recent months have shown, once again, that islands in the Pacific are particularly vulnerable to extreme weather events, exacerbated and made more frequent by climate change. Despite recent distractions around the Paris... more
31.10.2017
Busy weeks ahead for #TeamNewDelhi and #TeamBonn of IFOAM - Organics International. #COP23 #OWCIndia #LuvOrganicWhether you are heading to India for the 19th Organic World Congress or to Germany for the COP23 climate conference, be sure to stop by our booths and visit our side events, workshops and sessions.Organic World Congress – New Delhi,... more
