Francisco Cornejo Soms, an organic farmer from Chile made a statement on behalf of the Farmers' Constituency in the High Level Segment of the Climate Conferenece COP25 in Madrid. 

Every three years, IFOAM - Organics International, the South Korean Rural Development Administration(link is external), and IFOAM's Technology Innovation Platform join together to honor the most outstanding organic innovators with the Organic Farming Innovation Award (OFIA).

The Governor of Uttarakhand has approved the Organic Agriculture Act (2019). With this act, Uttarakhand has now become the first state in India to introduce an organic agriculture act. Although, let it be noted that the state of Sikkim has already achieved the rank of the country's first organic state. 

BIOFACH, the World’s Leading Trade Fair for Organic Food, and VIVANESS, the International Trade Fair for Natural and Organic Personal Care, will once again bring together the entire international sector in Nuremberg for a four-day combined exhibition event starting on 12 February 2020.

Scheduled from February 6-11, 2020, FAFO2020 brings together smallholder farmers' organizations and rural producers from our member states, IFAD, and around the world to continue a bottom-up dialogue and consultation process.

This year the opening ceremony featured the inspiring Dr Jane Goodall, (DBE) whom we had a chance to speak to about the role organic can play in building a sustainable future for all.

Robust seed systems are central to sustainable food systems that are renewable, resilient, equitable, diverse, inclusive, healthy, and interconnected. In light of critical global challenges there is an urgent need to maintain and enhance agricultural biodiversity. 

The World Organic Forum 2021 focuses on the local implementation of Agenda 2030 with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for a just and sustainable world.

Would you like to contribute to strategic decision making at IFOAM - Organics International? We are pleased to issue the 'Call for World Board Candidates', to be elected at our 2020 General Assembly in Rennes, France.  

The High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) is the United Nations central hub for global follow-up and review of the progress made toward implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).