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IFOAM Around the World |
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Supporting effective and unified organic movements around the world is
the pivotal raison d'être of IFOAM. Accordingly, a great many of the
Federation's activities are executed by groups established to address
the specific needs of various geographical areas. Supplementing these
region-specific bodies is an FAO liaison office situated at the Food
and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations.
Since IFOAM is uniquely positioned to lead organic agriculture, our
relationship with the FAO is a prominent aspect of IFOAM's presence and
revolves around both cooperation and lobbying for improvements to
international agricultural policy. Interaction of these two key players
in the worldwide context for food production is aided by the location
of the FAO Liaison office in Rome.
Four Regional Groups
based in Asia, the Mediterranean (AgriBio Mediterraneo), the
German-speaking countries, and the EU as a whole plus two national groups in Japan and France function to respond
to, and mould organic agriculture at the regional level. These groups
are self-organized and operate autonomously on the particular tasks of
research, standards and certification development, and capacity
building through the provision of services such as training.
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