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06/30/10 - 07/02/10
Bio Academy 2010: The European Summer Academy of Organic Farming |
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The European Summer Academy of Organic Farming, Bio Academy 2010, is celebrating its 10th birthday. Two workshops entitled "Agriculture policy and organic farming in EU after 2013 - is the only concern money?" and "Credibility and Fraud in Organic Farming" will be organized in this year's edition. The IFOAM EU Group is Patron of the Event. |
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06/28/10 - 07/01/10
4th Turkish National Organic Agriculture Symposium
Erzurum, Turkey |
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The event was organized by Atatürk University in conjunction with MARA, the Ecological Agriculture Organisation and Union of Organic Cereal Producers. |
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06/21/10 - 06/22/10
4th European Organic Congress (Regulation)
Rome, Italy |
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The 4th European Organic Congress invites the European organic sector to Rome to evaluate and discuss the European legislative framework for organic farming. The congress sets out to evaluate the first year of the new organic Regulation, assessing the current situation, and providing a platform for an outlook on further elements to be added to the regulation. |
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06/15/10 - 06/16/10
Sustainable Business & Consumption Conference - SusCon 2010 |
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This year, the second international “Sustainable Business & Consumption” conference takes place in Nuremberg at the NurembergTrade Fair. From 15-16 June, businesses, NGOs and politicians will exchange information about biodiversity in particular. |
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06/15/10 - 06/15/10
Biodiversity & Organic Farming: A Pre-Conference at the SusCon |
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The session will reveal the strategies behind leading rural-marketing initiatives and the increasing use of comprehensive criteria to ensure the protection of biodiversity and of the livelihoods of people that depend upon it. |
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06/07/10 - 06/07/10
European Organic Congress: Green New Deal for Sustainable Food Chains
Madrid, Spain |
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The European Organic Congress in Madrid will demonstrate the capacity of the organic sector both to contribute to EU sustainable development strategies and to reinvigorate the European food sector, enhancing competitiveness and creating jobs. It will also discuss the policy changes necessary to achieve sustainability in the food sector, starting with the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP): The CAP provides central tools to shape farming to meet future challenges. |
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05/27/10 - 05/29/10
BioFach China 2010: China’s middle class acquires a taste for organic |
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International representatives from the organic sector meet again at BioFach China in the International Exhibition Centre INTEX Shanghai from 27–29 May 2010. NürnbergMesse China has already successfully established the international trade fair for organic food and natural products in Shanghai, which now takes place for the fourth time. BioFach China 2009 attracted an encouraging 238 exhibitors and some 10,400 trade visitors. This year’s event also promises a variety of inspiring organic products, conference events and opportunities for networking. |
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05/06/10 - 05/09/10
Ekoloji Izmir - The sole Organic Fair in Turkey |
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Ekoloji Izmir is the only Organic sector fair held in Turkey. It will place between 06-09 May 2010 for the 9th time. The fair hosts many companies producing organic food, textile, cosmetics, cleaning materials, eco-decoration, packaging, eco-tourism. |
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02/17/10 - 02/20/10
Meet IFOAM at BioFach 2010!
Hall 1, Booth #330 |
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BioFach, the World’s Biggest Organic Trade Fair, brings together about 2.500 exhibitors and 46.000 trade visitors from around 120 countries of the world to Nuremberg every year in February. IFOAM is proud to be a patron of BioFach and will welcome you in:
Hall 1, Booth #330. |
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02/16/10 - 02/16/10
3rd IFOAM Trade Symposium: Finding the Competitive Advantage, A Challenge in these Uncertain Times |
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IFOAM will organize the 3rd IFOAM Trade Symposium entitled ‘Finding the Competitive Advantage, A Challenge in these Uncertain Times’ |
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12/07/09 - 12/09/09
Natural & Organic Industry Gets its New Platform at MENOPE 2009
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The Middle East is now one of the fastest growing
markets for organic and natural foods to fuel the growth of global organic movement in collaboration with the international community. |
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09/22/09 - 09/23/09
Natural and Organic Cosmetics Congress
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How green is the whole cosmetics sector becoming? What strategies are successful in marketing, sales and trade? These and many other issues will be discussed by international decision-makers from the fields of cosmetics |
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09/21/09 - 09/25/09
World Congress on Organic Cotton – From Fashion to Sustainability
Interlaken – Switzerland |
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The congress provides a unique platform to practitioners of the whole textile value chain, offering the opportunity to discuss and learn. |
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09/10/09 - 09/13/09
SANA 2009 |
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SANA AND GOOD LIVING
Focusing on Italy as the ideal country for offering products that accompany a healthy lifestyle. |
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08/25/09 - 08/28/09
1st International IFOAM Conference on Organic Animal and Plant Breeding
- BREEDING DIVERSITY - |
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Sante Fe, New Mexico, August 25-29 2009
Both organic plant and animal breeding are in early phases of development. As they share a great deal in common, primarily socioeconomic aspects, but also genotype-environment interaction, genetic diversity and robustness, each field can inspire the other to develop and build upon successful strategies. |
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11/17/08 - 11/21/08
FIRST WEST AFRICA SUMMIT ON ORGANIC AGRICULTURE |
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FIRST WEST AFRICA SUMMIT ON ORGANIC AGRICULTURE
Awareness on the benefits of organic agriculture is increasing in West Africa. Nonetheless, the potential of West Africa in organic agriculture remains underexploited. To redress this, there is need for effective networking among West African scientists, farmers, students, policy makers, agro-allied entrepreneurs and other stakeholders. This is the main aim of the First West Africa Summit on Organic Agriculture
SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM LAUNCHED FOR AFRICAN STUDENTS! |
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06/16/08 - 06/20/08
The 16th IFOAM Organic World Congress: Cultivate the Future |
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The whole of the Modena community will welcome its guests at the end of June 2008.
The program will allow participants not only to attend conferences and modules of interest, but also view how local production and food systems worl. The congress will have several venues, with parallel themed conferences held in locations related to organic production.
The congress will be structure around the Principles of Organic Agriculture, and will address a wide range of issues, including animal production, vegetable corps, cereals and organic sees, training, rural development, GMOs, viticulture, textiles, development policies, markets, bio-energy, comsetics and body care. |
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02/20/08 - 02/20/08
IFOAM Trade Symposium 2008 - Global Sourcing |
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Organic agriculture is the fastest growing food sector. Over the last ten years, it has grown 15-20 percent annually, while the overall food industry is growing 4-5 percent per year. The organic food supply chain is a consumer driven sector, with a market value of USD 40 billion. Organic production now covers more than 31 million hectares.
In 2007, IFOAM chose the topic “In-between discount and premium: Friend or foe,” and invited key leaders in the organic trade industry to discuss the implications of large-scale conventional businesses entering the organic marketplace. For 2008, IFOAM will continue its leadership role by focusing on “Global Sourcing: An issue of credibility”. |
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05/28/07 - 06/01/07
East African Organic Conference - Unleashing the Potential of Organic Agriculture |
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The conference aims to mobilize support for organic agriculture in East Africa. It will also provide a platform for dialogue on the findings of studies and country projects being undertaken in the region conference and launch the East African organic products standard and the associated East African Organic Mark. |
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05/03/07 - 05/05/07
International Conference on Organic Agriculture and Food Security |
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The International Conference on Organic Agriculture and Food Security will be held from May 3-5 2007 in FAO’s Headquarters in Rome, Italy, in connection with the 33rd Session of the Committee on World Food Security |
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02/14/07 - 02/14/07
IFOAM Trade Symposium 2007 |
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IFOAM is organizing an trade symposium to discuss the implications of large-scale conventional businesses entering the organic marketplace. The conversation will address both the challenges as well as the opportunities provided by the mainstreaming of organic. This trade symposium will be a pre-BioFach event. BioFach clearly brings the world leaders on organic trade together and provides the ideal environment to hold this important symposium.
The symposium is held in English. |
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11/15/06 - 11/17/06
1st IFOAM Conference on Organic Certification |
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The growth of organic standards and the increasing complexity of organic certification necessitate broad stakeholder consultation to assess and define strategies for moving forward in a unified and systematic way. This conference will focus on important issues concerning organic certification. It will concentrate on the future direction of organic certification and harmonization. |
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08/23/06 - 08/25/06
1st IFOAM International Conference on Animals in Organic Production |
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Organic livestock production is growing rapidly throughout the world. This conference will focus on important issues concerning organic livestock and animal husbandry. It will concentrate upon health and food safety in organic livestock production systems, marketing trends, innovation in organic livestock production systems and livestock breeding strategies. |
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05/03/06 - 05/04/06
The 1st IFOAM Conference on Organic Wild Production |
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There is a large trade in “organic” wild products. Supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the 1st IFOAM Conference on Organic Wild Production will address the growing interest in and trade of organic wild products like berries and mushrooms, to key ingredients in organic body care products and medicines. |
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07/05/04 - 07/07/04
The First World Conference on Organic Seed |
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The Conference held eight Plenary sessions including aspects ranging from seed production, propagation and quality, through harmonization of standards and technical regulations, to economics and biodiversity aspects. The challenging issue of co-existence between organic agriculture and GMOs was also addressed. Two parallel sessions discussed technical and scientific aspects of seed production and seed quality and a Poster Session was held in the FAO Atrium.
In total, 60 presentations and 27 posters gave a broad overview of relevant topics. The Conference Proceedings, consisting of a 188-page publication, were distributed to participants before the start of the Conference. |
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