Steering Group

Urs Niggli (SOAAN Steering Group Chair) - FiBL (Research Institute of Organic Agriculture)

Helmy Abouleish - SEKEM, International Association for Partnership

Markus Arbenz - IFOAM

Prof. Raymond Auerbach - Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University,  Rainman Landcare Foundation

Nelson Agyemang - Coalition of Farmers Ghana

Tobias Bandel - Soil and More, International Association for Partnership

Jonathan Castro - Corporación Educativa para el Desarrollo Costarricense (CEDECO)

Antonio Compagnoni - Leading Organic Alliance

Volkert Engelsman - EOSTA, International Association for Partnership

Frank Eyhorn - Helvetas

Fernando Funes - Sociedad Científica Latinoamericana de Agroecología (SOCLA)

Victor Gonzálves - Sociedad Española de Agricultura Ecológica

Niels Halberg - International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems (ICROFS)

Anton Pinschof - International Network of Organic Farmers Organizations (INOFO)

Vandana Shiva - Navdanya

Michael Sligh - Rural Advancement Foundation International

Gabriela Soto - Asociación Nacional de Agricultura Orgánica

Birgit Wilhelm - World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

Core Group

Urs Niggli (Chair) - FiBL (Research Institute of Organic Agriculture)

Tobias Bandel - Soil and More, International Association for Partnership

Volkert Engelsman - EOSTA, International Association for Partnership

Paolo Foglia - Leading Organic Alliance

Edith Lammerts van Bueren - Louis Bolk Institute

Laura Montenego - Certibionet, Argencert

Christian Schader - FiBL

Manjo Smith - Namibian Organic Association

Birgit Wilhelm - World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

David Gould (SOAAN Secretariat) - IFOAM

Advisory Group

Nelson Agyemang - Coalition of Farmers Ghana

Brian Baker - IFOAM Standards Committee

Peter Brul

Ken Commins - International Organic Accreditation Service (IOAS)

Joan Davis

Katherine DiMatteo - Wolf, DiMatteo & Associates

Paddy Doherty

Willy Douma - Hivos

David Eboku - Uganda National Bureau of Standards

Frank Eyhorn - Helvetas

Nikolai Fuchs - Nexus Foundation

Bernward Geier - Colabora

Victor Gonzálves - Sociedad Española de Agricultura Ecológica

Jan Grenz - Bern University of Applied Sciences

Jacqueline Haessig - Rizal Dairy Farms

Elizabeth Henderson - Northeast Organic Farming Association

Gerald A. Herrmann - Organic Services

Brendan Hoare - Organic Systems

Shaikh Tanveer Hossain - Friends In Village Development Bangladesh (FIVDB)

Johannes Kahl - University of Kassel, Department of Organic Food Quality and Food Culture

Joelle Katto - IFOAM

Andre Leu - IFOAM

Louise Luttikholt

Laercio Mereilles - Ecovida

Susanne Padel - Organic Research Centre

Vitoon Panyakul - Green Net

David Podoll - Prairie Road Organic Farm

Gunnar Rundgren - Grolink

Hans Ramseier - BioSuisse

Mirjam Sacchelli - Migros

Ranko Tadic - Eko Liburnia

Vic I Tagupa - Xavier University Sustainable Agriculture Center

Roberto Ugas - Universidad de La Molina, IFOAM

Boudewijn van Elzakker - Louis Bolk Institute

Interested in joining SOAAN and participating with us in any capacity? 

Contact the Secretariat by email to David Gould: d.gould[at]ifoam.org