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FiBL at the 18th Organic World Congress

Cover of the programme of the 18th Organic World Congress

Carlos Escobar from Colombia (left) and Pascal Gbenou (right) from Benin – two of the farmers who spoke at the TIPI workshop on 12 October at the invitation of FiBL. Photo: Carolin Möller, FiBL

Participants at the event "Organic family farming and fair trade for rural development". Picture: FiBL

Participants at the Job Fair event where students and career entrants gained insights into the organic farming sector. Photo: Thomas Alföldi, FiBL. Foto: Boris Liebl, FiBL

TILMAN-ORG Session: Project manager Paul Mäder, FiBL, and Paolo Barberi, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy. Photo: Helga Willer, FiBL

Best Poster Awards recognizing outstanding work at the ISOFAR conference. Fourth person from the right: Christian Andres, FiBL. At the microphone: Professor Dr. Gerold Rahmann, Institute for Organic Farming at the Thünen Institute and President of ISOFAR. Photo: Otto Schmid, FiBL

The IFOAM Honorary Ambassadors (left to right): Ashish Gupta, Vice-President of IFOAM-Asia, India; Gabor Figeczky, IFOAM Advocacy Manager; Helmy Abouleish, Sekem, Egypt; Katherine di Matteo, Director of the Sustainable Food Trade Association, USA; Urs Niggli, Director of FiBL and President of TIPI; Sue Edwards, Institute for Sustainable Development, Ethiopia; Andre Leu, IFOAM President. Photo: Otto Schmid, FiBL

The 18th Organic World Congress (OWC) took place from 13 to 15 October 2014 in Istanbul. The OWC is regularly convened by the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM). This time the local organizer was Budgay, an organization dedicated to promoting organic farming and developing the domestic market in Turkey.

As part of the congress’ scientific track organized by the International Society of Organic Agriculture Research ISOFAR (Helga Willer, FiBL

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FiBL contributions presented at the ISOFAR/Scientific conference

TILMAN-ORG

TIPI - Technology Innovation Platform of IFOAM

IFOAM Animal Husbandry Alliance

agri benchmark Network Organic

Awards