Organic Horticulture: International Congress in Lisboa
In the period 22-27. August 2010, the 28 International Horticultural Congress is held in Lisboa, Portugal. The conference is held under the patronage of the International Society for Horticultural Sciences, ISHS, and covers topics including rising concumption, production, and marketing of organic food, all over the world. Get more information about the congress...
From CORE Organic I to CORE Organic II
In 2007, the first CORE Organic ERA-NET succesfully ended. The final scientific report is now available and gives details on the activities and achievements of the project. CORE Organic launched 8 pilot projects - running until 2010. These projects have each their own webside. After 2007, the partners of CORE Organic expanded their network and successfully developed a second ERA-NET, CORE Organic II, which will be a collaboration between 27 partners in 22 countries. This is expected to start in March 2010. Read more at www.coreorganic.org...
International R&D workshop in China
ICROFS was jointly hosting an International Workshop on Organic Agriculture Research and Development in China. The workshop was held on 21-23 October 2009 together with the 3rd Organic Certification Technical Forum.
Following the scientific conference, "Forstering healthy food systems through organic agriculture - Focus on the North-Baltic Region," presentations of the key-note speakers are available at the conference website.
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ICROFS fact sheets