Annual CORE Organic reports available
Now you can find annual reports for 2009 from each of the joint research pilot projects in CORE Organic, running until 2010. The overall aim is to enhance quality, relevance and utilisation of resources in European research in organic food and farming.
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Follow ICROFS' activities on Twitter
You can now learn "what's happening" in ICROFS on Twitter. Just click the logo, join Twitter and stay connected with us.
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Market-driven development of organic high value chains
Agriculture is the basis for millions of livelihoods and improvement of the agricultural sector is a prerequisite for development of many African countries. ICROFS has produced a fact sheet on how organic agriculture contributes to economic development in Africa.
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ICROFS news February issue 2010
- CORE Organic II kick-off meeting
- Organic Agriculture: New journal calls for papers
- PhD defense on meta-analysis of variety mixtures
- Strip cropping system for sustainable food/energy production
- OA systems benefit biodiversity and
natural pest regulation
- A pro-poor model for smallholder inclusion in developing countries
- Brief news on congresses and publications
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New organic EU logo on the shelves from July 1st.
Almost 130,000 people have voted online to choose the new organic symbol from three finalists. The winning logo depicts a light green leaf drawn by a number of EU stars. This new organic logo is going to label all organic products produced in the EU. Read more about the CERTCOST website...
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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... |
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| From CORE Organic I to CORE Organic II |
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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...
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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.
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Climate Change Campaign video
Climate change is a critical issue for agriculture and world food security and the international organic movement has an important role to play.
IFOAM's advocacy department is working with the Rodal Institute, FiBL, ICROFs, and other affiliates to develop common messages and publications for the IFOAM climate change advocacy campaign.
Watch the Rodale Institute's campaign video on Youtube.
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Job vacancy at ICROFS
ICROFS is looking for an academic employee to coordinate European transnational research in organic agriculture and food under the ERA-net CORE Organic II.
The main tasks of the CORE Organic assistant coordinator include communicating with partners of CORE Organic/European Commission, planning and organising meetings, liaising with the EU Commission member states and other stakeholders, overseeing maintenance of the open access database Organic Eprints, and organising joint transnational calls for research projects. Some international travel must be expected. Deadline for applications is November 15, 2009.
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Get the NJF conference presentations on-line
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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Subscribe to ICROFS RSS feeds
Anyone interested in fresh news from ICROFS on organic agriculture and food systems can now subscribe to ICROFS’ RSS news feeds. Get current news updates automatically from ICROFS - directly to your mail box! RSS subscription is simple: Just click the ”RSS” link in the top right corner of this webpage. Then click ”view feed XML” and you can choose Outlook to handle your RSS feeds automatically in the future.
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Brazilian workshop on research collaboration
On 16-18 September 2009, ICROFS holds an international workshop in Brazil in partnership with ISOFAR. It is occassioned by a meeting of a project formed by 27 centers of Brazilian Agriculture Resaerch Corporation (Embrapa). The workshop will promote technical interchange and collaboration between Brazilian and European/international researchers working with organic agriculture.
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Report from African workshop is published
ICROFS has published the workshop report "Organic Agriculture for Improved Food Security in Africa: Recommendation to Future Development."
 You can download the report here... [1.6 MB pdf]
The workshop took place in Kampala, Uganda, and was part of the 1st African Organic Conference... |
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1st African Organic Conference was successful
[May 18-22, 2009, Uganda]
The 1st African Organic Conference held in Kampala, Uganda, was a success, as it attratected more than 200 participants representing a large number of institutions in Africa as well as institutions from outside Africa. See the photo gallery and download workshop presentations. Read more... |
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IFOAM Conference on Organic Animal and Plant breeding
[25-28 August 2009, Santa Fe, NM, USA]
Fostering the sustainable development of new low input breeds |
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is urgent in the face of future challenges of food insecurity and massive threats to the livelihoods of millions of people due to climate change. This international conference will revive traditional knowledge from the global North and South and connect it with the current international organic research.
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Draft of TP Organics' Strategic Research Agenda
The first draft of a Strategic Research Agenda has been issued by the TP Secretariat. Read more... |
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Danish FAO side-event in Rome was a success
Supported by the Minsitry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, ICROFS has arranged a "side-event" on organic agriculture, climate change and environment in the UN headquarters in Rome. ICROFS planned the event in collaboration with IFOAM and FAO, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, and it turned out to be a success.
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Registration open for First African Organic Conference in Uganda
[May 18-22, 2009, Uganda]
Registrations are open for participation at the First African Organic Conference, which will be held in Kampala, Uganda. The conference will focus on bringing out attributes of Organic Agriculture as a science relevant to food security, poverty alleviation and natural resources conservation in Africa.
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The Danish Minister attended the second Board Meeting
The second meeting of the international board was held on occasion of the organic world fair BioFach2009 in Nuremberg, Germany. At the board meeting, the board members had the honor of meeting the Danish Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Eva Kjer Hansen. Read more... |
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ECO World fest in Croatia, 2-4 April
Deadline for registering scientific and expert presentations expires on March 10, 2009.
The international ecological conference and exhibition ECO World Fest will be held from April 2 to April 4, 2009 in Opatija, Croatia. If you want to register, contact the EWF secretariat at info@ecoworld-fest.com. For more information, go to the website Greenplanet.net... |
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BioFach 2009 seminar presentations
In collaboration with with FQH and Organic Denmark, ICROFS coordinated three research-based workshops/seminars at the BioFach 2009 event. Below, you can download the presentations given by the various speakers.
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ICROFS fact sheets
In the ongoning effort of communicating research in organic food systems,
ICROFS has made this new type of publications: ICROFS fact sheets. They sum up results from research in organic
food systems. Until now, ICROFS has made three fact sheets on organic agriculture and...
- food security
- food quality and health
- climate challenges
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New web site
Welcome to ICROFS' newly launched web structure and web design! The web site reflects ICROFS' new international mandate and status and includes information on research activities, new staff, new features, ICROFS news, the new international board and national programme committee.
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ICROFS attended BioFach 2009
On February 19-22. 2009, the international organic market met for the twentieth time at BioFach,
the global organic trade fair.
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actively at the BioFach 2009 World Fair, the platform for representatives from the organic world to network to meet and share experience.
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3 SOAR PhD scholarships on Organic Farming and Food Systems
[Deadline: 13 February 2009]
Three PhD scholarships with SOAR funding are open within five selected areas of resarch. Only three PhD studenships will be filled. Read more about the five project descriptions here... |
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TP Organics on a new platform
"TP Organics" is a new platform for organic food and farming research which joins the efforts of industry and civil society in defining organic research priorities and |
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defending them vis-à-vis the policy-makers. In December the Platform officially published the document – a Vision for Organic Food and Farming 2025.
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CORE Organic Network
New information is available about the CORE Organic Network, the strategic objectives and a list of the ten new members countries...
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Invitation to propose workshops at Nordic Organic Conference 2009
On the third day of the Nordic Organic Conference, May 2009, a number of parallel workshops will be set off. Until October 24th proposals are welcomed. Find further information at http://nordicorganic.org...
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Research vision 2025
 IFOAM's EU group and ISOFAR have jointly begun a process towards a vision for 2025 focusing on innotive research into organic food and farming. The initiative is a technology platform named 'Organics."...
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