IFOAM President, visited the Director-General and several FAO persons. Because FAO is a relative newcomer in the field of organic agriculture and increasing NGO and countries demand for FAO’s involvement in this field, it was proposed to organise a joint FAO/IFOAM meeting on organic agriculture. Organic agriculture has been included on the agenda of the Committee of Agriculture (January 1999) and will be part of the FAO Report on Agriculture for the Commission on Sustainable Development in 2000.
The meeting was perceived as a brainstorming exercise that will contribute to defining FAO’s future involvement in organic agriculture and will identify areas of potential collaboration between FAO and IFOAM.