This global map is a tool to link consumers, buyers and traders, who are looking for organically produced food, with growers and processors that have chosen Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) as a way to certify their products.

Through this map:

• Consumers, buyers, retailers, traders and restaurants can find organic food producers certified through PGS by selecting a certain country or clicking on a region and zooming in on the map. They can also search by product.
• Organic producers, certified through PGS, can be featured on the map as a way to attract new clients; they can provide information about their products, the contact person and the selling outlets. At anytime, PGS groups can submit new or updated information to the map.

Thanks to this platform the distance between producers and final consumers is shortened, meaning that famers can get better and fairer prices for their produce, while consumers can get access to high quality organic food, free of chemical compounds that is produced respecting the environment as well as empowering rural communities.

This map is the result of a partnership between FAO Technical Cooperation Programme (TPC) “Small-Scale Farmer Inclusion in Organic Agriculture Development through Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS)” and IFOAM – Organics International.