The fact sheets in this package provide an overview of the crucial connections that link organic agriculture to farmers, their traditions, their resources, their communities and the global markets with...
Some of the systemic problems and challenges that have resulted from this labyrinth of standards and conformity assessment systems are as follows:
Import discrimination whereby compliance is required with standards not...
The Expert Consultation on the Development of International Guidelines for Ecolabelling of Fish and Fishery Products from Marine Capture Fisheries was convened by FAO at the request of the twenty-fifth...
The Third Expert Meeting on Socially and Environmentally Responsible Horticulture Production and Trade was held in Nuremberg, 16 February 2003. Various representatives of standard setting and certification bodies, as well...
This book on international harmonisation and equivalence in organic agriculture, is but one of the many outcomes from The Conference on International Harmonisation and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture organised in...
Since the mid-1990s the market for organic foods has been expanding rapidly in many developed countries. FAO and the International Trade Centre (ITC) estimate that world retail sales of organic...
En esta guía se describen las principales reglas técnicas y controles de importación utilizados en los Estados Unidos, Europa y Japón, tales como normas de calidad física, de etiquetado, controles...
El objetivo de esta guía es ofrecer a los y las productores/as centroamericanos/as información general sobre los principales programas de certificación voluntaria en agricultura incluyendo contactos que pueden consultar para...
Based on a review of its history, its present structure and its objective in the future, agroecology is defined as an integrative discipline that includes elements from agronomy, ecology, sociology...
This paper investigates the effects of different cultivation modes including winter irrigation and zero tillage, crop-grass intercropping, and early spring film mulching on sand entrainment, wind velocity gradient and soil...
The organic market is confronted with hundreds of private sector standards and governmental regulations, two international standards for organic agriculture (Codex Alimentarius and IFOAM) and a host of conformity assessment...
This volume represents a further step in the development of proposals on harmonization of the regulation of production and trade in products from organic agriculture. It was commissioned by the...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Federation for Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) and the International Seed Federation (ISF) jointly organized the First World Conference...
Agriculture must provide food to a growing world population, including
today’s 840 million hungry people. Protected areas can contribute to food
security and poverty alleviation within, but especially around, their
boundaries. Poor land...
In light of the variety of food consumption and growing concerns over flavor, freshness, health and safety, the JAS laws were revised with the goals of substantially strengthening food labeling,...
Reconciling food production and nature conservation is a challenge shared by all. This document stresses the need to maximize the contribution of protected areas to food security and poverty alleviation...
Action education provides an appropriate set of methods for learning about the complexities of farming and food systems. Agroecology provides the framework to organise learning opportunities for students interested in...
For centuries, traditional farmers have developed diverse and locally adapted agricultural systems, managing them with ingenious practices that often result in both community food security and the conservation of agrobiodiversity....
Certification is critical in organic markets because it gives buyers the confidence that a product meets the quality and process standards of organic production. The achievement of internationally recognized certification...
Following the request of the Government of the Republic of Croatia, in September 2003 the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) funded a technical assistance project for...
