The main theme of the conference is “Organic Animal Husbandry systems – challenges, performance and potentials”, taking into account the diversity of organic and sustainable animal husbandry systems. Particular attention has been given to dairy and pig systems, parasites and the replacement of inputs. The Video Pre-Conference 2020 will be an opportunity to discuss the projects with colleagues from other parts of the world and to learn from each other’s perspectives and experiences. The Video Pre-Conference has been organised with project coordinators of five European Union CORE ORGANIC livestock research projects and other EU funded organic projects. They have been offered a platform to present their preliminary research results.

The IFOAM Animal Husbandry Alliance is an informal network of individuals and organizations interested in strengthening the development of organic animal husbandry around the world. IAHA was founded during the 2nd IFOAM Animal Husbandry Conference, September 2012, in Hamburg. IAHA is supported by the IFOAM World Board and Secretariat in Bonn. In the past the main activity of IAHA was to organize a pre-conference linked to the IFOAM Organic World Congresses, in 2014 in Istanbul and in 2017 in India. In 2020 a physical pre-conference should have taken place in September 2020 in Renne, but it was postponed by one year due to the Covid19 pandemic. However, IAHA decided to conduct a video-conference over two half day