IFOAM: Growing Organic pages online

The International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) has announced the publication of the Growing Organic internet pages. The Growing Organic pages focus on information that is practical to grow the organic sector as a whole. They provide comprehensive information for everyone from grassroots organizers engaged in advocacy, to trainers and smallholder and to policy makers. They offer recommendations and options for the successful growth of organic agriculture through capacity building, strategic relations, and partnerships. The Growing Organic pages are a collection of tools and information from all corners of the organic world. These pages represent the cumulative knowledge and experience of IFOAM and are a community resource designed to represent and serve global organic movements.
 

While other sections of the IFOAM website focus more specifically on the work of IFOAM as an organization, the goal of the Growing Organic pages is to provide a hub of easily accessible and navigable information for developing organic agriculture. IFOAM believes that it will serve governments, the private sector and other key stakeholders that are showing great interest in promoting and developing organic and are looking for comprehensive and reliable sources of information. The development of organic agriculture around the world will be facilitated through this knowledge resource. The organic pages cover major topic areas relating to organic agriculture like policy, advocacy, strategic relations, quality assurance, marketing, training, and research.
 

One of the reasons behind creating this resource is to share lessons learned in the development of organic agriculture so far, e.g. on policy setting and market development, so that communities and governments at all stages of organic development might avoid re-inventing the wheel. Providing this global resource is a visible expression of IFOAM’s role to lead, unite and assist the organic movement in its full diversity.
 

www.ifoam.org/growingorganic