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The next GRAB-IT International Workshop will be held in Ustica (PA), a small beautiful island in Sicily

The next GRAB-IT International Workshop will be held in Ustica (PA), a small beautiful island in Sicily

The Italian “Gruppo di Ricerca in Agricoltura Biologica (GRAB-IT)” and ISOFAR jointly organize the workshop “Resilient by Design: Organic Food & Farming Systems amid CAP Volatility – Science-Based Pathways for Climate, Nature, and Food”, which will take place...
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The next GRAB-IT International Workshop will be held in Ustica (PA), a small beautiful island in Sicily

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The Italian “Gruppo di Ricerca in Agricoltura Biologica (GRAB-IT)” and ISOFAR jointly organize the workshop “Resilient by Design: Organic Food & Farming Systems amid CAP Volatility – Science-Based Pathways for Climate, Nature, and Food”, which will take place in Ustica, Italy on June 23-25 2025...

ISOFAR organized a scientific workshop on Research Needs for the Development of Organic Agriculture

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In this workshop which dated on Dec. 2nd, 2024 and moderated by Prof. M. Reza Ardakani (ISOFAR Board Member), the lecturers discussed on important challenges in organic food production from a multi-perspective view and tried to outline corresponding research solutions....

Newly elected ISOFAR board 2024-2027

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The 2024 ISOFAR General Assembly has been done in Nanhua University-Taiwan and the elections took place in a hybrid format (in person and via online) on the sidelines of the 21st Organic World Congress on December 1st....

ISOFAR OWC pre-conference workshop “Publish or Perish”, 1st December 2024, Taiwan (hybrid)

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This workshop has been designed especially for junior researchers to meet senior researchers. It has provided a forum for relevant information and the chance to discuss questions in OA research....

ISOFAR supports the Organic World Congress 2024

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ISOFAR supported the Organic World Congress 2024 from December 2-4, 2024 in Taiwan. ISOFAR supported the selection of papers with scientific reviews. In addition, there were ISOFAR awards for the best scientific poster....

Invitation to join the ISOFAR General Assembly Dec 1, 2024 (hybrid)

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The next GA will take place on the 1st December 2024 as hybrid event from 8-11 o'clock Central Europe Time (CET) resp. 15-18 o'clock Taiwan time. All ISOFAR members are invited to join the General Assembly and decide with their votes. The General Assembly is not open for guests....

ISOFARs “Journal of Organic Agriculture” received from Clarivate the Impact Factor of 2.0 for 2023

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Organic Agriculture Volume 14, issue 2 (May 2024) available

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Volume 14, Issue 2 of Organic Agriculture is now available. ISOFAR members have free access to all papers....

Organic Agriculture Volume 14, issue 1 (March 2024) available

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Volume 14, Issue 1 of Organic Agriculture is now available. ISOFAR members have free access to all papers....

ISOFAR participated as invited keynote speakers at the 4th IOIS Organic conference Organic Life – Healthy diet with Vitality

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IFOAM Asia has organized the 4th International Xichong Asia Organic Summit from 10-12 Septemberr 2023 and invited 15 international participants. ISOFAR was represented by Gerold Rahmann (Germany), Wahyudi David (Indonesia) and Mahesh Chander (India)....

ISOFAR attended the Organic Scientific symposium at the China Agricultural University

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IFOAM Asia and ISOFAR member Ji Li, Director of the Organic Recycling Research Institute of the China Agricultural University, have organized an International Symposium on Organic Agricultural Innovation Research in Suzhou, China....

ISOFAR board members attended 1st International Conference on Organic Agriculture in Deserts and Dry lands in China

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The 1st International Conference on Organic Agriculture in Deserts and Dry lands in China successfully took place in Bayannur, China 03rd-06th September 2023 which organized by IFOAM Asia and China Shengmu. Participant from 12 countries has attending this conference with various expertise background....

ISOFAR board members attended IFOAM Asia conference on the Philippines

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The 6th Asian Organic Congress successfully took place in Kauswagan, Philippines 4-10 June 2023....

ISOFAR president visited Natural Farming in India

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The Indian state Andhra Pradesh has the target to scale-up this approach to 6 mio farmers. ISOFAR president Prof. Rahmann was invited to have a look on the practical work in Natural Farming and to guide in a research agenda....

April 2023: Our Journal Organic Agriculture is developing well

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Springer gave us the results of the year 2022. We can be happy and proud about the results. Raffaele Zanoli has done a great job. Thanks....

ISOFAR as partner of WIssenschaftstagung

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The Wissenschaftstagung is the main German speaking event for Organic Farming Research, held every second year. This time was the event in Switzerland, at FiBL. ISOFAR has contributed with a poster award, with financial support and a small both....

ISOFAR Visited Organic Pakistan

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ISOFAR president Prof. Rahmann and treasurer Dr. Neuhoff visited Organic Pakistan. They have been impressed about the quality and motivation. The host have done their very best to shop the potential and challenges of going more organic....

ISOFAR attended International Green Week in Berlin

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ISOFAR attended this event in January 2023 presenting a study on the environmental and climate impacts of organic farming in comparison to conventional farming....

ISOFAR president Prof. Dr. Gerold Rahmann’s message for the year 2022

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We at the ISOFAR headquarters continue to volunteer efforts to maintain organic networks and coordinate organic events. After 2 years of global travel restrictions due to COViD-19, ISOFAR relaunched activities in 2022, with a focus on supporting regional and global Organic Farming research discussions and dissemination....

Journal of Organic Agriculture Volume 12, issue 4 (November 2022) available

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Volume 12, Issue 4 of Organic Agriculture is now available online....

ISOFAR workshops for the 2nd Organic Expo 2022 in Goesan, Korea, 1-3 October 2022

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ISOFAR was the International partner of the 1st International Expo 2015, and is proud to be the partner of the 2nd International Expo 2022, again....

ISOFAR contribution at the 4th International Conference on Organic Agriculture in Mediterranean Climates: Threats and Solutions

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Participants from 17 countries either in person or online attended the “4th International Conference on Organic Agriculture in Mediterranean Climates: Threats and Solutions” that came to an end on 29 May 2022 (totally 61 oral presentations 11 of all were online and 2 of all were pre-recorded, were presented)....

4th International Conference on Organic Agriculture in Mediterranean Climates: Threats and Solutions

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The Conference aims to bring together academia and practice in the Mediterranean as well as in regions where Mediterranean climate prevails. The participants will be able to discuss different facets of the threats of today and future posed on organic agriculture and deliver applicable solutions....

Research in agroecology in Europe – Fill out the survey launched by AE4EU

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The goal of the survey is to collect information from researchers on their experiences in agroecological research and to gain a better understanding of potential opportunities and obstacles for research in agroecology....

Message from the ISOFAR president 2022

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The second CoVid-19 year is gone, and we all have face difficulties in our scientific work and networking again. ISOFAR has done several actions in 2021 to keep the network of Organic Farming researchers alive as much as possible....

Journal of Organic Agriculture Volume 11, issue 4 (December 2021) available

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Volume 11, Issue 4 of Organic Agriculture is now available online....

Fifth International Agronomy Congress (IAC) “Agri-Innovations to Combat Food and Nutrition Challenges”, 23-27 November 2021, PJTSAU, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

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ISOFAR was partner of the 5th IAC, held online. President Prof. Gerold Rahmann gave a speech on "Organic Farming - a global overview"....

2nd OrgaTrop Conference, Yogjakarta, Indonesia

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Department of Soil, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, organized the 2nd International Conference on Organic Agriculture in The Tropics (Orgatrop 2021)....

AVALON Conference: “Added Value of the Organic Farmer, Bioregions”

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The conference was intended for farmers, farm advisers, policy makers, students and educational institutions from the Netherlands and abroad. President Prof. Gerold Rahmann gave a speech on "Organic farming challenges in a changing World: From soil to soilless production?"...

The 6th ISOFAR conference at the 20th IFOAM Organic World Congress 2021 

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The Forum invited researchers to share their work in the following five themes, with a special focus on interdisciplinary research. About 200 scientific papers have been accepted for presentation....

7th ISOFAR General Assembly

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The 7th ISOFAR General Assembly was held on the 7th September 2021 in Rennes, France, in conjunction with the 20th Organic World Congress. Due to the CoVid-19 pandemia the GA was done as hybrid GA, 33 attended via Zoom, 10 were in-person....

Registration for the hybrid workshop “Publish or perish” as OWC21 pre-conference (7th Sept 2021, 9-12 CEST) is open

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Organic farming systems are dependent on science and research. Plentiful, high-quality published papers are critical for improving organic agriculture across the world. This pre-conference will provide a forum for relevant information and the chance to discuss questions in organic agriculture research....

Organic Agriculture: special issue on LandLessFood workshop published

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This special issue presents the outcomes from “Designing sustainable and circular agricultural systems for the year 2100,” the joint scientific workshop of ISOFAR, the Thünen-Institute, and INRA-Morocco, which was held from November 14 to 16, 2019 in Marrakesh, Morocco....

ISOFAR board member Prof. Dr. Victor Idowu Olugbemiga Olowe gave today his 63rd inaugural lecture at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria

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Warsaw University Seeks BS Students in Organic Agriculture

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The Warsaw University of Life Sciences is recruiting students for it's Organic Agriculture and Food Production BSc program....

WEBINAR: Maximizing Carbon Sequestration in Organic Systems

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The Organic Center will be hosting a free webinar on Maximizing Carbon Sequestration in Organic Systems. The webinar is taking place on Friday, April 16 at 11:30 am Pacific Time (18:30 GMT)....

IFOAM has launched the World of Organic Agriculture 2021

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Like every year, IFOAM has launched the annual edition of the Statistics of the World of Organic Farming on BioFach Nueremberg, this year virtually done in February....

KCOA Project: Training of Team of Trainers (ToToT) in Nigeria

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The ToToT workshop was successfully held in Nigeria between February 1-5, 2021, with 14 participants strategically selected from all geopolitical zones of the country....

Webinar on Environmental Impacts of Organic Cotton

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The Organic Center will be hosting a free webinar on their latest research collaboration with Iowa State University, examining the environmental impacts of organic cotton....

Special Issue for the Organic World Congress 2020 published

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The Organic Word Congress 2020 in Rennes has been postponed to 2021 (Sep. 6-10 in Rennes, France), as well as the scientific forum with 280 accepted presentations....

Message from the ISOFAR president 2020

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Dear ISOFAR members, 2020 comes to an end, and I can say: “I am happy about this”. It was an extraordinary difficult year without traveling, no meetings and hurdles for any action....

Organic Agriculture Volume 10, issue 4 (December 2020) available

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Volume 10, Issue 4 of Organic Agriculture is now available online....

ISOFAR member Prof. Dr. Johannes Kahl, University of Kassel, died

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On 12 November 2020, ISOFAR member and our long-time colleague and friend, Professor Johannes Kahl, died at the age of 52 after a long illness....

Biofach India 2020: ISOFAR was organizing and contributing partner of the virtual scientific conference on the 31st October 2020

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Dr. Mahesh Chander, ISOFAR board member, has organized with his Indian friends an international scientific conference "Organic Farming Research, Technologies and Extension" at the Biofach 2020 in India....

World Food Day 2020: ISOFAR gave OA lecture at NOARAs celebration

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United Nations World Food day 2020 was a global event, celebrated on the 16th October. ISOFAR was invited by the Network of Organic Agricultural Researchers in Africa (NOARA) to give a lesson about Organic Agricultural Research....

New study focuses on Italian research and innovation

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A new study, published in the journal Agronomy, highlights research and innovation in organic farming in Italy....

ISOFAR board report 2017 – 2020 prepared for members

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Despite the postponement of the General Assembly, the ISOFAR board committed to preparing a report for the standard three-year term (2017-2020) to share with ISOFAR members in 2020....

Webinar on Organic Farm Profitability and Biodiversity

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The Organic Center's will be hosting a free webinar on "Biodiversity and Profitability on Organic Farms - Environmental and Economic Benefits of Organic Practices" on Wednesday, July 1 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time....

Message for ISOFAR members from the board

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The ISOFAR board has discussed on the 8th May 2020 the impact of the postponement of the Organic World Congress towards Sept 8-10, 2021 in Rennes for the society....

Organic World Congress postponed to September 8-10, 2021

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In light of recent developments around covid-19, the organizing committee has decided to postpone the Organic World Congress to September 8-10, 2021....

In memory of William Lockeretz

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With sorrow, ISOFAR has received the news about our former board member, Professor Dr. William Lockeretz, that he passed away on December 12, 2019....