Ifoam 2000

The aim of this conference - as with the twelve previous IFOAM Scientific Conferences - was to give a comprehensive overview of the present situation for organic agriculture. The structure of the book follows that of the conference. The conference programme consists of over 80 sessions divided into 10 main topics: Soil and plants Quality of organic food Animals in organic farming Farming systems Landscape and biodiversity Training and extension Market development Labelling, certification and standards Policies for organic farming Future of organic farming The contributions for each session are in one subchapter, followed by the poster contributions. The index of keywords and authors should help. We hope that this work will contribute to improving the exchange of information between theory and practice, among researchers, farmers and advisors, and among the North, South, East and West. If we achieve that, then "the world will grow organic together."Alfoloi, Thomas is the author of 'Ifoam 2000' with ISBN 9781586030872 and ISBN 1586030876.