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Organic agriculture is an increasingly important part of the agriculture sector.
Its environmental and economic benefits have captured the attention of many
countries. Consumer demand for organically produced food and fibres
products - and society's demand for more sustainable development - provide
new opportunities for farmers and businesses around the world.

It also presents new challenges for FAO. In particular, member countries need
advice and information on the potential of organic agriculture to contribute to
sustainability in order to direct research, extension efforts, and tap national and
international market opportunities.

Organic agriculture:

offers the opportunity to discover, through traditional knowledge and modern
science blending, new and innovative production technologies;

provides market opportunities;

promotes the national and international public debate on sustainability by
creating awareness of environmental and social concerns that merit attention.
FAO has the responsibility to give organic agriculture a legitimate place within
sustainable agriculture programmes and to assist member countries in their
efforts to respond to farmer and consumer demand in this sector.

Collaboration with IFOAM
FAO held, from 19 to 20 March 1998, a brainstorming meeting with the
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) aimed at
defining future FAO's involvement in organic agriculture and identifying
potential areas of collaboration between FAO and IFOAM (see Conclusions
and recommendations or download full report).
Subsequently, FAO participated in IFOAM's Scientific Conference in Mar del
Plata, Argentina, 16-19 November 1998, and presented the document
"Evaluating the potential contribution of organic agriculture to sustainability
goals". Users may download the full document (Word 6.0 for Windows, zipped,
40K) or browse the following summary:

Introduction
Defining organic agriculture
Growing interest in organic agriculture
Evaluating the potential of organic agriculture:
Difficulties in evaluating the feasibility of organic agriculture
Issues for scrutiny when contemplating a shift to organic agriculture
Potential impacts
Summary and conclusions
FAO Committee on Agriculture
The FAO Committee on Agriculture met in Rome on 25-29 January 1999. It
considered a position paper on Organic Agriculture, COAG/99/9 (see paper in
English, French and Spanish), and provided guidance, in its Report (also in
English, French, Spanish), on how FAO might best shape a coherent
programme on organic agriculture. IFOAM presented a position document at
this meeting.
Document COAG/99/9, approved by the Committee on Agriculture, represents
the FAO position on organic agriculture. The document defines organic
agriculture, according to the proposed FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius
definition. It discusses the opportunities and constraints of organic agriculture
from the perspectives of markets, farm productivity, and environmental impacts
and sustainability.

It considers public policies that influence the adoption of organic agriculture. It
proposes a cross-sectoral FAO programme in organic agriculture with several
distinct functions, all aimed at enabling member countries to make informed
choices about organic management.

Codex Alimentarius Commission
The FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission, the highest international
body on food standards, met in Rome from 28 June to 3 July. The Commission
adopted international "Guidelines for production, processing, labelling and
marketing of organically produced foods" (downloadable here in PDF format in
English, French and Spanish).
The standards clearly define the nature of organic food production and prevent
claims that could mislead consumers about the quality of the product or the
way it is produced. The final objective is to provide the consumer with a choice
while giving assurances that organic agricultural standards have been met.

Organic Agriculture Programme
Following FAO governing bodies' recommendation to develop a
cross-sectoral programme on organic agriculture, an inter-departmental
working group has been established to initiate and implement activities. The
organic agriculture programme collaborates and builds partnerships with
interested institutions including national organic programmes or associations;
NGOs such as the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
(IFOAM); and national and international research centres. Activities will focus
on five main functions:
provision of information on organic production and trade through studies,
statistics, networks and fora;

facilitation of research and extension to respond to the multi-disciplinary needs
of organic agriculture;

institutional support and policy advice for members countries to fully
understand the magnitude of the organic sector;

technical assistance for developing skills, organic standards and certification
capacities;

and pilot projects that explore and promote feasible organic agricultural
techniques.
Information base
The Environment and Natural Resources Service (SDRN) is developing the
information basis for organic agriculture. An annotated list of links to organic
agriculture web sites has been compiled as well as a list of meetings related to
organic agriculture.
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