Naturland worldwide · 2017. 11. 8. · Room: Hall ‚Bhaskar Save‘ Naturland Partner PDS Organic...
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Naturland worldwideNaturland is an Association for organic agriculture and promotes organic farming worldwide. Currently over 43,000 farmers in 46 countries manage some 320,000 hectares according to the Naturland stan-dards. Naturland certification standards range from organic plant and animal production, aquaculture, sustainable capture fishery to processing as well as non-food areas like forest management, cosmetics and textiles. Social standards are an integral part of the Naturland certification.
Naturland FairWith its supplementary certification Naturland Fair, introduced in 2010, Naturland was the first agricul-tural association to combine organic and fair trade under one logo which is applied to products from both the Global North and the Global South.
Naturland Association for Organic AgricultureKleinhaderner Weg 182166 Gräfelfing, Germany
Tel. +49 (0)89 - 89 80 82 - 0Fax +49 (0)89 - 89 80 82 - [email protected]
Naturland at IFOAM Organic World Congress 2017
Naturland Contact
Manfred Fürstphone +49 (0)89 - [email protected]
The Global Food System and the Alternative Paradigm
Panel with: Lim Li Ching, Ilse Köhler-Rollefson, Tracy Misiewicz, Sangeeta Pandey,
Alexander Koch (Naturland)
Main Track-2A: Moving towards truly sustainable agriculture in view of climate change, the loss of biodi-versity, soil and clean water
Date: November 9th, 14:30-15:50 Room: Hall 2B - Albert Howard (UK)
In this panel Alexander Koch will explain to what extent standards and certification can be effective tools for achieving sustainable use of water in agricultural systems and the need for complementary measures to en-courage sustainabilty.
A Plea for Socio-Ecological Sustainability in Globalized Value Chains
Workshop with: Steffen Reese, Naturland
Dr. Alexander Gerber, Demeter Dr. Fr. Hubby Mathew,
PDS Organic SpicesThomas Abouleish, SEKEM
Binod Mohan, Tea Promoters India Thomas Hoyer, dwp eG
Moderation: André Leu, IFOAM- Organics International
Date: November 10th, 16:45-18:15 Room: Wangari Maathai Hall (2G)
The market’s current push toward hig-her levels of social equity in organic value chains will be discussed. The panelists will share their experiences with concepts such as fair trade and social responsibility and their efforts in certification and communication.
Tracking Naturland and Members
Eco-Farming – Land to Lab – A Reverse AgriculturalScientific Approach
Presentation by: Dr. Thomas Jacob,
PDS - Organic Spices
Farmers´ Track: Soil HealthDate: November 11th, 13:25-13:40 Room: Hall ‚Bhaskar Save‘
Naturland Partner PDS Organic Spices provides all possible assistance to farmers through the whole value chain from the field to the domestic and in-ternational markets. Dr. Jacob will pre-sent their efforts in assisting farmers´ research in the development of locally adapted varieties and technologies.
The Role of Associations in Organic & Fair TradeAlliances
Presentation by: Nora Taleb, Naturland
Marketing Track: Session 7 Alliances of Organic and Fair Trade
Date: November 10th, 13:45-14:45 Room: Hall 2H - Ibrahim Abouleish
Nora Taleb will outline how an asso-ciation like Naturland accompanies and fosters organic and fair trade alliances, depicting the relationships between producers, processors and consumers from both the Global South and Global North.
Naturland Members Assembly (by invitation only)
November 10th, 19:00-21:001st Floor, OWC Congress centre, Fine Dine Area