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Organic Agriculture (OA).
OA Meetings
| Date | Location | Title | M |
| 9-10 Dec 2010 | Mumbai, India | Working Group on Harmonization and Equivalence for Organic Agriculture in Asia | More |
| 2 Dec 2010 | Nairobi, Kenya | East Africa Organic Conference 2010 | More |
| 1 Dec 2010 | Nairobi, Kenya | First National Consultation on Kenyan Organic Agriculture Policy | More |
| 20 Feb 2010 | Nuremberg, Germany | Certified Organic plus certified GLOBALGAP: A New Path | More |
| 19 Feb 2010 | Nuremberg, Germany | Africa Symposium, Biofach 2010: Markets as motors for sustainability | More |
| 18 Feb 2010 | Nuremberg, Germany | A Level and Fair Playing Field for Organic Trade | More |
| 10-11 Dec 2009 | Geneva, Switzerland | Facilitating Access of Small Organic Farmers in Developing Countries to Supermarket Shelves | More |
| 30 Nov - 1 Dec 2009 | , Rwanda | Rwandan Organic Stakeholder Workshop | More |
| 18-20 Nov 2009 | Bujumbura, Burundi | Burundi Awareness Raising and Training Workshop | More |
| 6 Oct 2009 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Ethiopian Stakeholder Meeting | More |
| 28 Aug 2009 | Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania | Tanzanian National Stakeholder Meeting | More |
| 27 Aug 2009 | Kampala, Uganda | Ugandan National Stakeholder Consultation on draft organic policy | More |
| 9 Jul 2009 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Ethiopian Organic Forum: Public Private Partnership | More |
| June and Sept 2009 | Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania | Tanzanian Regional Stakeholder Meetings | More |
| 18-22 May 2009 | Kampala, Uganda | 1st African Organic Agriculture Conference | More |
| 26-28 Nov 2008 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Ecological Agriculture: Mitigating Climate Change, Providing Food Security and Self-Reliance for Rural Livelihoods in Africa | More |
| 17-21 Nov 2008 | Abeokuta, Nigeria | First West Africa Summit on Organic Agriculture (1st WASUMMIT) | More |
| 6-7 Oct 2008 | Geneva, Switzerland | 8th meeting of the UNCTAD/ FAO/ IFOAM International Task Force on Harmonisation and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture | More |
| 22 April 2008 | Accra, Ghana | Making Sustainability Standards Work for Pro-poor Agricultural Development and Trade. UNCTAD XII side event | More |
| 7-9 April 2008 | Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania | Making Sustainability Standards Work for Small-scale Farmers. A Pre-UNCTAD XII Event | More |
| 27-30 Nov 2007 | Bali, Indonesia | 7th meeting of the UNCTAD/ FAO/ IFOAM International Task Force on Harmonisation and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture | More |
| 28 May - 1 June 2007 | Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania | East African Organic Conference, Unleashing the Potential of Organic Agriculture | More |
| 6-9 March 2007 | Nairobi, Kenya | Good Agriculture Practices in Eastern & Southern Africa: Practices and Policies | More |
| 14-15 Dec 2006 | Nairobi, Kenya | 4th meeting of the Regional Standard Technical Working Group (RSTWG) | More |
| 13 Dec 2006 | Nairobi, Kenya | Organic Standard Forum | More |
| 11 Dec 2006 | Nairobi, Kenya | CBTF-IFOAM East Africa Organic Policy Workshop | More |
| 24 Nov 2006 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Organic Agriculture in Development - The Need for Integrated Production for Food Security | More |
| 18-19 Oct 2006 | Bangkok, Thailand | UNCTAD/ UNESCAP back to back event 1: Maximizing the contribution of Organic Agriculture to Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in the Asia and Pacific Region, and the UNEP-UNCTAD CBTF Briefing session | More |
| 6-9 Mar 2006 | Arusha, Tanzania | Promoting Production and Trading Opportunities for Organic Agricultural Products in East Africa | More |
| 6-7 Dec 2005 | Havana, Cuba | Seminario Nacional Sobre Comercio, Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo | More |
| 5-7 Dec 2005 | Tunis, Tunisia | 5th meeting of the UNCTAD/ FAO/ IFOAM International Task Force on Harmonisation and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture | More |
| 21-22 July 2005 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Workshop on Post-Doha Trade and Environment Issues | More |
| 30-31 Mar 2005 | San José, Costa Rica | Taller Regional sobre Requisitos Ambientales, Acceso a Mercado y Oportunidades para la Exportación de Productos Orgánicos Market Access, Environmental Requirements and Organic Agriculture | More |
| 28 Feb 2005 | Nuremburg, Germany | 4th meeting of the UNCTAD/ FAO/ IFOAM International Task Force on Harmonisation and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture | More |
| 17-19 Nov 2004 | Rome, Italy | 3rd meeting of the UNCTAD/ FAO/ IFOAM International Task Force on Harmonisation and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture | More |
| 20-21 Oct 2003 | Geneva, Switzerland | 2nd meeting of the UNCTAD/ FAO/ IFOAM International Task Force on Harmonisation and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture | More |
| 4-10 May 2003 | Port-au-Prince, Haiti | Integrated Framework Activity Promoting Exports of Organic Products | More |
| 18 Feb 2003 | Nürnberg, Germany | UNCTAD/ FAO/ IFOAM Task Force on Harmonisation and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture | More |
| 2-4 Oct 2002 | Geneva, Switzerland | Expert Meeting on Environmental Requirements and International Trade | More |
| 30 Sept - 1 Oct 2002 | Geneva, Switzerland | Inter-regional Consultative Meeting for the DFID II project | More |
| 11 Sept 2002 | Geneva, Switzerland | Meeting on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Implications for Geneva-based Negotiations and National Legislation | More |
| 1-3 July 2002 | San José, CostaRica | Capacity-building seminar related to Post-Doha negotiations on trade and environment | More |
| 19-26 April 2002 | Cotonou, Bénin | Cours Train for Trade sur Commerce et Environnement. | More |
| 21-22 Feb 2002 | Brussels, Belgium | UNEP-UNCTAD CBTF Policy Dialogue on Promoting Production and Trading Opportunities for Organic Agricultural Products | More |
| 18-19 Feb 2002 | Nuremberg, Germany | Program Committee Meeting for the IFOAM - UNCTAD Conference on International Harmonisation and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture | More |
OA Coordinators
| Name | Position | Email, tel, fax |
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| Sophia Twarog | Economic Affairs Officer | sophia.twarog@unctad.org | tel: +41 (0)22 917 5082 Fax: +41 (0)22 917 0247 |
The Issues
Organic Agriculture (OA) offers a range of environmental, social and economic benefits for developing countries.
On the economic side, growing world markets for OA products offer interesting export opportunities for developing countries who may have some comparative advantage in OA due to relatively abundant labour and lower use of agrochemicals.
In addition, OA production has been shown to have a positive effect on the local environment, biodiversity and soil fertility, and has the potential to increase the yields and incomes of subsistence farmers in developing countries who are not currently using agrochemicals, thus contributing to poverty reduction and sustainable rural development.