IFOAM

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IFOAM – Organics International was started by the president of the French farmer organization Nature et Progrès, Roland Chevriot.{{Cite web |last=A&E |date=2021-11-23 |title=Agriculture bio régénérative : le nouveau label tendance |url=https://www.agriculture-environnement.fr/2021/11/23/agriculture-bio-regenerative-le-nouveau-label-tendance |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=Agriculture et Environnement |language=fr-FR}} The process began on 05 November 1972, in Versailles, France, during an international organic agriculture congress organized by Nature et Progrès.{{Cite web |last=Hub |first=IISD's SDG Knowledge |title=FAO Launches Initiative to Scale Up Agroecology in Support of the SDGs {{!}} News {{!}} SDG Knowledge Hub {{!}} IISD |url=https://sdg.iisd.org:443/news/fao-launches-initiative-to-scale-up-agroecology-in-support-of-the-sdgs/ |access-date=2023-01-06 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2018-10-10 |title=Standards and Certification for Organic Products |url=https://organicboosting.bio/en/standards-and-certification-for-organic-products/ |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=Organic Boosting BIO |language=en-US}}

There were five members at the congress representing different organizations including Lady Eve Balfour of the Soil Association of the United Kingdom, Kjell Arman of the Swedish Biodynamic Association, Pauline Raphaely of the Soil Association of South Africa, Jerome Goldstein of Rodale Press of the United States, and Roland Chevriot of Nature et Progrès of France.

In the beginning, the name of the organization was the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements. The founders envisioned that the federation would meet what they saw as a major need: a unified, organized voice for organic food and the diffusion and exchange of information on the principles and practices of organic agriculture across national and geographical boundaries. In 2015, the name changed to IFOAM - Organics International.{{Cite book |title=IFOAM and the history of the International Organic Movement. {{!}} Organic farming: an international history |chapter=IFOAM and the history of the International Organic Movement |chapter-url=https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/9780851998336.0175 |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=CABI Books |date=January 2007 |pages=175–186 |language=en |doi=10.1079/9780851998336.0175 |last1=Geier |first1=B. |isbn=9780851998336 }}

On 19 October 1998, participants at the 12th Scientific Conference of IFOAM - Organics International issued the Mar del Plata Declaration, where more than 600 delegates from over 60 countries voted unanimously to exclude the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food production and agriculture. From that point onwards, GMOs have been categorically excluded from organic farming and denounced by the organic movement.

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The GA of IFOAM – Organics International serves as the highest authority of the organization, and it elects the world board of the organization for a three-year term. The world board is a group of 10 people working voluntarily to guide the organization. In September 2021, Karen Mapusua from Fiji was elected as the president of the organization’s world board.{{Cite web |last=Reddy |first=Navnesh |date=2021-09-22 |title=Fiji's Mapusua elected president of organic body |url=https://www.fijitimes.com/fijis-mapusua-elected-president-of-organic-body/ |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=FijiTimes |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Actual |first=Bio Eco |date=2021-09-23 |title=New IFOAM - Organics International World Board elected for 2021-2024 |url=https://www.bioecoactual.com/en/2021/09/23/ifoam-organics-international-world-board-2021-2024/ |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=Bio Eco Actual |language=en-US}}

The 2021 world board was elected by the GA of IFOAM — Organics International in September 2021, the first-ever digital one. The Intercontinental Network of Organic Farmers Organizations (INOFO) is an autonomous self-organized structure within IFOAM — Organics International for organic farming organizations. The board appoints members to official committees, working groups, and task forces based on the recommendation of the membership of the organization.

Member organizations have established regional bodies including IFOAM Organics Asia, IFOAM Organics Europe, IFOAM AgriBioMediterraneo, IFOAM Southern African Network, IFOAM America Latina, IFOAM North America, IFOAM Euro-Asia, national groups including IFOAM France, IFOAM Iran and IFOAM Japan. Furthermore, IFOAM has established sectoral platforms{{Cite web |last=Dobson |first=Byron |title=Campus Notes: TCC announces next cohort for its President's Leadership Institute |url=https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2021/10/04/tcc-announces-next-cohort-its-presidents-leadership-institute/5959046001/ |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=Tallahassee Democrat |language=en-US}} that include the IFOAM Organic Husbandry Alliance, IFOAM Apiculture Forum, IFOAM Aquaculture, Technology Innovation Platform of IFOAM and IFOAM Seeds Platform.{{Cite web |url=http://www.hswt.de/person/eggert-schmidt.html |title=Eggert Schmidt mit Publikationen bei der DGfZ |access-date=2023-09-27 |archive-date=2022-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002023935/https://www.hswt.de/person/eggert-schmidt.html |url-status=dead }}

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• [https://www.ifoam.bio/ Official Web site of IFOAM]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070305004937/http://www.isealalliance.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=518&parentID=486&grandparentID=4&nodeID=1 ISEAL Alliance]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090828102400/http://www.oneworldtrust.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=114&Itemid=144%2F One World Trust: Global Accountability Report 2008]
• [https://ioas.org/about-ioas/ International Organic Accreditation Service]
• [http://www.maela-agroecologia.org/quienes-somos/ Movimiento Agroecológico Latinoamericano A Latin and Caribbean equivalent]
• [https://www.organicseurope.bio/ IFOAM EU]

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