After nearly two decades of trade facilitation for organic products based on unilateral and bilateral equivalence arrangements between governments, a shift appears to be underway. In December 2017, officials from Canada, Chile, the European Union, Japan, Republic of Korea, Switzerland … Read More

At the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) Conference held on 8 November just before the 19th Organic World Congress’ in the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, there was an important theme for discussion and debate: ‘Social Compliance Issues in Organic … Read More

From the perspective of IFOAM – Organics International, seeds resulting from plant breeding with techniques of cell fusion are GMOs. Biotechnology is used to fuse the contents of cells from different organisms, most often those that would not be able … Read More