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Preparedby:Mr.Prak Cheattho

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Ms.Suwanrngsi Sirilark,

Thailand Mr.Sanatem Kham, LaoPDR Mr.NguyenThien Luong, Mr Ngu enThien Luong Vietnam Mr.Myint Shwe Myanmar Mr.Prak Cheattho, Cambodia

Congressdetails g
17th IFOAMOrganicWorldCongress(OWC)2011 28September1October2011 Namyangju Sports&CultureCenter,Namyangju City,

Gyeonggi Paldang,RepublicofKorea
76countrieswith1,800totalparticipants

Congressguestsofhonor Congress guests of honor

H E SEOGyuyong MinisterofFood Agriculture H.E.SEOGyuyong MinisterofFood,Agriculture

ForestryandFisheries,RepublicofKorea
Ms.KatherineDiMatteo IFOAMPresident H.E.KIMMoonSoo Governor Mr LEESeok WooMayorofNamyangju Mr.LEESeok Mr.JOHyunSun,PresidentofKFSAand J y , Dr.SUHChongHyuk,ExecutiveDirectorGeneral

CongressPurpose C P
TheOrganicWorldCongress(OWC)is thespacewheretheorganicmovement comestomeet,exchangeexperiences, developideasandstrategiesforthe developmentandgrowthoforganic agricultureeverywhere.

CongressSpeakers Congress Speakers

Speaker Topic E.X.MinisterKimSungHoon KoreanOrganic Agriculture (Korea) (K ) modelsfora h l hi Pl d l f healthierPlanet Ms.Sarojeni Rengam M S j i R (Malaysia) MostVenerableMaster Dobeop (Korea) Dr.HansRudolfHerren (Switzerland) Pesticidedetoxification do P ti id d t ifi ti d wehaveaplan? OrganicisLife TimeforaProactiveOrganic Mindset

th PlenarySessionDay1(29 y y (
Speaker Dr.JohnReganold (USA) D J h R ld

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Topic

TheNeedforOrganic Th N df O i ImprovementinMoving towardsSustainability Ms.LaRhea Pepper(USA) CaringisGoodBusinessfor All:theCaseofOrganic Cotton Ms.Mette Melgaard g OrganicMovement,Whereis g , (Denmark) YourVoice g g Mr.MosesMuwaga (Uganda) ADecentLifeforAfricas Poor:APreconditionforthe HumanRighttoCare

th PlenarySessionDay2(30 y y (
Speaker Dr.Humberto RiosLabrada D H b t Ri L b d (Cuba) Mr.GunnarRundgren ( (Sweden) ) Dr.BerndHorneburg ( (Gemany) y) Mr.GaryZimmer(USA)

Sep.) p)

Topic ConversionWorksfora C i W k f WholeNation Learningfrom Cuba sknow How CubasknowHow OrganicasaDevelopment Concept p OrganicBreedingandSite specificAdaptation p p PoweredbyNature:High yieldingOrganicAgriculture

PlenarySessionDay3(1st Oct.) y y ( )
Topic LiftingRuralPeopleoutof Lifti R lP l t f PovertywithOrganic Agriculture:China snext Agriculture:Chinasnext Surprise? Mr.YoshinoriKaneko(Japan) Buildingsustainable (J p ) g Communities:Ogawa,the BirthofanOrganicTown Mrs.LizClay(Australia) FairnessInside?ofCourse! Dr.Sophia Letthegoodproductsflow Twarog(Switzerland) forthebenefitofall Speaker Prof.Wen Tiejun (China) P f W Ti j (Chi )

Highlightsoflessonslearnt Highlights of lessons learnt

Organicfarmersbelieve asdidfarmersfortycenturies Organicfarmersbelieve,asdidfarmersfortycenturies

ago,intheinterconnectednessoflivingthingsand practiceagriculturewithaholisticconcept, emphasizingthecircleoflife,inharmonywithNature.

Organicisanagriculturesystembasedontradition

andscience.
TheOWCisoneofthemostimportantinstrumentsof

theinternationalorganiccommunitytovoicethe coherentandeffectivestrategiesofadiversified organicmovement. g

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Currentdirectionofagriculturedevelopmentwhich

useshighlevelsofagro chemicals(fossil fuelbased useshighlevelsofagrochemicals(fossilfuelbased fertilizers,pesticides,herbicides,antibiotics, hormone,etc)isnotsustainableandnotapplicableto poorfarmers. Organicagricultureissustainableanditbuildssoil, purifywater,andrestoreagroecosystems.Itreduces if t d t t It d healthrisksforfarmers,farmworkers,andconsumers whileprovidinghigherprofitsforfarmers.Itutilizes whileprovidinghigherprofitsforfarmers Itutilizes traditionalknowledgethatfarmershavesoappropriate forpovertyreduction.

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Farmersneedtechnicalsupports,needtobeorganized,

andneedmarketaccess. Inremoteareas,organicagricultureshouldbepromotedto improvefoodsecurityandsustainabilityoftheirfarming systems. Forfarmerswhocanproduceforsale,participatory guaranteesystem(PGS)canbepromotedtoimprovetheir marketaccessfordomesticmarket. marketaccessfordomesticmarket PGSisagoodsystemtotrainfarmerssotheycanimprove tothenextleveltoproduceforexportmarketwhere internationalcertificationisrequired. i i l ifi i i i d Regionalcooperationinmarketing,standards, accreditationsystemscouldfacilitategrowofthesector.

Proposedregionalcooperation Proposed regional cooperation amongGMScountries g

organicagricultureshouldbepromotedandrequested

ADBfortechnicalassistantinregionalcooperationin promotingefficientdevelopmentofthesectorto improvecompetitivenessofGMSregion.

ProposedAreasforCooperations: p p
PromoteRegionalCodeofPractices orBestPractice,

standardsandregulationfortradefacilitation SouthsouthcooperationamongGMScountriesin technicaltransferonorganicextensionmaterials Regionalcapacitybuildingprogramsonorganicagriculture g g g g g g p i.e.fosteringorstrengtheningorganicagriculturegroup/co operative/communityandthedevelopmentofPGS. Promoteregionalnetworkingamongresearchers,NGOs, Buyers,farmersonorganicagriculture/products.Regional seminaronorganicagricultureshouldbepromoted.

ProposedAreasforCooperations: p p
Identifypotentialorganicproductsandproduction

area ineachcountryandmeettoagreeonwhichcrops tobejointlypromotedininternationalmarket.For example,jointtradefairtopromoteorganicproducts example jointtradefairtopromoteorganicproducts oftheregion.