Ideas Marketplace presentation from IFOAM - the International Federation for Organic Agriculture Movements. Presented at Agriculture, Landscapes and Livelihoods Day 5 in Doha Qatar, 3 December 2012. http://www.agricultureday.org

1. IDEA:
‘Establish a Smallholder-Centred
Global Organic Research Platform’
The Problem
There is a major gap in the provision and global coordination of smallholder
driven agricultural science, knowledge and technology.
Method
IFOAM, the global umbrella organization for Organic Agriculture with
over 700 organizations in 120 countries is establishing a platform that will
facilitate participation and collaboration amongst farmer organizations, civil
society, NGOs, UN and aid agencies, and governments to scale-up organic
agriculture solutions to global challenges. The platform will put the needs
of smallholders and their livelihoods at the center of the research agenda.
The Solution
Establish an end-
user driven global
platform for linking
and strengthening
smallholder farmers
around the world
by building capacity
and mobilizing
partnerships for
research. It will assists small-scale producers
in developing countries alleviate poverty,
establish food sovereignty, and meet food
security and nutritional needs, and address
climate
and land
degradation
challenges
through
ecologically
sound and
socially just
farming systems.
INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING? CONTACT R.JORDAN@IFOAM.ORG