From its roots, organic inspires science, and vice-versa: science forum of the Organic World Congress 2020 in Rennes, Fr
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From its roots, organic inspires science, and vice-versa: science forum of the Organic World Congress 2020 in Rennes, France Gerold Rahmann & Khalid Azim & Mohammad Reza Ardakani & Veronique Chable & Felix Heckendorn & Paola Migliorini & Bram Moeskops & Daniel Neuhoff & Frederic Rey & Ewa Rembiałkowska & Jessica Shade & Marc Tchamitchian
Accepted: 24 November 2020 # The Author(s) 2020
Introduction The 6th ISOFAR Conference of Organic Agricultural Science of the Organic World Congress, co-organized with INRAe, FiBL, Agroecology Europe, TP Organics, and ITAB, was scheduled for September 2020. However, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was postponed to September 2021. Despite this postponement, the Scientific Board decided to produce an early special issue of Organic Agriculture with a selection of 15 accepted papers for publication prior to the 2021 conference date.
G. Rahmann (*) Thünen-Institute, Trenthorst 32, 23847 Westerau, Germany e-mail: [email protected] K. Azim Institut National pour la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Rabat, Morocco M. R. Ardakani Azad University, Tehran, Iran V. Chable : P. Migliorini Agroecology Europe, Rome, Italy V. Chable : M. Tchamitchian INRA, Paris, France F. Heckendorn FiBL, Frick, Switzerland
Background of the Scientific Forum of the Organic World Congress 2020 The Organic World Congress 2020 has announced following introduction as call for papers for the scientific track (IFOAM 2019): “The scientific roots of organic systems are anchored in the four principles of IFOAM – Organics International: ecology, health, fairness, and care. Scientific research and evidence-based approaches are needed for the continuous improvement of organic food, systems, and culture. The Scientific Forum of the Organic World Congress 2020 will leverage this need
F. Heckendorn FiBL, Eurre, France B. Moeskops TP Organics, Brussels, Belgium D. Neuhoff University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany F. Rey ITAB, Paris, France E. Rembiałkowska WULS, Warsaw, Poland J. Shade The Organic Center, Washington DC, USA
Org. Agr. Table 1 Submitted and accepted papers for the Organic World Congress 2020 by country
Table 2 Submitted and accepted papers for the Organic World Congress 2020 by topic
Country
Submitted OWC accepted ORGA accepted
Thematic themes
Total OWC ORGA accepted accepted
Argentina
1
1
Austria
6
5
• Ecological approaches to systems’ health • Product and process quality in Organic Agriculture: methods and challenges • Transition towards organic and sustainable food systems • Innovation in Organic farming: “thinking out of the box” • Political and economic frameworks as drivers for a vibrant development of the organic sector Total
82
29
2
40
11
6
104
32
1
63
20
4
26
6
2
315
98
15
Bangladesh
4
Belgium
1
Brazil
4
Cameroon
2
1
Canada
8
4
China
3
1
Czech Republic 1 Denmark
10
France
76
3 21
3
Germany
44
17
2
Ghana
1
Greece
1
1
Hong Kong
1
1
Hungary
5
2
India
7
2
Indonesia
1
1
Italy
21
5
Japan
3
Kenya
2
1
Luxembo
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