Why Join the Organic World Congress?

Benefits for India's Organic Movement

• Biggest sharing of organic farming practices in the world.
• Access to the world of organic farming beyond India's borders.
• Opportunity to showcase the best Indian organic farming practices to the world organic farming community.

Benefits for the World Community of Organic Farmers

• A world class event, expected to rally a record number of organic farmers
• Special emphasis on the participation of organic farmers from Asia, Africa, and South America.
• In-depth exposure to organic farming in India.

Benefits for Governments, International Development Agencies, and Policy-Makers

• Ready access to global thinking, research and practice on organic farming policies.
• Ready access to work being done by governments worldwide to convert agriculture to organic methods.
• Identification of areas where governments can start funding changes to strengthen organic agriculture.
• Vision planning for converting entire country's agriculture to organic.
• Up-to-date data through IFOAM - Organics International on organic farming worldwide, including latest growth data.

Benefits for Researchers and Scientists

• Researchers will have opportunities to share their work on organic agriculture and access instant peer review of papers.
• Discussions will provide new thrust areas.
• Scientists will attempt to relate organic farming to sustainability and climate change issues. TIPI and ISOFAR will oversee scientific discussions.
• Exposure to seed conservation work carried out within official and non-official seed agencies and networks, especially in the area of open pollinated seeds.

Benefits for Organic Trade

• The trade fair is being organised to enable large, worldwide participation of all sectors of the organic trade (including government departments) in the pavilions. A huge number of traders and agencies from India will be participating.
• One track in the Congress is being dedicated to marketing issues.
• B2B meetings will be facilitated.