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3rd IFOAM-Asia Conference



Greetings from India.

For further information and details, please contact:

IFOAM-Asia,
IIRD, Post Box 562,
Kanchan Nagar, Nakshatrawadi,
Aurangabad,
Maharashtra, 431002, India
Tel: 91-240-332336
Fax: 91-240-331036/335304
Email: iird-daniel/aurangabad@dartmail.dartnet.com

(Last date for submission of abstract 15th May`97)

IFOAM-Asia is the regional wing of IFOAM. IFOAM-Asia is organising the 3rd
IFOAM Asia Scientific Conference and General Assembly in association with
University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India between 1st and 4th
December'97 in Bangalore, India. 
 

                              First Announcement
                                3rd IFOAM-ASIA
                       Scientific Conference and General
                                   Assembly

                    "Food Security in Harmony with Nature"

                              1st-4th December 1997

                                 Bangalore, India


                                 Organised by:
                                  IFOAM-ASIA

                             in association with

                     University of Agricultural Sciences,
                                Bangalore, India.

  
                 ` Food Security in Harmony with Nature'

International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movements (IFOAM) is the
world-wide umbrella organisation of organic agricultural movements of the
world having over 570 active member groups in 100 countries, striving to
promote ecologically sound and socially justifiable organic agriculture.
IFOAM- ASIA is the regional wing of IFOAM, which is promoting the organic
agriculture movement in Asia, in co-operation with several national
movements of organic agriculture with a wide spectrum of membership. The
first IFOAM-ASIA General Assembly was held in August 1993 in Japan. The
Hanno declaration adopted by delegates during the General Assembly in
Japan, set in motion the solidarity and united action of the practitioners
of the organic agriculture movement in Asia. 

The second IFOAM-ASIA General Assembly took place in Korea in July 1995.
This assembly provided the democratic frame work for IFOAM-Asia, as well
as resulted in the Seoul Declaration, for which several eco-friendly
organisations in Asia are the signatories. In line with the agenda of
action adopted in the two IFOAM-Asia General Assemblies, organic
agriculture activities are in progress in various Asian countries. While
the prime actors in the organic agriculture chain are able to prove that
eco-friendly agricultural production is the only solution to remedy the
devastating effects of chemical agriculture which has been triggered
through the green revolution, a vast majority of policy makers and
scientists are still sceptical about the role of organic agriculture in
providing food security for the Asian countries. 


The third IFOAM-Asia Scientific conference seeks to bring about clarity
and understanding about the issue of achieving food security through
organic agriculture. It is urgent to bring about an effective dialogue
between the practitioners of organic agriculture and the policy makers in
general, to enable clear perceptions and policies for a sustainable future
for all of us. 

The biannual IFOAM-Asia conference will be the meeting place for people
involved in the various facets of the organic agriculture scene to
interact & interchange ideas. It would be a challenging opportunity to
build and foster fraternity amongst the organic agriculture groups from
different parts of Asia. 

The University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Bangalore, India, is
collaborating with IFOAM-Asia in the organisation of this conference. UAS
is a lead organisation amongst universities in India in the promotion of
organic agriculture and has a spectrum of institutions including
independent colleges of forestry, fisheries, dairy sciences etc. It is a
very reputed Agricultural University in the country having a wide range of
faculties involved in research and extension programmes in organic
agriculture. 

You are cordially invited to attend this scientific conference and General
Assembly scheduled between 1st and 4th December 1997, which will be
preceded by study tours. 

Call for Papers: This first announcement of the conference is made to
facilitate preparation of materials and papers for presentation at the
conference. Subjects and topics listed for discussion in the conference
are as follows: 

Organic Agriculture and Food Security:
I.     Towards Healthy Soils
1. Farming systems (Rice-Rainfed crops-horticulture-plantations etc.)
2. Fertility Management
3. Asian Soil Scenario
4. Watershed Management
5. Beneficial Organisms
6. Energy Management

II.     Plenty Through Bio-diversity
1. Seed Conservation at Community level
2. Post-harvest Technologies
3. Animal Husbandry
4. Bio-mass

III.    Environmental Quality and Public Health
1. Bio-pesticides
2. Biological control of pests

IV.     Building Healthy Generation
1. Sustainable Lifestyles
2. Review and Outlook for Education, Training and Research
3. Indigenous Knowledge

V.      Generating Consumer Confidence
1. Producer, Consumer Harmony
2. Organic Standards, Developments and Achievements
3. Inspection and Certification
4. Market Development Reaching the Consumer

VI.     Need of the Hour - Policy Initiatives
1. Public Awareness
2. GO-NGOs Collaboration
3. Global Situation (WTO) - Task Before Asian Countries
4. Legislative Interaction

Organic farmers, researchers, research organisations/ universities, NGOs
and policy makers are invited to actively participate in the conference by
presenting papers. Those who intend to present papers are kindly requested
to forward an abstract of about 300 words on or before 15th May 1997. The
review committee of the conference would get in touch with potential
presenters in July 1997. Special workshops could be organised by groups if
atleast five papers are available on the subject. 

Venue: The scientific conference between 1st and 3rd December, 1997 and
the General assembly on 4th December `97 would be held at the University
of Agricultural Sciences campus. Hebbal, Bangalore-65. Bangalore the city
of fountains, palaces and gardens is one of the most beautiful and clean
cities of India. Bangalore has a very pleasant climate and this capital
city of the state of Karnataka is very famous for silks, sandalwood and
handicrafts. The University of Agricultural Sciences is situated in the
outskirts of the city and is easily accessible from the airport and
railway station by taxis. 

General Assembly:  All delegates are welcome to participate in the General
Assembly on 4th December which would follow the scientific conference
between 1st and 3rd December `97. The General Assembly would have a number
of business sessions. While the IFOAM members would have voting rights,
non-members would participate as observers. 

Registration: Prospective delegates are requested to fill in the
Registration form and return it to the IFOAM-Asia regional office on or
before 15th May'97. 


Delegate Sponsorship: There will be available a limited number of
sponsorships for conference participation. The sponsorship would cover
travel, board and lodging for the entire conference period and conference
fee. However the sponsorship would not cover the pre-conference tours.
Preference for a sponsorship would be given to applicants contributing to
the conference by presenting a paper. Applicants are requested to send in
a request for sponsorship giving valid reasons to support their request
along with their registration form. 

The Pre-conference tours: Pre-conference tours are planned between the
third and fourth weeks of November in North India(A), South India(B),
Central/West India(C) and Eastern India(D). The tours would cover
important centres of learning in respect of Organic agriculture as well as
cultural citadels.  Details of the tours would be provided in the next
circular. 

Exposition: The first Asian Organic Agriculture Exposition would also be
held between 1st and 3rd December `97 in Bangalore in conjunction with the
conference. Further information in this regard would be provided in the
next circular. 


On behalf of the organising committee,



Dr. G.K. Veeresh                 Dr. Alexander V. Daniel
Vice Chancellor,                 Co-ordinator,
University of Agricultural       IFOAM-Asia,
Sciences, GKVK                   Aurangabad.
Bangalore


For further information and details, please contact:

IFOAM-Asia,
IIRD, Post Box 562,
Kanchan Nagar, Nakshatrawadi,
Aurangabad,
Maharashtra, 431002, India
Tel: 91-240-332336
Fax: 91-240-331036/335304
Email: iird-daniel/aurangabad@dartmail.dartnet.com



                               3rd IFOAM-Asia
                  Scientific Conferencne and General
                                 Assembly
                            1st-4th December 1997
                                 Bangalore

                `Food Security in Harmony with Nature'


                             Registration form


                Prof.      Dr.       Mr.     Mrs.     Ms.

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I intend to contribute a paper with the following title:

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(Last date for submission of abstract 15th May`97)
Topic number ____________________
Indicate if financial support is required for attending the conference.

    Travel/Conference fee/Board and lodging (tick what is applicable)

    Not required

Preconference tour participation:      Yes          No

Participation in Exhibition:           Yes          No


Please fax or mail the Registration form to the IFOAM-Asia secretariat on or 
before 15th May `97

                                 IFOAM-Asia,
                            IIRD, Post Box 562,
                 Kanchan Nagar, Nakshtrawadei, Aurangabad
                        Maharashtra, 431002, India.
                            Tel: 91-240-332336
                        Fax: 91-240-3310366/335304
             E-mail:iird-daniel/aurangabad@dartmail.dartnet.com