This document discusses the opportunities and constrains of carbon accounting for organic agriculture management in developed and developing countries. The aim of this document is to describe the potential of organic agriculture to sequester carbon and to meet the requirements of carbon accounting systems, including factors such as carbon permanence, leakage...

The most suitable biofuel crop under the agro-ecological conditions of Samoa was determined. Secondary and primary data on the status of the agricultural sector of Samoa, and its soil and climate and socio-economic conditions were gathered from Agrometeorological Station, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Natural Resources, Pacific Islands Greenhouse Gas...

The introduction of organic food in school canteens is a complex process, with economic and organizational implications. It requires a serious commitment on the part of national and local authorities with regard both to the related legislative and more broadly legal questions, and to the management of the service itself....

This paper presents the general trends of demand and supply of organic products in Asia and the Pacific. This regional market is put in perspective within the global organic agrifood market and the current economic conditions that may have a great impact on the development of organic agriculture in Asia...

En 2003, la FAO a joint ses efforts à ceux de la Conférence des Nations Unies sur le commerce et le développement (CNUCED) et de la Fédération internationale des mouvements d’agriculture biologique (IFOAM), et constitué l’Équipe spéciale internationale sur l’harmonisation et l’équivalence des normes dans l’agriculture biologique. Cette initiative était...

In 2003, FAO joined forces with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) and formed the International Task Force on Harmonization and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture (ITF). This initiative was supported by several donor organizations2 . The ITF was composed...