Organic World Congress 2017: Scientific Track

The Organic World Congress 2017 will be held in India from November 9 to 11, 2017. The Scientific Track of the Organic World Congress  is organized jointly by

• International Society of Organic Agriculture Research ISOFAR (www.isofar.org )
• National Centre for Organic Farming, India (ncof.dacnet.nic.in)
• TIPI, the Technology Innovation Platform of IFOAM - Organics International

Research results will be presented and discussed in 20 sessions of 1.5 hours each, and must link to the ordinary scientific disciplines (i.e. soil, plant, animal, economics, social).

Proceedings of the Scientific Track of the Organic World Congress on Organic Eprints

• Rahmann, G; Andres, C.; Yadav, A.K.; Ardakani, M.R.; Babalad, H.B.; Devakumar, N.; Goel, S.L.; Olowe, V; Ravisankar, N.; Saini, J.P.; Soto, G. und Willer, H. (Eds.) (2017) Innovative Research for Organic 3.0 - Proceedings of the Scientific Track. Volume 1.  Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Braunschweig, 1, Thünen report, Nr. 54, S. 1-511. Proceedings zu: Organic World Congress 2017, Delhi, India, 9-11 November 2107.
• Rahmann, G; Andres, C.; Yadav, A.K.; Ardakani, M.R.; Babalad, H.B.; Devakumar, N.; Goel, S.L.; Olowe, V; Ravisankar, N.; Saini, J.P.; Soto, G. und Willer, H. (Eds.) (2017) Innovative Research for Organic 3.0 - Proceedings of the Scientific Track. Volume 2. Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Braunschweig, 2, Thünen report, Nr. 54, S. 512-808. Proceedings zu: Organic World Congress 2017, Delhi, India, 9-11 November 2107.

In addition, TIPIis organising the OWC pre-conference "Accelerating innovation - the role of science, policy and practice".

Weblinks

• IFOAM.bio: Website of the OWC 2017
• IFOAM.bio: Scientific track

• Prof Dr G. Rahmann, International Society of Organic Agriculture Research (ISOFAR), Germany, chairman Scientific Board
• Prof Dr V. Olowe, Boeard member of the International Society of Organic Agriculture Research (ISOFAR)., Nigeria
• Prof Dr R. Ardakani, Boeard member of the International Society of Organic Agriculture Research (ISOFAR), Iran
• Dr A.K. Yadav, Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), India, chairman of the Scientific Board Members from Indi
• Dr J.P. Saini, Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya/Hill Agricultural University of India (HPKV, Palampur, India
• Dr N. Ravisankar,
• ICAR-IIFSR: Indian Council of Agricultural Research - Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research (ICAR-IIFSR), Modipuram, India
• Dr H.B. Babalad (UAS, Dharwad, India)
• Dr N. Devakumar, University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Bangalore, India
• Dr S.L. Goel, Worldwide Association for Preservation and Restoration of Ecological Diversity (WAPRED), India
• G. Soto, COSA, Costa Rica, Council member of the Technology Innovation Platform of IFOAM - Organcis International
• Dr H. Willer, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, Frick, Switzerland, Council member of the Technology Innovation Platform of IFOAM - Organics International
• Mr C. Andres, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, Frick, Switzerland, Council member of the Technology Innovation Platform of IFOAM - Organics International

All papers should at least outline an answer to the question: "How does your research contribute to Organic 3.0?" Submissions should be full papers of at least two, but no more than four, A4 pages. The deadline fot submission was November 30th, 2016.

1. Further criteria for the selection of oral papers and posters are as follows:
2. Does the research address organic farming?
3. Does the paper fulfill scientific standards?
4. Does the paper provide solutions to future challenges?
5. Does the paper represent diversity in terms of regions, gender, ages, topics?

Please use this Word document template to base your submission on:

Example paper for OWC 2017 scientific track