Call for papers IFOAM – WFTO for Delhi 2017
The 14th WFTO Biennial Conference will be held from 9 to 13 November 2017 in New Delhi, India simultaneously with the 19th Organic World Congress (OWC) 2017 organized by the International Foundation for Organic Agriculture (IFOAM). IFOAM and WFTO are aiming to build synergies between these two events.
The ‘Marketing and Quality Assurance Track'” of the OWC will discuss innovative ideas to shorten the value chain, to create systems that build relationships founded upon trust and mutual respect between all actors, to provide effective marketing methods, and to create alliances between organic and Fair Trade organizations. Emerging trends in quality assurance, for instance Participatory Guarantee System (PGS), Fair Trade Guarantee System, and other alternative and integrative systems will be presented.
The Track Committee, of which WFTO is a member, calls for papers that are elaborating on these thoughts. There will be 12 sessions over the three days. Each session will have 3-4 oral presentations and 3 poster presentations. The Track Committee will screen received papers and invite selected speakers that are committed to participate in the OWC 2017.
Themes of the sessions:
1. Markets as engines of growth and development for farmers in organic and fair trade movements
2. Alliances of organic and fair trade for sustainable market development
3. Small is beautiful – success stories of farmers markets
4. Local markets vs export markets
5. Engagement with consumer and consumer organizations (or other networks of the civil society) to promote the organic and fair trade markets.
6. Fair pricing and profit sharing along the supply chain from producer to retailer
7. Use of modern communication technologies to shorten the supply chain from the producer to the consumer
8. Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) – strengthening the grass root organic movement
9. Innovations in PGS – wild harvest, processing & trade
10. Case studies of further alternatives to conventional certification systems for organic and fair trade
11. Opportunities and challenges in third party certification systems
12. The future in integrity and trust building
If you are interested in submitting a paper, please go to the IFOAM Conference 2017 web page and follow the instructions.
Please, note that the deadline for submission is 30 September 2016.
For more details please contact Dr. Rudi Dalvai at rudi.dalvai@wfto.com