1. What is organic agriculture?

Organic agriculture includes all agricultural systems that promote the environmentally. Socially and economically sound production of food and fibres. These systems take local fertility as a key to successful production. By respecting the natural capacity of plants, animals and the landscape, it aims to optimize quality in all aspects of agriculture and the environment, organic agriculture dramatically reduces external inputs by refraining from the use of chemo-syntheric fertilizers, pesticides, and pharmaceuticals. instead it allows the powerful laws of nature to increase both agricultural yields and disease resistance. Organic agriculture adheres to globally accepted principles. Which are implemented within local social-economic, geoclimatical and cultural settings. As a logical consequence, IFOAM stresses and supports the development of self-supporting systems on local and regional levels.