02FRIDAY OCTOBER

08:30 – 09:00

09:00 – 09:45

12:30 – 13:30

10:15 – 12:30

13:30 – 15:30

16:00 – 18:00

18:30 – 21:00

09:45 – 10:15 15:30 – 16:00

18:00 – 18:30

REGISTRATION

OPENING CERMONY

Lunch

DIRECT MARKETING SOLUTIONS

EXTENSION & EDUCATION

FARMING STRATEGIES

Official dinner & cultural performance

DAY 1 - CONCLUSIONS & CLOSING

Coffee Break Coffee Break

MARKUS ARBENZ Executive Director, IFOAM - Organics International

DR. SEUNG-YONG RADeputy Administrator, RDA, South Korea

RALPH HOUTMANMarketing and Rural Finance Officer, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

DR. SHEIKH MOHAMMED RAFIUL HUQUE (Bangladesh)Trustworthiness of organic produces in urban market: innovation through Quick Response (QR) code

MRINILA SINGH (Nepal)Local organic market in urban and semi-urban areas: A case study of Kathmandu valley & Chitwan district of Nepal

EKADASHI NANDI (India)Short chain markets & consumer relationships

NIKKO LAORDEN (Phillippines)Is there a market for organic vegetables in Davao city?: The “organic” paradox

HANA INDRIANA (Indonesia)Key elements of community development to support direct marketing solutions

GRACE GERSHUNY (USA)The organic revolution, or you can’t dismantle capitalism with a marketing plan

MICHELE MACCARI (Italy)Combining Organic Agriculture and Fairtrade certification with geographical indications

PROF. RAYMOND AUERBACH (South Africa)Quality innovations in organic training

MRINILA SINGH (Nepal)Factors impacting adoption of organic farming in Chitwan district of Nepal

BOONJIRA TANRUANG (Thailand)Organizing an organic supply chain in Thailand

KHEM RAJ DAHAL (Nepal)Agricultural knowledge management for organic farming through education and training in Nepal

AJITH DAMMIKA TENNAKOON (Sri Lanka) Organic tea

PABLITO M. VILLEGAS (Phillippines)Experimental learnings in climate change mitigation & adaptation through organic & ecological farming

DR RAM SWAROOP BANA (India)Nutrient management through organics in pearmillet & cluster bean under sole & intercropping systems

LUIS FERNANDO ZELADA BRICEÑO (Perú)Use of municipal and agricultural wastes in agricul-ture as soil conditioner and fertilizer

ISAAC NUNOO & BENEDICTA NSIAH FRIMPONG (Ghana)Factors affecting adoption of organic cocoa farming in Ghana

PROF. TED C. MENDOZA (Phillippines)Detrashing sugarcane stalks : The 1st critical step to the shift to organic farming in sugarcane production

REGIONAL CONFERENCE on

MARKETING & INNOVATION IN ORGANIC FARMING

02-03 Ocotober, 2015 | Goesan County, South Korea

85 Munmu-ro, Goesan-eup, Goesan-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea

08:30 – 10:30

13:00 – 14:00

11:00 – 13:00

14:30 – 18:30

18:30 – 21:00

10:30 – 11:00

FARMING STRATEGIES

WHAT IS ?

Lunch

SYSTEM INNOVATIONS

FIELD TRIP

Official Closing Dinner

Coffee Break

HARIDAS VARIKKOTIL RAMAN (India)P6 approach for cultivator - consumer - connectivity

NORA LILIANA PUPPI (Argentina)Argentina organic production - Importance & evolution of family farmers

ACE CERILLES (Phillippines)Gahung-gahung organic cassava farming system

SALMA HASSAN ELAMIN (Sudan)Khartoum participatory guarantee system & farming strategies

DR. YONG-KI KIM (Korea) The organic research & technology system in Korea

SHINJI HASHIMOTO (Japan) The innovation culture in the Teikei system

KEUM-SOON KWAK & JI YOUNGMOON (Korea) Innovating consumer’s behavior for health & sustainability

MICHELE MACCARI (Italy) Poverty alleviation through value chain building: A case study from Africa

DR. SHAIKH TANVEER HOSSAIN (Bangladesh) Innovation priorities for productivity increases in organic South Asia

MARKUS ARBENZ (Switzerland) Reforming organic systems globally

Visit Heuksalim Organic Seed Bank, pilot farms & organic grain factory

Visit an organic vegetable farm

Reflection by PROF. RAYMOND AUERBACH & MARKUS ARBENZ

Presentation of OFIA declaration

Dinner

Official Closing

The Organic Farming Innovation Award (OFIA) is the prize of the Organic Movement to highlight organic innovations of scientists, extension agents and practitioners. Once every three years, at the IFOAM Organic World Congress (OWC), the Rural Development Administration (RDA) of the Republic of Korea, IFOAM - Organics International and IFOAM Technology Innovation Platform (TIPI) award great organic innovations and their discoverers. By highlighting the innovations, OFIA wants to motivate innovations and to boost their uptake.

* PROGRAM SUBJECT TO MINOR CHANGES

03SATURDAY OCTOBER

TICKETS COST 100 €. TO REGISTER PLEASE CLICK HERE.

If you also register for the Organic 3.0: The Next Phase of Organic Development – Visions, Trends and Innovations, you pay 150 € for both.

SEOUL

GOESAN COUNTY

The conference will be taking place in Jungwon University where accommodation will also be arranged at 50 USD per room per night. You can find more information about the venue HERE.