Conference Photos

Plenary Sessions

Plenary 1

Plenary 2

Plenary 3

Plenary 4

Plenary 5

Plenary 6

Plenary 7

Speaker's Biodata

Workshops

Workshop 1 Animal Husbandry-composting

Workshop 1 Fruits & Vegetables

Workshop 1 Rice

Workshop 2 Certification & Regulations

Workshop 2 Market Trend & Communications

Workshop 2 Other Market Assurance Systems

Workshop 2 Organising Small Producers & Fair Trade

Testimonials

“It was a great pleasure for me to make a number of new friends and the meeting was very useful for me and also for the IAASTD next steps”
Dr. Hans Harren, Keynote Speaker
President, Millennium Institute USA

“It was a great experience and it was fruitful in building up the momentum for Participatory Guarantee System [PGS] that is dear to our hearts here in India and elsewhere in Asia. We are continuing the interaction with the
delegates from Indonesia and Sri Lanka who are in the process of adopting PGS right away. We are also interacting with representatives from other countries, especially Philippines to build up the regional network. Thank you for the opportunity!”
Miguel Braganca
Additional Director, Organic Farming Association of India (OFAI), India

“We made the most of the conference!! Let’s remain in touch and see how the good work begun there can be taken forward for the best interests of organic stakeholders across Asia and rest of world.”
Manoj Kumar Menon
Executive Director, International Competence Centre for Organic Agriculture (ICCOA), India

“Thank you to the conference organizers for an excellent job on an interesting meeting at a very nice venue.”
Ulrich Hoffmann
Chief, Trade and Sustainable Development Section, UNCTAD Switzerland

“It was an interesting and good organized event. Bravo!”
Daniel Valenghi
Country Director, Helvetas Vietnam

“I should thank you more for your great hospitality. I enjoyed myself in your beautiful country and didn’t hear any complaint about your good job!”
Mr. You Wenpeng
Manager of International Business, Organic Food Development and Certification Center (OFDC) China

“You have all been very wonderful, always helpful and never missing to smile!”
Rodel G. Maghirang
Researcher, Institute of Plant Breeding, University of the Philippines, Philippines

“I was so positively impressed by the conference organizing; and I thank you and everyone else at SDI again for your excellent hosting. It is a very nice memory for me, and I hope to be able to attend another conference in Sarawak sometime”.
Diane Bowen, ITF representative, Germany

Discussion Forum

Conference Report - Organic ASIA – The Way Forward