Member organisations include: ECPA (European Crop Protection Association), ELO (European Landowners Organization), FEFAC (European Feed Manufacturers' Federation), Fertilizers Europe, IFAH-Europe (International Federation of Animal Health-Europe) as well as SAI-Platform (Sustainable Agriculture Initiative Platform) are associated EISA members.
The purpose of the Association is: The "EISA Integrated Farming Framework" is one focal point of the organisation's activities.
A first working paper on such a European definition and characterisation of integrated farming was presented by EISA in July 2003.
Following discussions with a wide range of European experts, a second draft was published in November 2005, and the fine-tuned full paper in September 2006.
In this detailed guideline, integrated farming is characterised as sustainable production system which allows farmers to optimise their farm management, to raise further awareness and continually improve everyday practice on farm in order to meet future environmental, economic and social challenges and hence achieve parallel progress in all dimensions of sustainable development.