IFOAM - Organics International

[3][4] There were five members at the congress representing different organizations including Lady Eve Balfour of the Soil Association of the United Kingdom, Kjell Arman of the Swedish Biodynamic Association, Pauline Raphaely of the Soil Association of South Africa, Jerome Goldstein of Rodale Press of the United States, and Roland Chevriot of Nature et Progrès of France.

[5] On 19 October 1998, participants at the 12th Scientific Conference of IFOAM - Organics International issued the Mar del Plata Declaration, where more than 600 delegates from over 60 countries voted unanimously to exclude the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food production and agriculture.

In September 2021, Karen Mapusua from Fiji was elected as the president of the organization’s world board.

[6][7] The 2021 world board was elected by the GA of IFOAM — Organics International in September 2021, the first-ever digital one.

The board appoints members to official committees, working groups, and task forces based on the recommendation of the membership of the organization.

Rașit Pertev , Secretary of the International Fund for Agricultural Development , was a keynote speaker at the 2014 Organic World Congress in Istanbul, Turkey.
Linda Bullard, former President of IFOAM - Organics International), Dr. Vandana Shiva , winner of the Right Livelihood Award , and Magda Aelvoet , Belgian Minister of State and former Health and Environment Minister, celebrate the landmark decision of the European Patent Office to uphold a decision to revoke in its entirety a patent on a fungicidal product derived from seeds of the Neem , a tree indigenous to the Indian subcontinent.