ÖKO:global

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IFOAM is the worldwide umbrella organization for the organic movement. It observes and supports an ecologically, socially and economically balanced and responsible policy. In this capacity IFOAM gives advice to governments, to the EU and to the United Nations. IFOAM leads worldwide congresses and presentations with different topics about organic agriculture. In addition IFOAM has a part in the development of international quality standards and the agricultural legislation of EU.IFOAM is – despite of its international and political importance - almost unknown in the German-speaking public. The discussion about organic agriculture is mainly not disputed in a global frame. Even in schools the organic economy and the organic agriculture is conveyed as a smallholder niche production, which considerably falls short of the reality. The operational reality and the socio-economical chances of the organic economy are unknown in the public. Also the global network of the organic economy in pro