IFOAM (International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements - since 2008 officially IFOAM - Organics International) is a globally active umbrella organisation founded in 1972 with over 800 member organisations in more than 120 countries on almost every continent. It unites and represents the international organisations of organic and ecological agriculture. One of its main tasks is the global coordination, networking and political representation of all interest groups involved.

The mission of IFOAM is to promote and lead the worldwide organic movement in its diversity and holistic nature. The aim is the global realisation of ecologically, socially and economically sustainable systems based on the basic principles of organic agriculture. This includes promoting the exchange of information, the development of an overarching structure for coordination and strategic agreement between the organisations involved, as well as the global acceptance and further development of organic agricultural systems.
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