TY  - BOOK
CY  - Ecology Fair Izmir (Gaziemir / Izmir/ Türkiye)
Y1  - 2022/05/27/
TI  - 4
th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE IN MEDITERRANEAN 
CLIMATES: THREATS AND SOLUTIONS
A1  - Cömert Acar, Muazzez
A1  - Kir, Alev
N2  - Because of the pandemic Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, 4th IFOAM AgriBioMediterraneo (IFOAM 
ABM) Conference on Organic Agriculture and 11th Ecology ?zmir Fair activities were postponed in 
2020 to a later date. After 2 years, the Ecology fair organized on 26-29 May 2022 in Gaziemir ?zmir 
Türkiye. The 4
th International Conference on Organic Agriculture in Mediterranean Climates: 
Threats and Solutions organized together with Ecological Agricultural Organization Association 
(ETO), IFOAM AgriBioMediterraneo (IFOAM ABM), International Society of Organic Farming 
Research (ISOFAR), Ege University Agriculture Faculty, the Aegean Exporters' Associations, ?zmir 
Fair Services Culture and Art Works Trade. Inc. (IZFA?) and Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of 
Bari (CIHEAM Bari). The Conference was a three-day meeting consisting of oral and poster 
presentations and panel discussions. The Conference was organized at the ?zmir Fair (Gaziemir) 
Conference Hall, which also hosts two fairs as Ekoloji for organic products and services, OLIVTECH 
Olive, Olive Oil, Dairy Products, Wine & Technologies Fair during the same period. This created an 
opportunity to visit stands and meet the exhibitors.
The 4
th International Conference on Organic Agriculture in Mediterranean Climates: Threats and 
Solutions aimed to bring together academia and practice in the Mediterranean as well as in regions 
where Mediterranean climate prevails. The participants could be able to discuss different facets of the 
threats of today and future posed on organic agriculture and deliver applicable solutions during the 
conferance. The climate change issue was a major threat with high probability and high impact on land, 
water biodiversity and human resources, which in turn affects the system designs, production patterns, 
pest, disease, and weed prevalence, human resources, and the marketing channels of organic goods 
and services. The Mediterranean Sea is already a tragic symbol of migration. Migration whether 
domestic from rural towards urban or to other countries, or from one continent to the other will be 
triggered with the climate change and others as economic or political instability. Aging of the population 
especially in rural requires innovative solutions not only in agriculture but also in related fields. Organic 
agriculture with basic principles that favor health of the soil, plant, animal, human and planet as 
indivisible can bring solutions for agroecosystem management to overcome challenges of climate 
change and deliver healthy and nutritious produce. Services brought by can be better preserved, 
managed and/or diversified. The Mediterranean diversity embeds healthy diets, culture, and tourism as 
regional values. Sharing research results, experiences and best practices could contribute to identify 
the problems and threats, to discuss sustainability point of view, to derive applicable solutions and to 
establish cooperation for future networking. This very rich and diverse programme was only possible 
thanks to a strong engagement of the organizing committee (Alexis Giannarakis, Alev K?r, Barbaros 
Çetinel, Constantinos Machairas, Ebru P?nar Saygan Ayayd?n, Emre Bilen, Gökçem Delibacak, 
Muazzez Cömert Acar, Nebahat K?l?ç, Nurhayat Bayturan, O?uz A?ç?o?lu, Osman Çetin, Uygun Aksoy, 
Ülfet ERDAL) and the support of the with ETO, IFOAM ABM, ISOFAR, Ege University Agriculture 
Faculty, The Aegean Exporters' Associations, IZFA?. CIHEAM-Bari and TÜB?TAK. We very much 
acknowledge the support by members of the Scientific Advisory Board, which helped to review the 
papers. A special thanks go to Prof. Dr. Uygun AKSOY and Özge Ç?ÇEKL? from ETO for their support 
and Prof. Dr. Gerold RAHMANN from ISOFAR for backup-help with the proceedings. A big thank you 
to all the presenters for providing interesting papers.
ID  - orgprints49890
UR  - https://orgprints.org/id/eprint/49890/
AV  - public
PB  - This conference abstract e?book was pressed by ETO Derne?i.
ED  - CÖMERT ACAR, Muazzez
ED  - Kir, Alev
ER  -