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A Synthesis Of The 2Nd, 3Rd, 4Th And 5Th Isofar Scientific Conferences: Pointers To Future Frontiers Of Knowledge

Olowe, Victor I and Somefun, Olabisi (2021) A Synthesis Of The 2Nd, 3Rd, 4Th And 5Th Isofar Scientific Conferences: Pointers To Future Frontiers Of Knowledge. Paper at: Organic World Congress 2021, Science Forum: 6th ISOFAR Conference co-organised with INRA, FiBL, Agroecology Europe, TP Organics and ITAB, Rennes, France, 8 - 10 September, 2021. [Completed]

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Summary

Globally, basic and applied organic agriculture research projects are not adequately funded thereby hindering the development of innovations that can properly tackle multifarious challenges in the food and agriculture sector. A review of 1,118 scientific papers presented at the last four editions (2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th) of ISOFAR Scientific Conferences held in 2008, 2011, 2014 and 2017, respectively revealed that 45.8 – 66.6% of papers presented were on agronomy (crop and soil) followed by socio-economics. Very few scientific papers (0.0-4.0%) were based on organic aquaculture, policy issues, health and safety of organic products, and standards and certification. It is recommended that in the nearest future, inter- and transdisciplinary research projects be commissioned to explore the potential of these identified neglected research areas in solving global challenges in the food and agriculture sector.


EPrint Type:Conference paper, poster, etc.
Type of presentation:Paper
Keywords:conference, ISOFAR, organic, research areas, science track
Subjects:"Organics" in general
Research affiliation: International Conferences > 2021: Organic World Congress, Science Forum: 6th ISOFAR Conference co-organised with INRA, FiBL, Agroecology Europe, TP Organics and ITAB > Innovation in Organic farming: “Thinking outside of the box”
Nigeria
Deposited By: rey, m. frederic
ID Code:42210
Deposited On:07 Sep 2021 13:12
Last Modified:07 Sep 2021 13:12
Document Language:English
Status:Unpublished
Refereed:Peer-reviewed and accepted
Additional Publishing Information:A book of abstracts of papers of the Science Forum at the Organic World Congress 2021, September 8-10, Online and on-site in Rennes, France '6th ISOFAR Conference co-organised with INRA, FiBL, Agroecology Europe, TP Organics and ITAB' has been published

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