e-Learning Course on Successful Organic Production and Export (November 2-27, 2009)

A joint project by UNITAR and the UNEP-UNCTAD Capacity Building Task Force on Trade, Environment and Development (CBTF)

In November 2009, the course “Successful Organic Production and Export” will be launched by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) under the auspices of the Capacity Building Task Force on Trade, Environment and Development (UNEP-UNCTAD CBTF) in partnership with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR).

This course aims to build the capacities of participants to understand organic farming and its benefits, and enable them to overcome production and export challenges.

The course provides step by step guidance for conversion to organic farming, and monitoring benchmarks for quality assurance in order to meet the necessary standard and certification requirements for accessing local and international markets. The entire value chain and its formation is covered, from the moment an uncultivated piece of land is brought under organic production or a conventional farm is converted into organic, until products reach markets. The course focuses, in particular, on meeting the requirements of the EU market.

“Successful Organic Production and Export” draws on the work of leading international organisations, including UNEP, UNCTAD, FAO, ITC and FiBL, who have conducted research and long-term trials of organic farming. Building on this work, and that of other partner institutions, world renowned experts from FiBL - Switzerland (Research Institute of Organic Agriculture) with the support and advice from the experts from UNEP and UNCTAD, have created the high quality training content for this course.

Register now: Online Registration (slots are already full for this course, if you still wish to register, it will be considered in future course runs)