This year, Biofach will be held for the first time as an eSpecial from 17 to 19 February - FiBL will also be present and will provide insights into modern and innovative research in organic agriculture. In addition to presentations by FiBL researchers at the Biofach Congress, where the latest results and trends in organic research will be presented, FiBL's exhibitor profile, the virtual Biofach stand, will focus on the topics of sustainability, international sourcing & sector development, input evaluation, organic seed and plant breeding as well as consultancy for the assessment and prevention of residues. We look forward to your virtual visit and valuable exchange.

Information on FiBL presentations can be found below and under biofach.fibl.org.

12 pm to 1 pm: New Plant breeding Techniques and Organic Farming: scientific, regulatory and consumer issues (Forum Wissenschaft, Stream 1)
biofach.fibl.org/en/biofach-all/biofach-2021.html

4 pm to 4.45 pm: The World of Organic Agriculture (Forum Biofach, Stream 3)
biofach.fibl.org/en/biofach-all/biofach-2021.html

5 pm to 6 pm: The European Market for Organic Food at BIOFACH eSPECIAL (Forum Biofach, Stream 5)
biofach.fibl.org/en/biofach-all/biofach-2021.html

9 am to 10.30 am: EU Farm to Fork strategy. Do we have the right ingredients? (Forum Politk, Stream 4)
biofach.fibl.org/en/biofach-all/biofach-2021.html

12 pm to 12.45 pm: Strategies to communicate the benefits of organic breeding (Forum Biofach, Stream 1)
biofach.fibl.org/en/biofach-all/biofach-2021.html

12 pm to 12.45 pm: Code of Practice for organic processors: findings from the European project ProOrg (Forum Wissenschaft, Stream 3)
biofach.fibl.org/en/biofach-all/biofach-2021.html

2 pm to 3.30 pm: Global Organic Market Overview (Forum Biofach, Stream 3)
biofach.fibl.org/en/biofach-all/biofach-2021.html

2 pm to 2.45 pm: Cleaning and desinfection in organic processing: where does the legal journey go (Forum Biofach, Stream 5)
biofach.fibl.org/en/biofach-all/biofach-2021.html

3 pm to 3.45 pm: Organic processing, quo vadis? (Forum Biofach, Stream 4)
biofach.fibl.org/en/biofach-all/biofach-2021.html

3 pm to 4.45 pm: Preisverleihung 2021 - Forschungspreis Bio-Lebensmittelwirtschaft: BioThesis (Stream 1)
biofach.fibl.org/en/biofach-all/biofach-2021.html

9 am to 9.45 am: Phosphonic Acid (PA) in organic, a case on its own (Forum Wissenschaft, Stream 4)
biofach.fibl.org/en/biofach-all/biofach-2021.html

10 am to 11.30 am: Climate Safe Diets (Forum Biofach, Stream 3)
biofach.fibl.org/en/biofach-all/biofach-2021.html

12 pm to 1 pm: Current and future challenges for ICS certified organic smallholder groups (Forum Biofach, Stream 5)
biofach.fibl.org/en/biofach-all/biofach-2021.html

2 pm to 2.45 pm: Innovations on organic seed and plant breeding and presentation of new European organic seed router database (Forum Biofach, Stream 5)
biofach.fibl.org/en/biofach-all/biofach-2021.html

3 pm to 3.45 pm: Aromen in Bio-Lebensmitteln – Was darf künftig eingesetzt werden? (Forum Biofach, Stream 5)
biofach.fibl.org/en/biofach-all/biofach-2021.html

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Yours sincerely,
Andreas Basler and Helga Willer
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