Building professionalism and breaking into the global food supply chain is the key ambition of the ISO International Workshop Agreement (IWA 29), Professional farmer organizations.
Use of this ISO deliverable will help to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers through increased opportunities for trade, improved supplier relationships and greater customer satisfaction.
Learn more about how with this free webinar, co-organized by ISO and NEN, open to all.
This 90-minute webinar will cover:
- An overview of different types of ISO deliverables
- The processes of adopting ISO deliverables using ISO/IEC Guide 21
- What an IWA is, and how to use it effectively
- What IWA 29, Professional farmer organizations is about
- Experiences of countries who are using the document
You will also hear the perspective of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) on how this document can effectively build the professionalism of smallholder farmer organizations in emerging markets.
This event will be useful primarily to ISO members in developing countries and their stakeholders, including relevant government ministries (Ministries of Agriculture, Ministries of Environment, Ministries of Trade), farm cooperatives, farmer associations, farmer unions, private holdings, conformity assessment and certification bodies and micro, small and medium enterprises involved in the sector.
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English with simultaneous interpretation into French and Spanish
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who
Open to all