International Food Information Council

Background The International Food Information Council (IFIC) describes itself as an โ€œeducational organization focused on nutrition, food safety and agriculture.โ€ The IFIC Foundation, the groupโ€™s nonprofit arm incorporated in 1991, states its mission as โ€œeffectively communicating science-based information on health, nutrition […]

CropLife Europe (formerly European Crop Protection Association)

Background CropLife Europe is a trade association representing the agrichemical industry in Europe. Its corporate members include Adama, BASF, Bayer Crop Science, Corteva Agriscience, FMC, Syngenta, and UPL. The organization was known as the European Crop Protection Association (ECPA) until January 2021, when […]

Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture (GACSA)

Background The Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA) was launched in 2014 by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). GACSA describes itself as an โ€œinclusive, voluntary and action-oriented multi-stakeholder platform on Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA).โ€1โ€œGACSA โ€“ Global Alliance on Climate-Smart Agriculture,โ€ Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. Archived November 10, 2020. Archive.fo URL: […]

CropLife International

Background CropLife International is a trade association for the worldโ€™s main agrochemical and agricultural biotech companies. The group describes itself as โ€œthe voice of the global plant science industryโ€, and its members include Bayer, Syngenta, BASF, Corteva Agriscience and FMC. CropLife International has 15 member associations listed on its website, including CropLife America, and the […]

Cornell Alliance for Science

Background Cornell Alliance for Science describes itself as โ€œa global communications effort that promotes evidence-based decision-making in agriculture.โ€ The organisation is based in the Department of Global Development within Cornell Universityโ€™s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.2โ€œWho We Are,โ€ Cornell Alliance for Science. […]

Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)

Background The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) describes itself as an โ€œalliance led by Africans with roots in farming communities across the continent.โ€1 โ€œOur Storyโ€, AGRA. Archived November 9, 2020, Archive.vn URL: https://archive.vn/C10D2 It says on its website that โ€œwe understand that African farmers need uniquely African solutions designed to meet their […]

COPA-COGECA

Background COPAโ€“COGECA is the combination of two major European farming lobby groups: COPA (Committee of Professional Agricultural Organisations), which represents farmers, and COGECA (General Confederation of Agricultural Cooperatives in the European Union), which represents European agri-cooperatives. The two groups […]

National Farmers’ Union (UK)

Background The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) represents farmers and growers in England and Wales, formed in 1908. The NFU says its purpose is โ€œto champion British agriculture and horticulture, to campaign for a stable and sustainable future for British farmers and to secure the best possible deal for our members.โ€ The group has more than […]

American Farm Bureau Federation

Background The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF or the Farm Bureau) describes itself as the โ€œunified national voice of agricultureโ€ in the US. The AFBF acts as the cornerstone organization in a network of affiliated state-level Farm Bureau non-profits and insurance providers. For decades, the […]

Crop Protection Association (UK)

Background The Crop Protection Association (CPA) describes itself as โ€œthe voice of the UK plant science industryโ€. The group was previously called the British Agrochemicals Association when it was formed in 1979 before changing its name in 2000. 2โ€œCrop Protection Association Ltd,โ€ […]