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Organic agriculture can and should play an important role in solving future challenges in producing food. The low level of external inputs combined with knowledge on sustainablity minimizes environmental contamination and can help to produce more food for more people without negatively impacting our environment. Organic agriculture not only includes farming as a production practice but it also includes processing, trade and consumption. Nevertheless, Organic agriculture must always evolve to overcome emerging challenges. Science-based knowledge attained through dedicated research is required to strengthen organic food and farming as a means to solve future challenges. In 2010, a global discussion about Organic 3.0 was initiated to address current problems our agri-food systems are facing. Many scientifically and practically proven results are already available to make organic agriculture a strong tool to solve some of these challenges. However, the organic agri-food system has to be developed further to fulfill its potential. The contribution of organic agriculture to help solve current problems linked to food security and environmental quality was discussed during the International Society of Organic Agricultural Research (ISOFAR) Symposium “Organic 3.0 is Innovation with Research”, held September 20–22, 2015, in conjunction with the first ISOFAR International Organic Expo, in Goesan County, Republic of Korea. Some of the world’s most active scientists in organic agriculture attended the symposium. This paper is a result of their discussions and aims to give an overview of research conducted and required to strengthen organic agriculture in its ambitions to overcome agronomic challenges, contribute to food security and protect our common environment.

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We thank the Chungbuk Province and the Geosan County of South Korea for the financial support to make the symposium “Organic 3.0 is innovation with research” in September 2015 and as result this discussion and review paper possible.

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  1. International Society of Organic Farming Research, c/o Thünen-Institute of Organic Farming, German Federal Research Centre for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fishery, Trenthorst 32, 23847, Westerau, Germany

    Gerold Rahmann

  2. Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran

    M. Reza Ardakani

  3. Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Piazza Martini della Liberta 33, 56127, Pisa, Italy

    Paolo Bàrberi

  4. Thünen-Institute of Organic Farming, German Federal Research Centre for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fishery, Trenthorst 32, 23847, Westerau, Germany

    Herwart Boehm, Jann Hendrik Moos & Rainer Oppermann

  5. Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura l’analisi dell’economia agraria (CREA), Centro per lo studio delle relazioni tra pianta e suolo (RPS), Via della Navicella 2, 00184, Rome, Italy

    Stefano Canali

  6. Division of Extension Education, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, UP, 243122, India

    Mahesh Chander

  7. Program Studi Ilmu Dan Teknologi Pangan, Universitas Bakrie, Gelanggang Mahasiswa Soemantri Brodjonegoro, Suite GF-22, Jl.H.R.Rasuna Said Kav. C-22 Kuningan, Jakarta, 12920, Indonesia

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  8. EcoPro, Aurosarjan Complex, Auroshilpam, IND-605101, Auroville, Tamil Nadu, 605101, India

    Lucas Dengel

  9. Louis Bolk Institute, Hoofdstraat 24, 3972 LA Driebergen, and VU Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1091, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Jan Willem Erisman

  10. Latin American Scientific Society of Agroecology (SOCLA) (www.socla.co), University of California, Berkley, CA, USA

    Ana C. Galvis-Martinez

  11. Department of Agricultural- and Food Marketing, Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences, University of Kassel, 37213, Witzenhausen, Germany

    Ulrich Hamm & Peter von Fragstein und Niemsdorff

  12. Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Preventive and Clinical Nutrition, University of Copenhagen, 2200, København N, Denmark

    Johannes Kahl

  13. Institute of Organic Agriculture, University of Bonn, Katzenburgweg 3, 53115, Bonn, Germany

    Ulrich Köpke & Daniel Neuhof

  14. Institute for Strategies and Technology Assessment, Julius Kühn-Institute, Stahnsdorfer Damm 81, 14532, Kleinmachnow, Germany

    Stefan Kühne

  15. Organic Agriculture Division, Department of Agricultural Environment, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration (RDA), Nongsaengmyeongro 166, Wanju-gun, Jeonbuk, 565-851, Republic of Korea

    S. B. Lee

  16. Norwegian Centre for Organic Agriculture (NORSØK), Gunnars veg 6, 6630, Tingvoll, Norway

    Anne-Kristin Løes & Atle Wibe

  17. Finnish Organic Research Institute. Natural Resources Institute Finland, University of Helsinki, Lönnrotinkatu 7, 50100, Mikkeli, Finland

    Jaakko Tapani Nuutila

  18. Institute of Food Security, Environmental Resources and Agricultural Research (IFSERAR), Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta P.M.B., Abeokuta, 2240, Nigeria

    Victor Olowe

  19. Department of Functional and Organic Food and Commodities, Faculty of Human Nutrition and Consumer Studies, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159 c, 02-787, Warszawa, Poland

    Ewa Rembiałkowska

  20. The Ceres Trust, 150 South Wacker Drive, Suite 2400, Chicago, IL, 60606, USA

    Jim Riddle

  21. ICROFS Foulum, P.O. Box 50, -8830, Tjele, DK, Denmark

    Ilse A. Rasmussen

  22. The Organic Center, Hall of the States, 444 N. Capitol St. NW, Suite 445A, Washington, D.C, 20001, USA

    Jessica Shade

  23. Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, Dankook University, Cheonan, 330-714, Republic of Korea

    Sang Mok Sohn

  24. Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research based at Addis Ababa, P.O. Box 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Mekuria Tadesse

  25. Royal University of Bhutan, Lobesa, Bhutan

    Sonam Tashi

  26. Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, 4474, New Zealand

    Alan Thatcher

  27. Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute BARI, Joydebpur, Bangladesh

    Nazim Uddin

  28. Centre for Organic Food and Farming (EPOK), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7043, 75007, Uppsala, Sweden

    Maria Wivstad

  29. College of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan Xilu Haidian District, Beijing, PC, 1000193, China

    Wu Wenliang

  30. Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60129, Ancona, Italy

    Raffaele Zanoli

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Rahmann, G., Reza Ardakani, M., Bàrberi, P. et al. Organic Agriculture 3.0 is innovation with research. Org. Agr. 7, 169–197 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13165-016-0171-5

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