TASKS AND POSITION OF THE IOBC/WPRS IP-COMMISSION; AN EVALUATION OF THE ROLE OF IP GUIDELINES I-III

The IOBC/WPRS Commission on “Integrated Production” was established in 1977 and reactivated in 1990 with the task of formulating a basic document which defined Integrated Production/Integrated Farming, described the strategy to follow, described the standards for implementation and appraised the implementation procedure.
This basis document has been published in the OIBC/WPRS Bulletin 16(1).

IOBC Guidelines are organized in a hierarchical way.
Technical Guidelines I and II set the requirements for the IP-Organizations and their members (Guideline I) and the IOBC Guidelines valid for all farms (Guideline II). Guidelines III refer to specific crops.
They are developed by the horizontal Working Groups and they are approved by the Commission.
Guidelines I, II and III serve as the reference to evaluate the guidelines of national or regional IP-Organizations.

Any IP-Organization seeking the endorsement of the IOBC must send the requested documents (statutes, guidelines, inspection protocols …). The documents are evaluated by members of the Commission and of the WG and the Organization is visited in place before a decision is made.
The endorsed Organization is entitled to use the sentence “Endorsed by IOBC” in its logo.
The endorsement is valid for 5 years.

The main aims of the Commission for the future are to encourage the production of more Guidelines III for specific crops, to maintain high IP standards and to close the links with the European Union.

International Conference on Integrated Fruit Production

J. Avilla

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1996.422.2