Vision & mission

Vision and core values

ICROFS’ vision is to contribute to the development of a sustainable food systems based on the organic philosophy and the organic principles. ICROFS contributes with new knowledge, which supports reliability, innovation and development of organic farming and food systems.

Mission

ICROFS’ mission is to coordinate, execute and disseminate strategic and application-oriented research of high quality, which contributes to the development of a sustainable, market-driven and competitive Danish organic sector.

Activities

The purpose of ICROFS' activities is to further develop a market-driven and competitive Danish organic sector through advancement and dissemination of research based knowledge of high international standard.

The center was established by the Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark to handle a series of tasks:

Provide research results, which can contribute to advancement of organic farming and food systems.
Coordinate, administrate and implement strategic and user-oriented research of high quality within organic farming and food systems focusing on both a national and international level.
Contribute to the development of organic farming and food systems with the purpose of improving the possibilities of converting from conventional to organic production and contribute to a general advancement of sustainable farming and food systems.
Contribute to the development and dissemination of organic farming and food systems as an implement to achieve important goals for our society in relation to environment, climate, nature, animal welfare, and regional development.

Vision of ICROFS

Our vision is that the principles of organic agriculture should become a global reference for sustainability in agriculture and food systems, due to evidence based on research and adaptive management.

Mission of ICROFS

The mission of ICROFS given by the Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries is expressed as follows:

provision of research results that may contribute to the promotion of organic farming and food systems, including agriculture, aquaculture, processing and dissemination of organic food
coordination, management and performance of strategic and user oriented, high quality research at the national as well as the international level
contribution to the development of organic farming and food systems in order to increase conversion possibilities from conventional to organic farming production and promote the sustainable development of farming and food systems as a whole
contribution to the development and dissemination of organic farming and food systems as instruments for achieving important social objectives concerning the environment, climate, nature, animal welfare and rural development

Revised 06.09.2023

Helene Uller-Kristensen