What is ILEIA?

ILEIA the Centre for Information on Low External Input and Sustainable Agriculture, is an independent organization with the mandate to contribute to poverty alleviation through the promotion of agro-ecological approaches.

ILEIA has chosen the collection and dissemination of information as a means of contributing to improving the development options available to farmers, by informing those either directly involved in, or indirectly affecting, rural development. Information disseminated by ILEIA is freely available to all who wish to use and/or reproduce it.

ISO 9001 certified

As from March 2006, ILEIA is ISO 9001 - 2000 certified by Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance, Rotterdam. This is a certificate of quality assurance relating to our administrative procedures, as well as to our planning, reporting, monitoring and evaluation procedures. This ensures efficient and effective working practices.

Background

In working towards its mission of contributing to poverty alleviation through the promotion of agro-ecological approaches, ILEIA supports the search for sustainable alternatives to conventional high-input agriculture by collecting, analysing and exchanging information on practical field experiences of small farmers, particularly those in resource-poor areas in the South. In the process, ILEIA co-operates with many other organisations and individuals in promoting ecologically sound agriculture throughout the world.

The main target group is Field-level development workers working directly with farmers, within national governments, NGOs, research institutions or other projects. The LEISA Magazines are also read and appreciated by academics, researchers in universities and policy makers.

Financial support

ILEIA is supported by the Dutch Directorate-general for International Cooperation (DGIS), the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and a small number of paying subscribers. If you would like to become a paying subscriber to the LEISA Magazine or make a donation to ILEIA please contact us.

The Board

ILEIA is very fortunate in having the support of the very highly qualified development professionals who constitute the Board of the Stichting ILEIA Foundation. The Board is actually chaired by
Dr Teresa Fogelberg, Associate Director Global Reporting; former Director of Research, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; former Director of Climate Change, Ministry VROM; Head Audit Committee ICARDA/CGIAR (International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas/Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research); Board member of Cordaid. Its other members are:
Dr Paul Engel. Director ECDPM (European Centre for Development Policy Management);
Dr Guido Gryseels. Director General, Africa Museum, Belgium; Chair, Board of Trustees ICARDA; former Executive Secretary, Impact Assessment and Evaluation Group of the Technical Advisory Committee of the CGIAR; and
Drs Henny Helmich. Director NCDO (Nationale Commissie voor Internationale Samenwerking en Duurzame Ontwikkeling); former Director of the Research and Development Institute of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development). All members of the Board have extensive professional experience within the development sector and have leading positions in development oriented organisations in the Netherlands and Belgium. All of them are also members of other Boards of development organisations.

Contact

ILEIA
PO Box 2067
3800 CB Amersfoort
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0)33 467 3870
Fax: +31 (0)33 463 2410
E-mail: ileia@ileia.nl