Uganda National Integrated Assessment launch

Kampala, Uganda, 20 October 2005

This UNEP-UNCTAD Capacity Building Task Force on Trade, Environment and Development (CBTF) initiative on integrated assessment of organic agricultural production and trade aims to enhance the capacities of Government Ministries and national institutions in participating countries to apply integrated assessment methodologies to maximize the potential benefits from production and trade in organic agricultural products.

This initiative has been developed in response to needs identified during CBTF stakeholder consultations, and international declarations and recommendations calling for the development of capacity-building activities to support organic agricultural initiatives.

This integrated assessment initiative in Uganda is one component of the larger CBTF project "Promoting Production and Trading Opportunities for Organic Agricultural Products in East Africa", which includes capacity-building studies, integrated assessments in two other countries, and a regional cooperation component.

A multistakeholder national workshop is being organized on 20 October 2005 in Kampala, Uganda. At this launch the implementation team will share the background paper with a wide group of organic agriculture stakeholders and discuss current assessment activities and future directions.

Documents and Presentations

	Title	Author	File
	Background Study on Organic Agriculture in Uganda - An IAP Background Paper	ACODE
	Challenges of Organic Production and Trade in Uganda with Specific Reference to Certification	UgoCert
	Participatory Process for Conducting the Integrated Assessment of the Organic Agriculture sub -Sector in Uganda	Advocates Coalition for Development & Environment
	Status and Challenges to Organic Agricultural Production in Uganda	NOGAMU Coordinator, Organic Agricultural Development in Uganda
	UNCTAD’s Technical Cooperation and Capacity Building in the Area of Trade, Environment and Development	UNCTAD

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