1st African Organic Agriculture Conference

Kampala, Uganda, 18-22 May 2009

UNEP-UNCTAD CBTF is supporting the African Organic Conference 2009, organized by NOGAMU and the Martyrs University of Uganda which will bring together public and private African organic stakeholders for networking purposes and to share their experiences and skills. CBTF is especially involved in the organization of the first day of the event which will host the East African Organic Conference to discuss the latest developments and trends as well as general challenges and opportunities in the regional organic sector.

Documents and Presentations

	Title	Author	File
	EAC
	A short description of the African Organic Conference 2009	.
	Agenda (day 1)	.
	Main conference agenda	.
	East African Organic Conference	Secretariat
	The East African organic product standard- EAS 456:2007	RSTWG
	Country Updates: Kenya	National Coordinator Kenya Organic Agriculture Network (KOAN)
	Current Status of Organic Agriculture in Uganda	Nogamu
	Burundi: Update of the Organic Agriculture.	SIBOMANA and RURACENYEKA
	Government action and lobbying	Group 1
	Organic Sector Promotion	Group 2
	Marketing Organic Produce	Group 3
	4 – Standards and Certification	Group 4
	Organic Agriculture Sector Organic Agriculture Sector Development In Ethiopia	Addisu Alemayheu
	An overview on organic agriculture organic agriculture law of Ethiopia	Ethiopia MOARD
	Organic Standards in East Africa	Kilimohai
	Organic sector development	TOAM
	20 May
	Organic Agriculture and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)	IFOAM
	Sustainable Organic Agriculture: Win-win Measures for Climate Change and Food Security	Third World Network
	The Role of Organic Agriculture in combating Climate Change	Boku
	Impact of PGS, Farm Adoption of ICS and Group Marketing on Household Income	NOGAMU
	Contribution of contribution of organic agriculture to organic agriculture to improving household improving household incomes	Egerton Egerton University, Kenya
	Making a link between Biogas and organic argiculture in Africa	NDBP Rwanda
	Challenges in meeting European consumer demands for organic productsfrom Africa	ICROFS
	Developing Sound Organic Markets: The Kenyan Case Study	KOAN
	The East African organic product standard-EAS 456:2007	RSTWG
	Organic farming in Africa between global food markets and food sovereignty	vTI
	Best Practices for Organic for Organic Policy	UNCTAD
	Current organic markettrends and emerging policy environment impact on meeting Millenium Development Goals (MDGs)	Agro Eco Louis Bolk Inst.
	21 May
	Long-term farming systems comparisons in the tropics: First results from Kenya	FiBL
	Organic agriculture research needs in Africa: a case of Uganda	.
	Biotechnology in Organic Agriculture in Africa: a myth or an over sight	Sssekyewa and Muwanga
	Practical, sustainable & economical implementation of bio technology in organic agriculture	FITOTEC
	Indigenous biodiversity as a potential source of crops for future satisfaction of consumer demand	Ugent
	Relationship between the rich biodiversity in organic farming and best conservation practices	AdeOluwa, University of Ibadan
	Community seed production for the organic farming system in Zambia	Lubozhya
	Potential and home made bio-pesticides for African Organic Agriculture	Neuhoff & Mekuria Tadesse
	Opportunities for Utilising Biological Control in Organic Farming in Africa	Agro Eco Louis Bolk Institute
	Antimicrobial properties of some plant extracts on organisms associated with fish spoilage	University of Agriculture, Nigeria
	Antimicrobial properties of some plant extracts on organisms associated with fish spoilage, Abstract	University of Agriculture, Nigeria
	Sesame: the underexploited organic oilseed crop	UNAAB
	Sesame: the underexploited organic oilseed crop, Abstract	UNAAB
	Post harvest handling and export market quality issues for organic products in Africa	Agro Eco – Louis Bolk Institute
	Quality Systems Approach to Organic Production	Andre Leu Chair
	Hands-on electronic library For practitioners of sustainable agriculture in Africa	Infonet Biovision
	Research in Organic Agriculture: essential for successful system management and technological evolution	University of Bonn
	22 May	.
	Exploiting the potential of OA: The balance between export oriented and diversified farming for food security	Charles Walaga, UgoCert
	Exploiting the Potential of Organic agriculture: Adoption of Agro-ecological Methods and Needs for Future Adaptation and Development	Juma
	Competitive grant scheme workshop initial observations on national and zonal cgs guidelines	Dan Kitone, CGS
	Review of national and zonal cgs guidelines	Magyembe, CGS
	Is Organic Farming an Unjustified Luxury in a World With Too Many Hungry People?	ICROFS

Coordinators