| 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 maximise 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 organised 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.
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