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Organic Agriculture Professionals in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria

Nigeria

Capacity building funded by donors and dissemination of research finding via annual conferences. We have had 7 annual conferences in various universities located in different parts of the country. Our major source of income comes include annual members dues . On average, participants in each conference is 50 and that amount to about 50,000 naira (equivalent of about US$300). However, sale of annual proceeding is normally income to off-set LOC expenditure. The annual conferences take place Se...

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Organic Egypt Foundation

Egypt

Our Foundation promotes organic and regenerative agriculture in Egypt by training farmers, developing educational programs, and creating awareness content. We work with national and international partners to enhance farming practices, improve rural livelihoods, and strengthen Egypt’s sustainable food system.
Our work also focuses on innovation, strategic development, and policy engagement to drive long-term transformation in the sector:
Infrastructure Development: Establishing key facilitie...

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Organisation Béninoise pour la Promotion de l’Agriculture Biologique

Benin

Development of technologies for organic agriculture, dissemination of technologies, support of farmers organisations in production, certification issues and commercialisation.

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Participatory Ecological Land Use Management Association Kenya

Kenya

Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) Kenya is a national network which currently comprises of 61 Member Organizations (MOs).

PELUM Kenya works with its Member Organizations to promote ecological land use principles and management practices for improved livelihoods among small scale farmers and pastoralists in Kenya. The members of PELUM Kenya are Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Community Based Or-ganizations (CBOs) and other networks working with small scale farmers...

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Rural Self Help Development Association (RSDA)

Lesotho

Rural Self-Help Development Association (RSDA) is a non-governmental organization registered in 1991 under Lesotho Societies Act of 1966. RSDA works with smallholder farming community to promote sustainable agriculture, agricultural market development from farm to fork, environmental conservation, demonstrations and advocacy.
RSDA has over 30 years of experience in community mobilisation, capacity building of rural communities, nurturing collaborative relations with stakeholders, income gen...

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Rwanda Organic Agriculture Movement

Rwanda

Rwanda Organic Agricultural Movement (ROAM) is a national umbrella organization for individuals and entities engaged in organic agriculture and related activities in Rwanda. It was established in 2007 and was legally registered in 2014 by the Rwanda Governance Board (RGB). ROAM members comprise of farmers, processors, exporters, importers, and service providers involved in the cultivation, processing, and marketing of various organic products. ROAM's key activities are related to raise awar...

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SEKEM

Egypt

The SEKEM Group of Companies is a part of the SEKEM Initiative founded in 1977 by Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish to strengthen Sustainable Development in Egypt by producing, processing, and marketing Organic and Biodynamic foodstuff, textiles, and phyto-pharmaceuticals in Egypt, the Arab World, and on international markets. SEKEM has been widely praised as an “Egyptian organic pioneer” and has received the 2003 Right Livelihood Award (“Alternative Nobel Prize”) as a „Business Model for the 21th Centur...

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SeraWild Coffee

Uganda

We are growing organic coffee, no chemicals, no synthetic pesticides or ferterlizers.
We extract liquid from native plants that are known to have pest repelling properties and we use them as pesticides and for plant nutrients. We are use organic compost manure to enrich the soil and have a zero tillage policy. We have been driving the organic concept through twitter and also encouraging local communities.

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South African Organic Sector Organisation

South Africa

SAOSO is the NATIONAL non-profit organisation consisting of individuals, groups and organisations of people throughout the country, who identify with the aims of SAOSO. It is a public organisation established to create, maintain and service a vibrant professional, cooperative and credible organic community that will contribute profoundly towards improving sustainable health and wellness of the environment and society.

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Sylvia Kuria

Kenya

Sylvia's Basket is an organic farm and market founded by Sylvia Kuria in Limuru, Kenya. It focuses on agroecological farming, training small-scale farmers, and connecting them to markets. Sylvia started by growing food for her own consumption, then expanded to selling fresh organic produce, particularly indigenous African vegetables. The farm also serves as a training hub, teaching farmers how to grow food organically and use sustainable practices. Over time, Sylvia has built a network of far...

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SYMABIO

Madagascar

Created in March 2011 at the initiative of operators aware of the economic, social and environmental stakes involved in the sector, and of the need to form a group to raise awareness and play a key role in promoting organic farming. Its main mission is to promote Malagasy organic agriculture in all its forms, both nationally and internationally.

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The African Organic Network (AfrONet)

Tanzania

AfrONet is the continental organization of organic actors in Africa established in 2012 to lead, unite, network and facilitate development of organic sectort through policy dialogue, capacity building, information and communication hub and facilitating organic value chain development and trade.

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The Biodynamic Agricultural Association of Southern Africa

South Africa

The Biodynamic Agricultural Association of Southern Africa (BDAASA) is a non-profit, voluntary, membership-based association of individuals practising and/or supporting the practice of biodynamic farming. BDAASA holds the Demeter standards as the benchmark for biodynamic agriculture. BDAASA offers a 2-year internationally recognised on-farm training program, which is quality assured by the Crossfields Institute . BDAASA also heads a Demeter PGS programme, a participatory system that promot...

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Tiipaalga

Burkina Faso

tiipaalga works with farmer families and women in Burkina Faso and provides them with training and equipement, grants them microcredit loans and expertise.
Our results:
-we work in 300 villages with 328 enlarged families and women’s groups
-More than 984 ha hectares of growing forests are protected in the long term
-More than 700 000 trees are sustainably protected
-Within the protected land 160 different species may be found, including some rare native trees
-Sustainable organic agr...

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Wad African Foods Limited

Ghana

WAD is the acronym of Weija Agricultural Development. The company started in the year 2000 with the aim of participating in the fight against poverty and continuous dependence of the rural poor in Ghana. The company export fresh and dried fruits produced by small scale farmers in Ghana. Products exported are pineapple, coconut, mango, papaya and coconuts. Wad's products are exported to Switzerland and Europe

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West Africa Organic Network

Senegal

West African Organic Network is a network committed to promoting agroecology and organic agriculture in West Africa. Our objective is to develop a unique ecological organic agriculture sector based on the principles of health, ecology, fairness, and care, ensuring food security, food sovereignty, and sustainable employment and incomes.

Our main activities include:

- Network Strengthening: Mapping and enrolling new members, organizing General Assemblies, and facilitating sub-regional...

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