The 1st African Organic Conference held in Kampala, Uganda, was a success.
More than 200 participants representing a large number of institutions in Africa as well as institutions from outside Africa, mainly Europe participated in the conference.
Fast tracking sustainable development
The conference theme was "Fast tracking sustainable development in Africa through harnessing Organic Agriculture and Biotechnology." Several aspects of this were addressed during the conference through presentations, posters and workshops.
The 1st African Organic Conference attracted and connected a large number of stakeholders from the organic sector: researchers, developers, companies sector, organic organisations, farmers, etc.
Workshop report is ready for download
The workshop report "Organic Agriculture for Improved Food Security in Africa: Recommendation to Future Development" has been published and is available below.
Among numerous presenters initiating the workshop discussions, the Director of ICROFS, Dr. Niels Halberg, gave a paper on ‘Challenges in Meeting European Consumer Demands for Organic Products from Africa.’
ICROFS was sponsor and collaborator of the conference
In addition to being sponsor and collaborator of the 1st African Organic Conference, ICROFS contributed to the scientific programme. With the support of Danish Development Research Network (DDRN), ICROFS, in collaboration with University of Aarhus and Organic Denmark, organised a workshop on the fourth conference day with focus on organic agriculture and food security.
Four sub-workshop discussions
The theme and discussions of the sub-workshop co-organised by ICROFS was based on the findings of a recent UNEP/UNCTAD report ‘Organic Agriculture and Food Security in Africa’.
The 4 parallel workshop group discussions that followed the presentations focussed on:
Group 1: How to address the need for development of agro-ecological methods for improved food security, stability and access for smallholder farmers
Group 2: How to address capacity building in organic agriculture at different levels
Group 3: How to strengthen community level development through organic agriculture
Group 4: How to support chain development and market access
Conference programme
See the full conference programme conference programme at the official
