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Organizations involved in Organic Agriculture in Benin |
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Réseau de Développement d'Agriculture Durable (REDAD)
Contact person: Abel Sekpe
Email of the contact person: sulpa74@yahoo.fr
Permanent email: redadbenin@yahoo.fr
Postal address: 04 BP 0670 Cotonou République du Bénin
Phone: + 229 21 36 24 91 / + 229 95 05 25 23
Fax: + 229 21 36 24 91
Web: N/A
Year of Foundation: 1992
Mission:
- To promote sustainable organic agriculture in Benin.
Type of Organization: NGO
Scope of the Organization: National
Organic Agriculture related main activities:
- General promotion of organic agriculture
- Food Security-Women’s rights and empowerment
- Advocacy and Lobbying against GMOs and against the Alliance for the Green revolution in Africa
- International marketing and trade on organic agriculture
- Research on organic agriculture
- Rural development/Poverty Alleviation
- Extension on organic agriculture
- Policy review for organic agriculture
- Climate change
- Combating desertification
Organisation Beninoise pour la Promotion de l'Agriculture Biologique (OBEPAB)
Contact person: Dr. Simplice Davo Vodouhe
Email of the contact person: dsvodouhe@yahoo.com
Permanent email: obepab@intnet.bj
Postal address: 02 BP 8033 Cotonou, Benin
Phone: + 229 21 35 14 97
Web: www.obepab.bj
Year of Foundation: 1997
Mission:
- To promote organic agriculture and develop the expertise on this field for a more environmentally -friendly agriculture;
- To work for the development of organic and fair chains, socially and economically viable;
- To promote action research on environment and health issues;
- To sensitize stakeholders (farmers, researchers, extension agents, students, consumers, policy makers) on pesticides related risks;
- To increase farmers' self-confidence to contribute to development goals.
Type of Organization: NGO
Scope of the Organization: National
Organic Agriculture related main activities:
- General promotion of organic agriculture
- Food security
- Advocacy and lobbying against GMOs
- International marketing and trade on organic agriculture
- Education, research and training on organic agriculture
- Extension on organic agriculture
- Consumer awareness of organic products
- Policy review for organic agriculture
- Capacity building, internal control system
Karethic
Contact person: Glawadys Tawema
Email of the contact person: karethic@googlemail.com
Permanent email: contact@karethic.com
Postal address: 06 BP 3895 Cotonou, Benin
Phone: +229 21 03 57 41
Fax: +229 95 05 08 19
Web: www.karethic.com
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