Organizations involved in Organic Agriculture in Zambia
Biodiversity Community Network (BCN)
Contact person: Arthur Nkonde Email of the contact person: arthurnkonde@yahoo.co.uk Permanent email: mmakulu@zamnet.zm Postal address: PO Box 50 790. Ridgeway. 10101 Lusaka. Zambia Phone: 260 211 224 907 Web: C/O http://www.zari.gov.zm Year of Foundation: 1994 Mission:
BCN works for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity - both cultivated and wild species - for food security, livelihoods, nutrition/health and income among local community groups.
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 a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
Local organic market development
Education, research and training on organic agriculture
Rural development/Poverty Alleviation
Extension on organic agriculture
Consumer awareness of organic products
Nutrition and health
Policy review for organic agriculture
Climate Change and combating desertification
Kasisi Agricultural Training Centre (KATC)
Contact person: Brother Paul Desmarais S.J. Email of the contact person: pd@iconnect.zm Permanent email: katc@iconnect.zm Postal address: P.O. Box 30652, Lusaka, Zambia Phone: +260-211 84 03 03 Web: www.loyno.edu/~katc/ Year of Foundation: 1974 Mission:
To empower rural communities improve their livelihood through research, training and extension in organic agriculture and facilitating holistic rural development
Type of Organization: NGO Scope of the Organization: Local-Regional-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
Local organic market development
Education, research and training on organic agriculture
Rural development/Poverty Alleviation
Extension on organic agriculture
Training small-scale farmers in organic agriculture
Organic Producers and Processors Association of Zambia (OPPAZ)
Contact person: Mr. Munshimbwe Chitalu Email of the contact person: mchitalu@organic.org.zm Permanent email: oas@organic.org.zm Postal address: P.O. Box 35317, Lusaka. Zambia Phone: +260 211 26 30 70 Fax: +260 211 26 52 08 Web: www.oppaz.org.zm Year of Foundation: 2000 Mission:
The Mission of OPPAZ is to strengthen the organic industry in Zambia so that it effectively contributes to national economic growth and poverty reduction by increasing organic production for local and export markets, enhancing producer and processor incomes and improving the adoption of sustainable agriculture and other natural resource management practices.
Type of Organization: NGO Scope of the Organization: National Organic Agriculture related main activities:
General promotion of organic agriculture
Food security
International marketing and trade on organic agriculture
Local organic market development
Education and training on organic agriculture
Certification
Extension on organic agriculture
Policy review for organic agriculture
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