Description: This report covers the activities and achievements of the Export Promotion of Organic Products from Africa programme, operating in Tanzania and Uganda. It is written for the stakeholders in the countries of cooperation, development organizations and professionals, and the wider public, with the intention of sharing the experiences, successes, and failures of the programme.
EPOPA leaves behind a very vibrant organic sector in Uganda and an established sector in Tanzania; 30 export projects in operation; consolidated organic movements; internationally accredited certification bodies in Uganda and Tanzania; and finally a large number of people with increased understanding of organic agriculture and capacity to develop the sector.
The EPOPA programme, or programmes with a similar market-led approach, can be recommended for many other African countries. The market is there and the farmers are there
Authors: Gunnar Rundgren Bo van Elzakker, Deepa van Staalduinen, Alastair Taylor, Kari Örjavik, and Marg Leijdens. The report was reviewed and commented upon by Åsa Heine (Sida), Kim Forss, and Daniele Giovannucci
Language: English
Publisher: Grolink and AgroEco / Gunnar Rundgren
Commissioned by: SIDA
Copyright: Agro Eco BV and Grolink AB, 2008
Year: 2008
Pages: 110
Contents: 1.INTRODUCTION
2.EPOPA – DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ORGANIC EXPORTS
3.RESULTS AND IMPACTS OF EXPORT PROJECTS
4.IMPACT ON THE ORGANIC SECTORS IN UGANDA AND TANZANIA
5.WIDER IMPACTS
6.LESSONS LEARNT
ANNEX 1: SELECTION CRITERIA FOR PROJECTS
ANNEX 2: EPOPA PUBLICATION
ISBN: 978-91-633-3233-3
Format: Download
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