the world of organic agriculture - Organic Eprints
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12 <strong>Organic</strong> Farming in Africa<br />
Nicholas Parrott 1 , Charles Ssekyewa 2 , Chido Makunike 3 ,<br />
Samuel Muwanga Ntambi 4<br />
Map 1: <strong>Organic</strong> farming in Africa.<br />
Source: FiBL Survey 2005 / 2006. © Stiftung Oekologie & Landbau (SOEL) and Research Institute <strong>of</strong> <strong>Organic</strong><br />
Agriculture FiBL<br />
This chapter draws upon a recent IFOAM Publication “<strong>Organic</strong> and like minded movements<br />
in Africa” by Nicholas Parrott and Bo Van Elzakker (2003), and has been supplemented with<br />
updated information.<br />
1 Dr. Nicholas Parrott, E-mail Nick.parrott@wur.nl.<br />
2 Charles SSekyewa ,Uganda Martyrs University, Faculty <strong>of</strong> Agriculture, P.O.Box 5498, UG- Kampala, Uganda<br />
3 Chido Makunike, Coordinator, Africa <strong>Organic</strong> Service Centre <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> International Federation <strong>of</strong> <strong>Organic</strong> Agriculture<br />
Movements (IFOAM), Dakar, Senegal<br />
4 Dr. Samuel Muwanga Ntambi, Faculty <strong>of</strong> Agriculture, Makerere University, PO Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda<br />
96<br />
2,500 ha<br />
20,040 ha<br />
170 ha<br />
12 ha<br />
30 ha<br />
400 ha<br />
90 ha<br />
19,132 ha<br />
1-1,000 ha<br />
1,001-10,000 ha<br />
10,001-100,000 ha<br />
>100,000 ha<br />
1,400 ha<br />
155,323 ha<br />
7,000 ha<br />
122,000 ha<br />
50 ha<br />
182,438 ha<br />
55,867 ha<br />
325 ha<br />
187,694 ha<br />
600 ha<br />
1,000 ha<br />
45,000 ha<br />
24,548 ha<br />
200,000 ha<br />
129 ha<br />
150 ha<br />
(Mauritius)