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2 nd AFRICAN ORGANIC CONFERENCE 2012 May 2-4, 2012 in Lusaka, Zambia the pooling of resources and the establishment of productive relationships, and attempts to ensure transformational development and the sustainability of its actions. The Foundation has adopted a two-pronged approach for its work in Madagascar: to support direct field activities of partners to boost the practice of SRI with rural farmers around the country, and to support the establishment and operations of the Secretariat for the SRI Group of Madagascar to serve as a hub for SRI activities. The BUF attempts to promote synergies, complementarities and collaboration across these different groups. The paper/case study describes how SRI promotion efforts in Madagascar have been both horizontal and vertical (for dissemination purposes with farmers but also for networking, alliance building and policy development with other NGOs, INGOs, donors and government) in alignment with the strategies and approaches outlined above. The paper/case study presents progress at the field level (farmers/households), at the institutional level (partners, organizations and programs), and at the policy, advocacy and awarenessraising level, and demonstrates that small, strategic investments can have important results. SAMCERT,&AN&INNOVATIVE&IFAD&PROGRAMME&IMPLEMENTED&BY&ICEA:&SUPPORTING& SMALLHOLDERS&ACCESS&TO&MARKETS&FOR&CERTIFIED&SUSTAINABLE&PRODUCTS&FROM& WESTERN&AND&CENTRAL&AFRICA&& MICHELE MACCARI AND STEVEN SCHOMBERGER, IFAD, Italy, E-mail: m.maccari@icea.info Abstract The present paper consists in the presentation of the SAMCERT programme (Strengthening Smallholders’ Access to Markets for Certified Sustainable Products), funded by IFAD and implemented by ICEA in collaboration with AGROFUTURO. The paper will present in details the background, the rationale, the proposed programme and the expected outputs and benefits of the programme. Key words: Smallholders, certification, markets. CASE&STUDY:&OLD&ORCHARD&ORGANIC&FARM& SEBASTIAN SCOTT Abstract Since establishing the Old Orchard Organic Farm in 2008 the farm has grown every year in diversity and size. The farm has been run by two people since the onset and this includes building, irrigation installation, crop management and marketing. The total area under production today is approx. 3ha for cropping and 1ha for our free range pigs. Our production is diversified to break the risk and spread the work load over the year. The farm has developed the following enterprises as profit making ventures: Banana production currently 1000 plants, 0.7ha; Vegetable production; Egg production; Broiler production; Pork production; Dry-land crops for animal feed production; Macadamia nut production (plants not yet bearing nuts); Research on dry-land crop production. The idea to start the farm came from a desire to help develop rural Zambia and empower people through knowledge in natural resource management. The farm has become a ‘research station’ for small-scale farming systems which aim to reduce cost, increase profits and re-generate our natural resource base. As much as possible we try to learn from nature to develop systems which have multi species and beneficial interactions. BOOK OF ABSTRACTS 67
2 nd AFRICAN ORGANIC CONFERENCE 2012 May 2-4, 2012 in Lusaka, Zambia ORGANIC&FARMING,&ANIMAL&HEALTH:&POSSIBLE&CORRELATION& AFUSAT T. JAGUN-JUBRIL 1 , OLAYINKA A. ORIDUPA 2 1 Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. 2 Department of Veterinary Physiology, Biochemistry & Pharmacology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. Corresponding author: afusatjagun@yahoo.com, +2348034701005 Abstract Medicinal plants have played a vital role in health care in the history of mankind and the animals under his care. Several communities in developing countries still depend largely on medicinal plants for prophylaxis and cure of diseases. These plants mostly grow of in the wild uncultivated, which means little or no inorganic intervention is done in the process of their cultivation. This review seeks to document some existing knowledge on medicinal plant used in folkloric medicine for animal health management with the view of collating scientifically verified medicinal plants and the empirically established uses. Medicinal plants with proven antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-oxidant, anthelminthic and anti-protozoan activity, amongst others were reviewed. Most livestock farmers in developing and under-developed countries are peasant farmers with limited income and therefore less likely to afford adequate veterinary care for their animals. This review will serve to educate and enlighten farmers, regardless of their economic class, on the available natural resources which can be explored for the benefit of their animals from their immediate environment and the recommended administration and safety of these medicinal plants. Medicinal plants are environmental friendly with little or no incidences of drug residue in the environment and the attendant problems of development of resistant strains of microorganisms. Keywords: Medicinal plants, Animal health POLICY&COORDINATION&CONSIDERATIONS&OF&CROSS:CUTTING&ISSUES&IN& ENVIRONMENT&AND&EDUCATION&SECTOR&TOWARDS&SUSTAINABLE&AGRICULTURE&IN& UGANDA& STELLA NAMANJI 1 AND CHARLES SSEKYEWA 2 1 Uganda Martyrs University, snamanji@umu.ac.ug 2 Center for Ecosystems Research and Development (CERD), cssekyewa@gmail.com Abstract This paper examines how issues of environment and education, which impact on the performance of the agriculture sector are addressed in the coordination of respective policy processes. Environment and Education are considered to be independent variables while agriculture is the dependent variable. The paper deals with selected Ugandan environment and education policies vis-à-vis the agriculture policy. The extent to which they incorporate sustainable agriculture concerns is determined and discussed. This is done by conducting a process evaluation of those selected independent variable policies. The aim of this paper is to enable Ugandan Public Policy makers to distinguish between doing things right and doing the right things in formulating development policies, such that a proper development path is taken for sustainable development. Sustainable Agriculture being the back bone of Uganda’s economy, employing over 80% of the population majority of whom are women, yet its performance e is still very low, needs a more holistic approach to Policy formulation, planning and implementation. The methodology employed in this policy paper is based on a qualitative analysis of Policy documents, both national and international policies. National policies assessed were the education Act (2008) and the education Policy (2006) then the National environment Policy (1995.) The international policies were 68 BOOK OF ABSTRACTS
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