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DEVELOPMENT OF A REGIONAL ORGANIC AGRICULTURE STANDARD IN EAST AFRICA 2005-2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4
ACRONYMS AND TERMS USED 5
ACRONYMS 5
TERMS 5
SCOPE OF THIS REPORT AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 6
BACKGROUND 7
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE IN EAST AFRICA 7
STATUS OF ORGANIC STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATION IN EAST AFRICA 2005 9
WHY A REGIONAL STANDARD? 10
DEVELOPMENT OF A REGIONAL STANDARD IN EAST AFRICA 11
THE STANDARD DEVELOPMENT PROCESS 11
THE NATURE AND SCOPE OF THE EAST AFRICAN ORGANIC PRODUCTS STANDARD 14
DEVELOPMENT OF JOINT PROTOCOLS
FOR THE VERIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE STANDARDS 15
DEVELOPMENT OF PARTICIPATORY GUARANTEE SYSTEMS 15
DEVELOPING CONSUMER AWARENESS 16
CONSUMER SURVEY 16
EAST AFRICAN ORGANIC MARK 17
DEVELOPMENT OF PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS FOR THE EAOPS AND THE EAOM 19
REGIONAL EVENTS 20
ORGANIC STANDARD FORUM 13 DECEMBER 2006, NAIROBI, KENYA 20
EAST AFRICAN ORGANIC CONFERENCE,
28 MAY TO 1 JUNE 2007, DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA 20
RELATED ACTIVITIES AND IMPACTS 22
IMPLEMENTATION 23
PROJECT MANAGEMENT 23
CHALLENGES 23
CONCLUSIONS AND LEARNING POINTS 24
ANNEX 1: KEY ACTIVITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THE EAST AFRICAN ORGANIC PRODUCTS STANDARD 26
ANNEX 2: CONTACTS 28
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