30 Dec 2020 News Agriculture

Sustainable Agriculture in Africa: Focus on Organic Agriculture

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This report presents an analysis of the implementation and results of the SWITCH Africa Green programme in the agriculture sector focusing on the participating countries Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa and Uganda. It covers the strategic interventions on sustainable agriculture such as: organic farming; weed and pest control and management; organic disease control and management; - and post-harvest management; composting; use of waste for mulching, and/or fuel; permaculture; certification; standards; market requirements; rangeland management; and animal nutrition and health. It analyses the results realised, cross cutting issues, challenges, lessons learned and presents a set of recommendations.