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Research and Development Strategy for Organic Africa. FiBL’s focus on contributions through research, evidence, and capacity-building

Arbenz, Markus; Huber, Beate; Nicolay, Gian L. and Kadzere, Irene (2024) Research and Development Strategy for Organic Africa. FiBL’s focus on contributions through research, evidence, and capacity-building. Speech at: Organic World Congress 2024, Chiayi, Taiwan, at Nanhua University, 2 - 4 December 2024.

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Summary

The paper provides an overview of FiBL's Africa Strategy 2022 -2025.
Having a history of over 25 years of supporting Organic Africa, FiBL has since 2021 four areas of intervention:
1.Nutrition and Human health
2.Sustainable, ecological, organic, and resilient farming and production systems
3.Markets and value chain development
4.Policy and sector development FiBL’s Africa Strategy eventually supports the capacity of African organic stakeholders, facilitates innovations for smallholder farmers and value chains, and lays the ground for evidence-building for narratives of market players, advocates, and policymakers in Africa.


EPrint Type:Conference paper, poster, etc.
Type of presentation:Speech
Keywords:African Organic Strategy, Research and Development, Evidence for Narratives, Abacus, FiBL65227
Agrovoc keywords:
Language
Value
URI
English
Africa
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_165
English
strategies
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_330991
English
nutrition
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_49892
English
production systems
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_a175b273
English
value chains
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2cbe5456
English
sectoral development -> economic development
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2471
English
policies
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6062
Subjects: Farming Systems
Food systems > Markets and trade
"Organics" in general > Countries and regions > Africa
Research affiliation: Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > International > Regions > Africa
International Conferences > 2024: Organic World Congress
Deposited By: Arbenz, Markus
ID Code:56581
Deposited On:08 Jan 2026 12:52
Last Modified:12 Jan 2026 07:23
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Peer-reviewed and accepted

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