Arbenz, Markus; Bernet, Thomas; Munyoro, Phoebe; Kimani, Martin; Nudungu, Samuel; Kiarii, Eustace Gacanja and Huber, Beate (2024) Kilimohai – The Organic Label for East Africa promising quality, trust, and an organic lifestyle for a young generation on the domestic market. Speech at: Organic World Congress 2024, Nanhua University, Chiayi, Taiwan, 2 - 4 December 2024. [Completed]
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Kilimohai, the East African Organic Mark, aims to facilitate the marketing of organic products in the five East African countries - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi - and enhance national and, in the future, regional trade.The fundamental strategy is to a) offer a quality management system, b) facilitate supply for consumers (farm markets), and c) promote it to consumers. Retailers are the focus strategic partners. The key to success is a fair license fee system, which, in the case of KOAN, charges PGS directly and operators through brand fees in third-party certification.
The East African National Organic Agriculture Movements' strategy with the Kilimohai label is a comprehensive leadership approach to building sustainable and profitable organic agriculture and agroecology sectors.
| EPrint Type: | Conference paper, poster, etc. |
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| Type of presentation: | Speech |
| Keywords: | Organic Mark, East Africa domestic markets, National Organic Movements, Abacus, FiBL65239 |
| Agrovoc keywords: | Language Value URI English certification schemes http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_06049ef3 English labelling http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_330899 English organic structures http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_330908 English East Africa http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2442 English Kenya http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4086 |
| Subjects: | Values, standards and certification "Organics" in general > Countries and regions > Africa |
| Research affiliation: | Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > International > Regions > Africa Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Quality assurance > Certification Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > International > Market development International Conferences > 2024: Organic World Congress Kenya |
| Related Links: | https://www.fibl.org/en/themes/projectdatabase/projectitem/project/2168 |
| Deposited By: | Arbenz, Markus |
| ID Code: | 56596 |
| Deposited On: | 08 May 2026 12:40 |
| Last Modified: | 08 May 2026 13:11 |
| Document Language: | English |
| Status: | Unpublished |
| Refereed: | Peer-reviewed and accepted |
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