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Publisher: FiBL, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, Switzerland, www.fibl.org
Collaboration:
- IFOAM, International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements, Germany, www.ifoam.org
- NOGAMU, National Organic Agricultural Movement of Uganda, www.nogamu.org.ug
- FENAB, Senegal
- OPPAZ, Organic Producers and Processors Association of Zambia, www.oppaz.org.zm
Responsible author: Eric Wyss (FiBL)
Reviewer: Brian Ssebunya
Illustrators: Andrew Baingana, Okudi Deogratius
Draft version 1.0, September 2011.
This is an interim version. Comments and recommendations for improvement are welcome.
This manual chapter can be reproduced without permission.
All materials resulting from the Africa Organic Agriculture Training Manual project are available free of charge in the internet under www.organic-africa.net
The production of this manual was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture with the goal to promote organic farming in Africa. All the information contained in this manual has been compiled by the authors to the best of their knowledge. Reasonable efforts have been made by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture and their partners to publish reliable data and information. The authors, the editors and the publishers cannot assume responsibility for the validity of the materials. Neither the authors, nor the publishers, nor anyone else associated with this publication, shall be liable for any loss, damage or liability directly or indirectly caused or alleged to be caused by the training manual and its tools. The African Organic Agriculture Training Manual is based on research funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture. The manual’s findings, conclusions and recommendations are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect positions or policies of either Foundation.
Please cite this publication as follows: FiBL (2011): African Organic Agriculture Training Manual. Version 1.0 June 2011. Edited by Gilles Weidmann and Lukas Kilcher. Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, Frick
ISBN 978-3-03736-197-9