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Organic Agriculture and Food Security in Africa: UNEP-UNCTAD Capacity-building Task Force on Trade, Environment and Development

dc.contributorEcosystems Divisionen_US
dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Conference on Trade and Developmenten_US
dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programmeen_US
dc.coverage.spatialAfricaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-27T15:38:26Z
dc.date.available2020-04-27T15:38:26Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.otherUNCTAD/DITC/TED/2007/15en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/32153
dc.descriptionThis study examines the relationship between organic agriculture and food security in Africa, particularly East Africa, which is where UNCTAD and UNEP have, through their joint Capacity-Building Task Force on Trade, Environment and Development (CBTF), have been implementing a project on organic agriculture since 2004. Organic agriltulure is a holistic production system based on active agro-ecosystem management rather than on external inputs, and it utilizes both traditional and scientific knowledge. The evidence presented in this study support the argument that organic agriculture can be more conducive to food security in Africa than most convention production systems, and that it is more likely to be sustainable in the long term.en_US
dc.formatTexten_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.publisherUnited Nations
dc.rightsPublicen_US
dc.subjectagricultureen_US
dc.subjectrural developmenten_US
dc.subjectenvironmental managementen_US
dc.subjectgreen economyen_US
dc.subjectresource conservationen_US
dc.subjectfood consumptionen_US
dc.subjectnutritionen_US
dc.subjectfood securityen_US
dc.subjectlivestock industryen_US
dc.subjecttrade negotiationen_US
dc.subjectsocial integrationen_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.titleOrganic Agriculture and Food Security in Africa: UNEP-UNCTAD Capacity-building Task Force on Trade, Environment and Developmenten_US
dc.typeReports, Books and Bookletsen_US
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 1 - No Povertyen_US
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 13 - Climate Actionen_US
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 15 - Life on Landen_US
wd.topicsNature Actionen_US
wd.topicsResource Efficiencyen_US
wd.identifier.pagesnumber61 pagesen_US


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