Conference Theme:
Ecological and Organic Agriculture strategies for viable continental and national development in the context of the African Union’s Agenda 2063
The African Organic Conference (AOC) is an initiative of the African Organic Network (AfrONet). It is convened every three years as a stakeholder’s platform, for sharing knowledge, experiences and views on various issues of concern in organic and ecological agriculture.
The 4th African Organic Conference targets farmers, consumers, researchers, trainers, academics, extension practitioners, policy makers, donors, media organizations, private sector actors and financiers in the agriculture value chains promoters of organic agriculture. Others are; students and groups of young people interested in organic and ecological agriculture.
Partner with us
You are welcome to partner/collaborate with us on the 4th AOC.
Partners enjoy the benefits of Networking, Brand exposure and Marketing of their business to the conference participants, opportunity for free advertisement in our annual Africa Organic Agriculture Report among other benefits. More importantly you will be joining us in revolutionizing organic agriculture in Africa and thereby shaping the future
Call for Paper
Submit your paper for Presentation at the conference
Deadline
Paper submission (full paper, not more than 6 pages in A4, 1.5 spacing, Times New Romans 12 font size) up to August 15, 2018.
Final Decision
Decision- Final decision on submitted papers: August 30, 2018.
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Why you should attend
- Presentation of scientific evidence on capability of organic agriculture in contribution to transformation of national and continental economy, systems resilience, mitigation of climate change, among others.
- Sharing of knowledge and experiences between African organic farmers and their national and sub-regional representations.
- Exchanging and sharing experiences of organic agricultural research pursuits, training and extension applications
- Exchange of information by regional (Regional Economic Communities) and national policy makers on the implementation of the resolution of the African Heads of States and Government to support organic farming in Africa.
- Appraisal of impact of supports by different bodies in support of development of organic agriculture in Africa.
- Exhibition of organic produce and products (Afro Organic Fair) to stimulate regional and international trade Sensitization of policy makers and media organizations on the potential of ecological organic agriculture to effectively contribute to sustainable development in Africa.
Schedule
Draft Schedule for the 4th African Organic Conference.
| 5 November 2018, | Monday | Venue: |
| 8:00 – 9:00 | Arrival | Main hall |
| 8:00 – 10:00 | Cultural dances | |
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Registration (Open until 16:00hrs) | |
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Tea | |
| 10:00 – 12:30 | Opening Ceremony | |
| 10:00 – 10:10 | Welcome addresses and introductions by President AfrONet, | |
| CNOP-CAM Elizabeth Atangana | ||
| 10:10 – 10:25 | Remark by the President, African Organic Network (AfroNet) | |
| 10:25 – 10:35 | Remarks by IFOAM-Organics International | |
| 10:35 – 10:45 | Remarks by FARA | |
| 10:45 – 10:55 | Remarks by ECAS | |
| 10:55 – 11:15 | Development partners, SDC, SSNC, GIZ, SWISS Aid etc | |
| 11:15 – 11:25 | Entertainment: cultural dance performance | |
| Official Opening by | ||
| 11:25 – 11:40 | Statement by the African Union Commission / Chair of EOAI | |
| 11:40 – 11:50 | · The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development/Trade | |
| (Cameroon) | ||
| 11:50 – 12:05 | · Prime Minister (Cameroon) | |
| 11:00 – 11:35 | Presentation of Organic Ambassadors in Africa – African Union Commission | |
| Vote of thanks by one of the Ambassadour | ||
| Opening of Exhibition and tour | ||
| Group photo | ||
| 11:35 – 11:55 | Press Conference | |
| 11.55 – 12:25 | Opening of Exhibition | |
| 12:25 – 12:30 | Vote of thanks by the Local Organizing Committee Chairman…… | |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Tour of the exhibition by | |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch break | |
| Plenary Session 1: Ecological and Organic Agriculture – an Imperative for Africa’s socio-economic development | ||
| Moderator: TBC | ||
| 14:00 – 14:20 | · Potential of Ecological Agriculture in the context of Gender Disparity, Poverty Alleviation, Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security. | |
| 14:20 – 14:40 | · Dynamics of organic agriculture development: a global view. Mr. Konrad Hauptfleisch, Academy and Programs Manager, IFOAM-Organics International, Germany | |
| 14:40 – 15:00 | · Progress and Challenges of organic agriculture in Africa. Jordan Gama, President, AfrONet | |
| 15:00 – 15:40 | Discussion | |
| 15:40 – 16:10 | Updates on response to the request of the Heads of State on Organic Farming | |
| 15:40 – 15:50 | · Progress of SDC EOA Supported Project, Dr. David Amudavi (Director, BioVision Africa Trust. Kenya) | |
| 15:50 – 16:00 | · CDEMP/GEP/UNDP RESILIENCE REPORT | |
| 16:00 – 16:10 | · Strategic Agenda and Action Plan for EOA – Vision 2025, Dr. Janet Edeme, Chair, EOA Continental Steering Committee and Head, Rural Economy Division/ Acting Head of Agriculture and Food Security Division, African Union Commission | |
| 16:10 – 16:30 | Health break | |
| 16:30 – 18:00 | Parallel events: Farmers’ Forum/ Exhibition/ Scientific track | |
| Prospects and Lessons from the ProEco Organic Africa, SysCom and Syprobio Projects. Dr. Irene Kadzere, Coordinator, African Project, FiBL, Switzerland. | Scientific | |
| Opportunities and challenges for Reinforcing Organic Agriculture Research Capacity in East African Universities: Experience of Makerere University, Prof. Fred Kabi, Makerere University / ICROFS | Scientific/main track | |
| Progrov/ Agro ecology Research and Advocacy/ ICT | Main track | |
| CDEMP/ SASS | ||
| Resource mobilization and financing EOA development in Africa | ||
| Discussions |
| 6 November 2018, | Tuesday | Venue |
| 8:30 – 10:30 | Plenary Session 2: Principles, Practices and Prospects of EOA | |
| Moderator: TBC | ||
| 8:30 – 8:55 | · Harnessing the Potentials of EOA within the Context of the 3AGT (Africa Accelerated Agricultural growth and Transformation) -, Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Economy, African Union Commission | Main track |
| 8:55 – 9:20 | · Ecological Organic Agriculture Knowledge, Information and Experiences (Sekem) | Main track |
| 9:20 – 9:40 | · Organic Agriculture Research Agenda for Africa; experience from the European perspective – Gian Nicolay, FiBL Rep | |
| 9:40 – 10:00 | · Institutional Innovations in ecological organic agriculture – Dr. Allison Loconto, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) | |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | · Nutritional benefits of organic foods ECDMP | Scientific |
| Discussion | ||
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Health break and Exhibition | |
| 11:00 – 13:00 | Plenary Session 3: Research and production Issues | Scientific |
| Moderator: TBC | ||
| 11:00 – 11:25 | · Reinforcing African Organic Agriculture Research Capacities – Dr. Yemi Akinbamijo (FARA) | |
| 11:25 -11:45 | · Agricultural Innovations and African Youths – New thoughts– Dr. Nteranya E. Sanginga, Director General, International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria | |
| 11:45 – 12:05 | · Organic Research agenda for Africa- the way forward – Dr. Charles Ssekyewa, C.E.O, UgoCert, Uganda | |
| 12:05 – 12:30 | Discussion | |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Thematic Parallel Paper presentations- Network for Organic Agriculture Research in Africa (NOARA) meeting/ Exhibition/ Farmers’ Forum | |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch break | |
| 14:00 – 16:00 | Thematic Parallel Paper presentations-NOARA meeting/ Exhibition/ Farmers’ Forum | |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Health break and Exhibition | |
| 16:30 – 18:00 | Plenary Session 4: Policy and standard compliance issues in Ecological Organic Agriculture | Policy |
| Moderator: TBC | ||
| Rapporteur: | ||
| 16:30 – 17:00 | · Farmers’ perspectives, experiences and lessons for effective institutional and policy priorities for Ecological Organic Agriculture in Africa – INOFO Africa. | Policy |
| 17:00 – 17:20 | · Development of EOA Enabling Policies. | |
| 17:20 – 17:40 | · Popularizing the African Organic Standards and quality management systems (PGS/IQMS/ICS. Rep. ARSO& ECDMP | Main track |
| 17:40 – 18:00 | Discussion | |
| 7 November 2018, | Wednesday | Venue |
| 8:30 – 10:30 | Plenary Session 5: Marketing and Trading Organic Produce and Products in Africa – Successes, Opportunities and Challenges | Main track |
| Moderator: TBC | ||
| Panelist/ Rapporteur: | ||
| 8:30 – 9:00am | · Building the Organic Produce Markets and trade in Africa – Dr. Henrique Pacini, UNCTAD, Geneva Switzerland | Main track |
| 9:00 – 9:20am | · Promoting Organic Trade in Africa: the way forward. | Main track |
| 9:20 – 9:40am | · Potentials for Youth Entrepreneurial Development in Ecological Organic Agriculture. Ms. Kate Kibara, Kates Organic, Kenya | Main track |
| 9:40 – 10:10am | · Discussion | |
| 10:10 – 10:30am | Side event: Summary of Research Agenda for Africa – NOARA | Scientific |
| 10:30 – 11:00am | Health break and Exhibition | |
| 11:00 – 13:00am | Plenary Session 6 – Rights issues in agriculture | |
| Moderator: TBC | ||
| Rapporteur: | ||
| 11:00 – 11:20am | Right of Citizens to Safe and Nutritious Foods and Sustainable Environment – Mr. Nnimmo Bassey, Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation, Nigeria | Main track |
| 11:20 – 11:40am | Stepping up the pace for Women and Youth in Organic Agriculture. Prof. Nkiru T. Meludu, Coordinator, Women and Youth in Ecological Organic Agriculture | |
| 11:40 – 12:00am | Land grabbing and hindrance to development of ecological organic agriculture. Mr. Ibrahima Seck, One World Award Winner, Senegal | |
| 12:00 – 12:30am | Discussion | |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Side event: Pro-Intense Africa- to be led by FARA/CIRAD / Farmers’ Forum | |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch break | |
| 14:00 – 16:00 | Thematic Parallel Paper presentations-NOARA meeting/ Exhibition/ Farmers’ Forum | |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Health break and Exhibition | |
| 16:30 – 17:30 | Summarizing conference theme and general lessons by all Keynote speakers | |
| Moderator: | ||
| 17:30 – 18:00 | Communiqué and Closing: | |
| · Declaration of host for the 5th African Organic Conference | ||
| · Presentation of the Communiqué – | ||
| · Closing remark by | ||
| End of day conference | ||
| Evening dinner |
| 8 November 2018, | Thursday (AfrONet general assembly) | Venue |
| 8:30 – 15:30 | General Assembly for AFRONET/NOARA/INOFA Africa | |
| 6:30 – 13:00 | Field trips1/ IFOAM INOFO / Farmers’ Forum/ Field trips | |
| 14:00 – 18:00 | Other side events | |
| Departure for members not attending AfrONet general assembly on 9th November 2018 | ||
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- Lunch
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Early Bird - International Students
$100
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Early Bird - Senegal National
$80
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Exhibition Booth
$1000
- Exhibition of Organic products and services
- Summit registration of two participants
- Free advertisement of up to two pages in African Organic Business Journal and 3 months on aoc.afronet.bio
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Conference Venue
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