Organic Africa Symposium at Biofach The status of organic farming in Africa: A case presentation fro

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Organic Africa Symposium at Biofach The status
of organic farming in Africa A case presentation
from Zambia

• Date 23 February 2008, Shanghai Room, Nuremberg,
  Germany
• Presenter Munshimbwe Chitalu

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FACTS ABOUT ZAMBIA

• The Land
• 752,000 km2 (75.2 million)
• 58 (43.6 million Ha) suitable for arable use
• 14 (6.1 million Ha) under cultivation
• Demography
• Average population density 13.1 persons per km2
• Urban areas are more densely settled up to 63.5
  persons/km2 than rural areas as low as 4.5
  persons/km2
• Population growth rate 2.9

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CLASSES OF ZAMBIAN FARMERS
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ORGANIC FARMING IN ZAMBIA
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ORGANIC ENVIRONMENT
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MAJOR OUTPUTS IZambian Organic Certification
Label
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MAJOR OUTPUTS IIAfrican Organic Farmer Field
Crop Manual
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CONCLUSION PRIORITIES

• Conclusion
• Zambian organic farming is in its infancy,
  therefore suffers teething challenges
• Priorities
• Strategy for development of a robust organic
  sector focuses on increasing volumes,
  productivity, quality of organic products, and
  primary processing
• Therefore, there is need to enhance extension,
  research, public awareness, information, and
  organization capacity of the Zambian organic
  sector
• Traditional and locally understood commodities
  are target choice candidates

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FURTHER INFORMATION

• Organic Producers and Processors Association of
  Zambia
• P O Box 35317
• Plot 14, Leopards Hill Road,
• Lusaka.Zambia
• Tel. [phone]
• Telefax 260 211 265 208
• Email oas_at_organic.org.zm
• Website www.organic.org.zm
• Contact person Munshimbwe Chitalu, Chief
  Executive Officer
• Munshimbwe_chitalu_at_yahoo.co.uk
• Mchitalu_at_organic.org.zm