Bonn, 130 pp, 2003
SEKEM, an Egyptian organic agriculture company, won the Right Livelihood Award in 2003. Few know that there are many other African organisations that would equally merit public attention. The right time has come for organic agriculture in Africa, and a new analysis and documentation is presented by the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) to point out this important development. Whether certified or not, organic agriculture has grown in Africa to a point at which the potential cannot be ignored any longer, for exports as well as for local supplies. Uganda, for example, is the first country that has reached 1 percent of agricultural land to be certified organic. The publication presents a wealth of data and analyses from 22 countries and provides valuable evidence to the debate on the future of African agriculture.

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