Following a mission to Washington D.C. by officials of COMESA (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa) and the private sector in February 2007, a focal point was selected to coordinate the mobilisation of farmer groups involved in organic farming from the region.
Mr Felix Chizyuka, Secretary of the Eastern and Southern Africa Agribusiness Regional Network is the coordinator selected for the initiative. He is expected to work with AK America, the world's largest buyer of organic cotton, and AOFFI -the Africa Organic Farming Initiative- to ensure a sustainable supply of organic products from the region.
The delegation also met officials of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). It was learnt that of the 95 organic certification organisations worldwide, 55 were based in the United States. The USDA indicated their willingness to assist COMESA make contacts with these certifying organisations.
COMESA member countries are Angola, Burundi, Comoros, D.R. Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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March 06, 2007
COMESA organic farmers to be coordinated for export to US
Categories COMESA, cotton, organic agriculture
