RT Report
T1 Organic Agriculture and Food Security in Africa: UNEP-UNCTAD Capacity-building Task Force on Trade, Environment and Development
A1 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, 
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
K1 agriculture
K1 rural development
K1 environmental management
K1 green economy
K1 resource conservation
K1 food consumption
K1 nutrition
K1 food security
K1 livestock industry
K1 trade negotiation
K1 social integration
K1 Africa
PB United Nations
YR 2008
FD 2008
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/32153
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/32153
NO This 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.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 20, 2026