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| Bett, K. E.; Freyer, B.. |
| Formal organic agriculture in Kenya dates back to the early eighties when the first pioneer organic training institutions were established. During the same period, a few horticultural companies started growing organic vegetables for export. Initial efforts to promote organic agriculture in Kenya were made by rural development non-governmental organizations (NGOs), faith based organizations and community based organizations (CBOs). They seek to help rural farmers in addressing the issue of declining agricultural productivity (especially the degradation of soils and natural resource base), high poverty incidences, food insecurity and low incomes which pre-vented farmers from assessing high costs inputs. Currently Kenya has five major players in organic... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/9816/1/9816_Bett_Poster.pdf |
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