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The 5th West African Organic Conference (WAOC) at the University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana 2019

Cross section of participants at the 5th West African Organic Conference (WAOC) in Accra, Ghana 2019 The 5th edition of the West African Organic Conference (WAOC) has officially been declared opened by honourable Owusu Afriyie Akoto (MP) Minister of Agriculture of Ghana, ably represented. In his opening remarks, he welcomed the participants to Ghana. Notable were […]

Regional Workshop on Organic Standards and Certification

 Participants at Regional Workshop on Organic Standards and Certification @Bellecote, Abidjan The African Union Commission in collaboration with West Africa Organic Network (WAfrONet) organises a four-day workshop titled Regional Workshop on Organic Standards and Certification from July 30 to August 2 at Belle Cote, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. This event brings together major stakeholders in organic sector […]

West Africa Ecological Organic Agriculture Initiative Implementing Partners Inception Workshop on Rolling Out of Phase II

Group photograph of EOA stakeholders at the Phase II Inception Workshop Meeting 17th – 18th July, 2019 @Onomo Hotel, Dakar, Senegal The Biovision Africa Trust (BvAT) organised an inception workshop to mark the beginning of the Phase II of the SDC support to Ecological Organic Agriculture Initiative in West Africa. The Phase I was implemented […]

2nd West African Regional Steering Committee Meeting of the EOA-Initiative

Group photograph of RSC Members @ibis hotels The 2nd Regional Steering Committee (RSC)  meeting of  West African Ecological Organic Agriculture Initiative’ under the chairmanship of Mr. Ernest Aubee of the ECOWAS-Commission took place at Ibis hotels, Ikeja Lagos, Nigeria on April 26 & 27, 2019. The Chairman welcomed everybody to the 2nd Regional Steering Committee (RSC) […]

WEST AFRICA KEY STAKEHOLDERS WORKSHOP ON ECOLOGICAL ORGANIC AGRICULTURE–INITIATIVE IN AFRICA

Executing Agency of Ecological Organic Agriculture Initiative in Africa, Biovision Africa Trust (BvAT), organised a five-day workshop on the Ecological Organic Agriculture Initiative (EOA-I) in West Africa after a similar programme in Machakos, Kenya in East Africa which had in attendance stakeholders from; Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania). The workshop takes place between 13th […]

Advocacy visit to Federal Ministry of Agric & Rural Development by the Regional Steering Committee of Ecological Organic Agriculture Initiative in West Africa

The picture above: the rep of the minister receiving promotional materials from the leader of the ECOWAS led delegate.   As part of the on-going Regional Steering Committee meeting of the Ecological Organic Agriculture Initiative in West Africa at ECOWAS Commission Headquarters at Abuja (May 3 – 4, 2018), the delegates of the meeting visited […]

EOA-I WEST AFRICA INAUGURATE ITS STEERING COMMITTEE

Members of EOA-I in West Africa the Regional Steering Committee of @ECOWAS headquarters, Abuja, Nigeria The Ecological Organic Agriculture (EOA) Initiative in West Africa meeting took place between 3rd and 4th May 2018 at the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) Commission headquarters, Abuja, Nigeria to inaugurate its Steering Committee. The meeting was chaired by Mr […]

Echos from Benin Meeting

Agriculture Biologique et écologique au cœur d’un atelier régional à Grand Pôpo au Bénin Le Réseau Ouest Africain pour l’Agriculture Ecologique et Biologique a organisé à l’hôtel Bel Azur de Grand Pôpo au Bénin, un atelier sous régional de trois jours sur le thème «Agriculture Ecologique et Biologique : Etats d’avancement des activités en Afrique […]