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Going to scale: Developing strategies for scaling out market-oriented organic agriculture from farmer group to association level.

Project Leader

Hauser Michael, Project Leader

Duration:

01.01.2007-31.12.2012

Type of Research

Applied Research

Project partners

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Biological Control Centre, Cotonou, Benin, Cotonou, International Organization.
Function of the Project Partner: Partner

Staff

Vogl Christian R., Project Staff

BOKU Research Units

Institute for Development Research

Institute of Organic Farming

Funded by

Ministry of Financial Affaires, Hintere Zollamtsstraße 2b, 1030 Wien, Austria

Abstract

Through this action research project, the consortium will identify means to best scale-out market oriented organic agriculture from group to association level within sub-counties in Uganda. Research will assess the likely impact of large scale conversion to organic agriculture on natural resources, income and livelihood security in general. This information shall support project stakeholders and partners (farmer communities, NGOs, local government) in developing full scaling-out strategies to sub-county (and subsequently to district) level. Research will also be conducted on how to best integrate farmer groups at higher level. The main expected users of the information generated and the strategies developed comprise farmers, development NGOs and local governments (notably the production departments, the district planning departments, and agricultural extension departments within partner districts).

Keywords

organic farming; systems analysis; research and innovation management;

DEV-FORUM Partner Project; organic agriculture; scalin-out; Uganda;