Organic Farming Academy

About Organic Farming Academy

The growing organic food market offers export opportunities for countries in the South and plays an important role in reducing poverty in rural areas. Organic farm production also creates important environmental benefits and helps farmers mitigate and adapt to climate change. However, many countries face obstacles to export organic products, including meeting buyers’ demands on quality, lack of information on requirements and standards, certification and building relationships with buyers. OFA seeks to address such obstacles by offering service packages to smallholder farmers and wild plant collecting families to prepare them for both, organic and fair-trade certification. This is the precondition to participate in producing and exporting organic products to Europe and other markets to meet the growing demand for healthy food. OFA has secured funding from the AFOS Foundation for Entrepreneurial Cooperation in Germany to provide services to strengthen environmentally friendly, certified