Knowledge Hub for Organic Agriculture and Agroecology in Eastern Africa (KCOA- KHEA) Project
The Knowledge Hub for Organic Agriculture and Agroecology in Eastern Africa (KHEA) Project is in its second phase of implementation for the 2nd Phase . KHEA Project Phase II is part of the initiative by the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through its executing agency GIZ to support a network of regional knowledge hubs for organic farming in Africa. Biovision Africa Trust (BvAT) is the lead coordinating agency of the project in Eastern Africa with co-hosting arrangement with Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) Uganda.
Funding partner: GIZ through Biovision Africa Trust
The project is based on four main action fields namely:
- Collecting / preparing of knowledge in organic agriculture: Validated technical and methodological knowledge for the promotion of organic agriculture, including processing, is prepared for the context of the participating countries and stakeholder groups.
- Dissemination of knowledge to many users: Validated knowledge, strategies and good practices in the field of organic agriculture, adapted to the contexts of the countries participating in the regional knowledge hubs, are disseminated to various target user groups.
- Networking within agricultural value chains: Key actors in the organic agriculture value chains of the participating countries in the three regions are networked in an exemplary manner for replication.
- Advocacy & Policy, Collaborate and partner with other EOA stakeholders to lobby and advocate for EOA policies at country level