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Network for Ecofarming in Africa (NECOFA)
The Network for Ecofarming in Africa (NECOFA) facilitates an exchange of experiences among a network of member countries including Benin, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Tanzania, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia. NECOFA aims at acting as a forum to support all national and international activities supporting ecologically and sociologically sustainable land use management in Africa.
Goals
NECOFA will assist national groups and members to sensitize political and administrative decision makers regarding issues of ecofarming, to elaborate information and extension materials and to realize meetings, information and training workshops.
NECOFA will provide scientific and conceptual advise to its members regarding planning and performance of small-scale participatory projects in ecofarming.
NECOFA will provide a platform of experience exchange, exchange of research results and coordination of new applied research projects to prevent unproductive repetitions.
Background
An international workshop took place in Ethiopia from November 16 to December 11 1998 entitled "Ecofarming: Ecologically and Socially Sustainable Land Management." The workshop was sponsored by the German Government and the Food and Agriculture Development Center (ZEL) of the German Foundation for International Development (DSE), and supported by the German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL). Members of the workshop later formed NECOFA.
Contact NECOFA Kenya
Postal Address: NECOFA-Kenya,P.O. Box 819 Molo Kenya Postal Code: 20106 TEL: +254 722 647112 E-Mail: muhunyusk@yahoo.com E-Mail: necofakenya@yahoo.com
