Organic vs. natural farming
There’s a slight confusion between organic and natural farming, with the terms sometimes being used interchangeably. While both organic and natural farming use the same processes, the big difference lies in paperwork. Namely, ‘organic’ refers to a farm or product that uses natural farming methods and has been certified as organic by a third party, while ‘naturally grown’ refers to a farm or product that uses natural farming methods, but does not have organic certification.
In 2010, Republic Act 10068, also known as the Organic Agriculture Act of 2010, was signed into law. This made it illegal to label products as ‘organic’ without the proper certification. Unfortunately, since getting certified by a third party is expensive, costing about P40,000 per product, this means that a lot of small farmers were left out. It also meant that farms had to price their organic products at a premium to make up for the cost of certification. This is why
Daily Monitor
Tuesday March 02 2021
Mr Chariton Namuwoza, the chief executive officer of the National Organic Agricultural Movement of Uganda. PHOTO | RAINHER OJON
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Organic products mainly exported to the European Union fetch about $51m (Shs186b) only, in spite the large international market for Organic products estimated at over $100b (Shs366 trillion) annually. Prosper Magazine talked to Mr Chariton Namuwoza, the chief executive officer of the National Organic Agricultural Movement of Uganda (NOGAMU), on some of the major reforms within this sub sector.
Bring us to speed with the state of the organic sub sector?
Globally, the organic sub-sector continues to grow from strength to strength. According to the Research Institute for Organic Agriculture (FiBL), the global value of organic food exceeded the $100 billion mark for the first time in 2018. The US market takes the lead with over 41 per cent, followed by Germany (over 11 per cent) and France (over 9 per cent
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15/02/2021 07:25 GMT+7
Tokyo-born Mayu Ino has spent more than 20 years of her life travelling across Vietnam, kindling organic cultivation among Vietnamese farmers and helping to better their lives.
Mayu Ino (third from left) and Vietnamese farmers. (Photo: Mayu Ino)
As the founder of Japanese non-profit organisation Seed to Table, she is dearly described my many Vietnamese people as “a wonderful heart.”
The sincere heart of a Japanese woman
Stepping into the tangerine garden of brothers Tuan and Toan in Xom village, Nam Son commune, Tan Lac district, Hoa Binh province, Mayu Ino was warmly welcomed by the brothers, who gave her enthusiastic hugs like their own sister.
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VILLAR GIVES COMPOSTING FACILITY TO DON BOSCO TONDO TO HELP THEIR URBAN GARDEN PROJECT
In support of the urban farming project of the St. Bosco Parish in Tondo, Manila headed by Father GC Carandang to encourage the residents from the nearby barangays to grow their own food. Senator Cynthia Villar together with the Bureau of Soils and Water Management delivered one unit composting equipment and a shredder for the composting of their kitchen and garden waste to have a steady supply of compost to enrich the soil of their urban garden project.
Residents are encouraged to plant vegetables like squash, upo, talong, and pechay in a 8,000-square meter vegetable garden that used to be a football field.