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Strengthening African organic data and statistics




Online or in-person in Egypt

Flyer of the event.

The event is open to everyone with an interest in organic data and statistics and their trends in Africa and globally. (Flyer: FiBL)

A side event organised by FiBL jointly with partners is taking place during the 2nd African Organic Research Conference (AFROREC) on the 25 November 2025 in Egypt. The conference is hosted by SEKEM, Heliopolis University, and the Egyptian Biodynamic Association.

Every year, FiBL and IFOAM Organics International, together with many stakeholders across the globe, join hands to collect data and publish statistics on organic production and marketing trends. These data highlight key trends on:

  • Area of land under organic cultivation
  • Number of organic producers
  • Market size
  • Trade volumes
  • Consumer demands and other information

These key statistics provide sound indications for decision making related to organic by producers, traders, processors, marketers, consumers, policy makers as well as other actors and investors.

Importance of African organic statistics

The reliability of organic statistics is influenced by the quality of the underlying data, the methods and tools used to collect the data, and the capacity and skills as well as knowledge of the people conducting the data collection, processing and analysis. This is why FiBLis jointly organising the side event "Strengthening African Organic Statistics through Capacity Development on Data Collection and Data Management Systems", together with the African Organic Network AfrONet, the Ecological Organic Agriculture Initiative EOA-I, the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa FARA, IFOAM – Organics International, and the Network of Organic Agriculture Researchers in Africa NOARA.

The side event aims to provide a platform for exchange on the state of organic data and statistics for the African organic context, identify key bottlenecks and opportunities for improving the data collection and management processes. Aspects of agroecology data will also be discussed. Explorations will be made too on the potential for African agroecology data and statistics.

The outcomes will help provide better information and statistics to domestic and global organic actors while enhancing decisions, practice and policymaking. There will be a follow-up session at the next BIOFACH in Nuremberg, Germany, in February 2026.

Important information

The event will be held in English. It is open to everyone with an interest in organic data and statistics and their trends in Africa and globally. Online and in-person participation is possible.

Date and time: Tuesday, 25 November 2025 from 9:00 to 11:00 (Central European Time)

Programme

The session will be 2 hours in total.

Session Moderator: Dr. Irene Kadzere (FiBL)

  1. Plenary: Opening Address
    • Chariton Namuwoza (CEO of NOGAMU, and AfrONet President) – African organic and agroecology statistics and their importance to the AfrONet family
    • Alex Mutungi – (EOA-I Secretariat) – Evidence based policy and decision making on organic and agroecology in African Union States – the role of sound data and statistics
    • Dorith von Behaim (KCOA Project Manager, GIZ) – Policy and evidence in organic and agroecology knowledge management
  2. Key technical notes on organic data and statistics
    • Dr. Helga Willer (FiBL) – Insights into the nature and quality of African organic data and statistics, as well as prospects for agroecology statistics in Africa
    • Samuel Ndungu (KOAN, Kenya) – Approaches and experiences in African organic data collection and statistics, consumer preferences and lessons for the future from KOAN
  3. Panel discussion on organic and agroecology data and statistics
    • Samuel Ndungu (KOAN, Kenya) – perspectives of an organic network on strengthening organic data collection and management
    • Dr. Najla Dhen (Ministry of Agriculture, Tunisia) – Governmental data collection and management systems for organic
    • Daniel Kotze (ECOCERT, Southern Africa) – Perspectives of a Certification Body on organic data and statistics – lessons, solutions and recommendations for the future
    • Mathieu Foka Simo (CIPCRE, KCOA, Cameroon) – Linking organic and agroecology data and statistics to knowledge management in Africa – the experiences of an NGO
    • Shadrack Seneza (PAFO, Pan African) – Importance of sound organic and agroecology data and statistics to PAFO's stakeholders
    • Dr. Helga Willer (FiBL) – Global perspectives and data management systems in organic.
  4. Plenary discussion
  5. Key Takeaways from the Keynotes and panel discussion and bridging the current event to future discussions: Markus Arbenz (FiBL) and Prof. Olugbenga Adeoluwa/Prof. Raymond Auerbach (NOARA).
  6. Closing remarks: Dr. Kwaku Antwi (FARA).

Further information

Contact

Links

The registration link will be made available here in the coming days.

Acknowledgement

The Side Event is being organised within the framework of the Knowledge Centre for Organic Agriculture and Agroecology in Africa (KCOA) project funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Intrenationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), and further, the Research for Agroecology Network of Southern Africa (RAENS) project funded by the European Union (EU) and coordinated by the Centre for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern Africa (CCARDESA).