Title of document: Resource Guide for Farmer-Trainers _ Based on: Organic Farming - Organic Agricultural College, Denmark IFOAM Training Manual for Organic Agriculture in the Tropics

Authors: Koen den Braber

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Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: ADDA Organic project

Year of publication: 2007

Geographic focus: Vietnam

Main issues / topics addressed (for example: Introduction; The Living Soil; Soil and Water Management; Farm Nutrient Balance; Plant Nutrition - Keeping the Balance…)

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Organic farming tries to work with nature as much as possible. This applies both to the crops and animals, which provide the basis for our survival, as well as the surrounding natural environment

Organic agriculture constitutes only a small portion in the world's agriculture, rarely constituting a few percent of a country's farming sector. Governmental support for research, extension or marketing in organic farming is still very low in most countries. Nevertheless, organic farming at present has promising growth rates all over the world