Resource Guide for Farmer-Trainers _ Based onOrganic Farming - Organic Agricultural College, Denmark IFOAM Training Manual for Organic Agriculture in the Tropics

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 environmentOrganic 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