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The Ecological Organic Agriculture (EOA) initiative is led by the African Union and was started in 2013. It aims to establish an African organic farming platform based on available best practices and to develop sustainable organic farming systems. The EOA project being implemented in 9 African countries including Ethiopia, promotes ecologically sound strategies and practices among diverse stakeholders in production, processing, marketing and policy making to safeguard the environment, improve livelihoods, alleviate poverty and guarantee food security and nutrition security. An outstanding work has been done in Ethiopia by different pillar implementing partners in conducting studies, promoting innovative organic farming practices, putting participatory extension systems and training approaches in place, and creating market linkages for farmers which helped them get better profits from organic premium prices. As part of the project, the information and communication team have been publis