North Africa provides fertile ground for organic farmers. This is despite the greater cost of organic products in a middle-income country where the coronavirus pandemic and years of economic hardship have taken a toll on many people’s wallets. Only 16,000 hectares were allocated to organic farming in 2001, a figure that has grown 20-fold in the last two decades. Tunisia, despite its modest size, ranks 30th in the world and first in Africa in terms of organic farming area certified. People began looking for organic products “because… they don’t include (artificial) chemicals” as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, she noted.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 07, 2021 07:59 UTC