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Organic Agriculture Association-OAA

OAA was established on 13 June 1997, by a group of 22 agricultural specialists and farmers.
The roots of membership are farmers and groups of farmers, Also, members are university teachers, researchers, businessmen and other individuals involved or willing to join the organic movement in Albania.
The mission of OAA is to contribute to sustainable development and environmental protection at national level with main focus on rural development.

Global Bean projects we are involved in:

We can offer:

experiences of great farmer’s varieties of legumes in Albania and more specific in Korca region, which is really reach on those. In the meantime we have members of OAA of a high expertise level on beans. We also are able to test different varieties in orur plot of 2000 m2.

We seek:

The project can be very useful in terms of exchanging the seeds of the legumes,, the techniques in terms of saving the seeds in situ and ex situ, identification of most adaptable beans in terms of climate change, Fighting together to the farmers’ rights for their seeds, possibilities for expansion of new seeds and tests

In the Global Bean network since:
September 2022

Publications

Cultivating Legumes on Balconies

Increased urbanisation has left less space for growing our vegetables on farms unlike in our rural areas. So space is one of the biggest constraints for farming. But to eat a healthy diet you need to grow your food in your locality!

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Showgarden

Global Field India

Edible Routes is one of India’s largest organic farming organisations. At Edible Routes, we are moving towards creating a world of conscious and healthy people who care for themselves and the earth.

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Events

Legumes and the Hunger Crisis

With overnutrition globally becoming a bigger problem than undernutrition, there is no shortage of food. However the price of food commodities is subject to speculation, and 36% of the grains are used as animal feed. Let's have a look at crisis-situations in Europe, Kenya, and India, and what part legumes could play.

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Recipes

Enduri by Lopa

Edible Routes is one of India’s largest organic farming organisations. At Edible Routes, we are moving towards creating a world of conscious and healthy people who care for themselves and the earth.

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Kapil’s Dosas

Edible Routes is one of India’s largest organic farming organisations. At Edible Routes, we are moving towards creating a world of conscious and healthy people who care for themselves and the earth.

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Moong Dal

Edible Routes is one of India’s largest organic farming organisations. At Edible Routes, we are moving towards creating a world of conscious and healthy people who care for themselves and the earth.

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