Biovision supports the co-operation and use of synergies from the regional office of icipe in Ethiopia and from the local organisation BioEconomy Association (BEA). Biovision also finances courses in organic garden farming (school and home gardens) for small farmers. An intial pilot project was launched in Luke (Guraghe, Ethiopia). In this way the current ’Biovision Tsetse-Rollback Initiative East Africa‘ in Luke was complemented with an organic farming element.

The very successful Tsetse-Projekt serves as a so-called ‚door-opener’ for the introduction of dung and compost management, organic agricultural methods as well as improvement of school education. The subsequent projects will be operated by BEA Ethiopia.

In order to advance the dissemination of organic agricultural methods and combine them with successful natural methods in the fight against sleeping sickness and malaria, Biovision has initiated, and continues to support the

Biofarm Consortium Network in East Africa.