Nearly 5,000 farmers in Burkina Faso, Cameroon,Ghana,Senegal, and Sierra Leone are exporting organically-grown produce to Europe, after gaining organic and fair-trade certification with help from the U.N.Food and Agriculture Organization.

VOA: standard.2010.04.11

Bio-trade analyst at the U.N.Conference on Trade and Development Lucas Assuncao says local communities will be more inclined to preserve their flora and fauna, if they can see economic benefits from using their natural resources in a sustainable manner.

VOA: standard.2010.01.31