Terms and Conditions

Food and Agricultural Research Management (FARM-Africa) is a registered charity in England and Wales (number 326901) and a company registered in London (No. 01926828) and limited by guarantee.

Our Registered Office is: Clifford's Inn, Fetter Lane, London EC4A IBZ United Kingdom

Our telephone number is +44 (0)20 7430 0440, fax +44 (0)20 7430 0460, contact email address farmafrica@farmafrica.org.uk  and this website www.farmafrica.org.uk

 

Use of this website (www.farmafrica.org.uk) is provided by FARM-Africa subject to the following terms and conditions

Terms of use

  1. By using www.farmafrica.org.uk, you accept these terms and conditions, which shall take effect from your first use of www.farmafrica.org.uk.
  2. FARM-Africa reserves the right to change these terms at any time by posting changes online. Your continued use of www.farmafrica.org.uk after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of this agreement as modified.
  3. If these terms and conditions are not accepted in full, the use of this site must be terminated immediately.
  4. These terms and conditions shall be governed and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales. Any disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales.
  5. For the purposes of this agreement, "content" means material including, without limitation, text, video, graphics and audio, published on farmafrica.org.uk, whether copyright of FARM-Africa or a third party.

 

Use of www.farmafrica.org.uk

  1. You may not copy, reproduce, republish, download, post, broadcast, transmit or otherwise use www.farmafrica.org.uk content in any way except for non-commercial personal or educational use. You also agree not to adapt, alter or create a derivative work from any www.farmafrica.org.uk content except for non-commercial personal or educational use. Any other use of www.farmafrica.org.uk content requires the prior written permission of FARM-Africa.
  2. You agree to use www.farmafrica.org.uk only for lawful purposes and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of, restrict or inhibit anyone else's use and enjoyment of www.farmafrica.org.uk.
  3. The names, images and logos identifying FARM-Africa, or third parties and their products and services are subject to copyright, design rights and trade marks of FARM-Africa and/or third parties. Nothing contained in these terms shall be construed as conferring any license or right to use any trademark, patent, design right or copyright of FARM-Africa, or any other third party.
  4. If there is any conflict between these terms and conditions and rules and/or specific terms of use appearing on this site relating to specific material, then the latter shall prevail.
  5. It is possible that some documents and photos have been published on this site with the permission of the relevant copyright owners (who are not FARM-Africa). All rights are reserved on these documents and permission to copy them must be requested from the copyright owner (the sources are indicated within these documents/photographs).

 

Disclaimers and limitation of liability

  1. www.farmafrica.org.uk and the information, names, images, pictures, logos regarding or relating to FARM-Africa are provided "as is" without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied, including the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.
  2. In no event will FARM-Africa be liable for any damages, including without limitation, indirect or consequential damages, or any damages whatsoever arising from use or loss of use, data or profits, whether in contract, negligence or other tortious action, arising from or in connection with the use of www.farmafrica.org.uk.
  3. FARM-Africa does not warrant that the functions contained in the material contained in www.farmafrica.org.uk will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site www.farmafrica.org.uk or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs or represents the full functionality, accuracy and reliability of the materials.
  4. You can access other sites via links from www.farmafrica.org.uk. These sites that we link to are owned and operated by third parties and FARM-Africa has no control over them. The fact that we include links to other websites does not mean that FARM-Africa approves of or endorses any other third party website or the content of that website. We accept no liability for any statements, information, products or services that are published on or are accessible through any websites owned or operated by third parties
  5. Any communication or materials that you transmit to, or post on, any public area of the site, including any data, questions, comments, suggestions, or the like, is, and will be treated as, non confidential and nonproprietary information. 

 

Participating in blogs, debates, and Q&As on the FARM-Africa site

  1. We welcome your participation in any interactive feature on our site, including your posting comments to our blogs, submitting questions for a featured Q&A, or adding your opinion to a debate. We want to hear your views and we will listen to your comments. For the purpose of the terms ‘post’ includes all types of submission.
  2. We reserve the right to moderate all comments submitted, this is a precaution to ensure security and sensitivity of our staff, beneficiaries and members of the public. For this reason, there will be a delay between the submission of your post and it appearing on the site. We will do our best to include your post as quickly as possible. We reserve the right to edit for length or withhold any post without notice to you.
  3. We reserve the right to remove the access of any individual who has abused FARM-Africa’s web services, breached the terms and conditions, terms of use and/or persistently submitted inappropriate material. In exceptional circumstances we could be legally obliges to reveal your registration information and/or IP address to the authorities.
  4. In order to participate in any interactive feature, we ask that you observe the terms of use, including the following participant’s rules:
    • Please be considerate of other participants’ access to and enjoyment of the post. Post in English only please and avoid using slang or shorthand. Not everyone speaks English as a first language and we do not have the resource to make translations
    • All posts should relate directly to the discussion topic
    • We reserve the right to terminate lengthy or involved discussion between a small number of people if we feel that this is having a negative impact on other users. If posts become irrelevant we may close comments and/or delete comments already posted
    • People of all ages and backgrounds visit our site, please do not use profanities or other words (including shorthand, abbreviations or substitutions) that might offend others
    • Do not post any material that is defamatory, obscene, indecent, lewd, pornographic, violent, abusive, threatening, harassing, insulting, discriminatory, blasphemous or otherwise unlawful, illegal or offensive. A defamatory comment is one that is capable of damaging the reputation of an organisation or an individual
    • Do not post anything that is or may be in contempt of court or is associated in any way with ongoing or forthcoming legal proceedings. Do not post anything that may infringe another’s rights, including intellectual property rights
    • Do not incite people to commit any crime, including incitement of racial hatred
    • Do not impersonate another person, create multiple identities for the purpose of abusing this site or a user, or post personal attacks on other participants
    • Please do not post any personal information, or request it from other users
    • No spamming or flooding
    • All submissions should be your own original work, you warrant to us that your submission is your original work. You may use limited quotes from published sources, as long as these are reference clearly. By making a submission you acknowledge that any breach of this warranty may cause us damage or loss and you agree to indemnify us in full and permanently against any third party liabilities, claims, costs, loss or damage we incur as a result of including material you submitted to us, including consequential losses
    • You grant us a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide license to republish any material you submit to us in any format, including without limitation print and electronic format
    • No advertising or marketing or any kind, or posting of web links
    • If you have a general question, query or complaint, please use our ‘contact us’ email and we will respond within 48 hours (ie two working days)
    • Our registration process means that we will hold your details to validate your access to the discussions and we may also send you information by email. You are able to unsubscribe at any time

The following terms and conditions apply to orders and items purchased through the Farm Shop

  1. You may only place an order for goods if you agree to these terms and conditions.
  2. By placing an order you are deemed to have accepted these terms and conditions as governing your order.
  3. This does not affect your statutory rights as a consumer.
  4. There may be additional terms and conditions depending on which items you are ordering, please refer to the particular website.

 

Trading

  1. All profits made from the sale of goods are paid to FARM-Africa (Registered charity number 326901, Registered company number 01926828).

 

Purchasing

  1. When you submit your order you are allowing FARM-Africa to use your personal details to fulfil your order. In the event of there being a problem with your order we will communicate with you via e-mail, telephone or letter as quickly as possible.
  2. The supply of goods from this site is subject to availability and it is not always possible for us to inform you at the time you place your order whether the goods you want are still available for purchase. In the event of this happening, a carefully selected alternative or a full refund may be sent, but we will contact you beforehand.

 

Delivery

  1. From the time we receive your order, we aim to deliver your goods to you within 14 working days, however please allow another seven working days before querying a non-delivery. If ordering from overseas, please allow an extra 20 days.

 

Damaged/faulty goods

  1. FARM-Africa supplies goods which are guaranteed to be durable and reliable. In the event that any product purchase proves to be unsatisfactory in use due to defective workmanship or faulty material, you can return them to us for a replacement or a full refund. Please telephone our UK office on +44 (0)20 7430 0440 or email info@farmafrica.org.uk and advise our staff.
  2. Returns should be sent to:
    FARM-Africa (FARM-Shop), Clifford's Inn, Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1BZ
  3. Your statutory rights are not affected.

 

Order cancellation and amendments

  1. Please note that once an order has been placed, we are unable to cancel the order or make any amendments to the address or items ordered.
  2. Please telephone our UK office on +44 (0)20 7430 0440 or email info@farmafrica.org.uk and advise our staff as soon as possible.
  3. You are entitled to return the whole order in its original packaging and condition for a full refund.
  4. Where a refund is claimed, please allow 21 days for us to refund your money.
  5. Please send returns to the address above.