Bees bring a new buzz to family farming in Zimbabwe
Description
One way that family farmers improve their resilience to both climatic and economic shocks is to diversify what is produced. More and different crops and livestock, particularly local varieties and breeds, are being promoted. Two other options also stand out – bees and trees.
As delegates gather at the Kintélé Conference Centre this week for the African Development Bank Group’s 2026 Annual Meetings, convened under the theme “Mobilising Africa’s Development Financing at Scale,” the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) is pressing a sharper question on the Bank: not how much finance is mobilised, but who it serves — and whether the assumptions behind it hold up at all.
A new Barefoot Guide from the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) documents a growing continental movement — from community markets and school gardens to national parliaments and global policy forums.
As delegates gather at the Kintélé Conference Centre this week for the African Development Bank Group’s 2026 Annual Meetings, convened under the theme “Mobilising Africa’s Development Financing at Scale,” the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) is pressing a sharper question on the Bank: not how much finance is mobilised, but who it serves — and whether the assumptions behind it hold up at all.
A new Barefoot Guide from the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) documents a growing continental movement — from community markets and school gardens to national parliaments and global policy forums.
