Agroecology improves women’s livelihoods
aquaculture provides an answer for women
Women Seed Savers Uganda – a three minute film
As governments across Africa develop laws to deny farmers’ rights to exchange and sell local seeds, women are leading the fight to protect Africa’s sacred biodiversity. View the 3 [...]
Improving women farmers’ access to seed in Uganda
Improving women farmers’ access to quality seeds in Uganda
Women making cheese in Kordofan Sudan
RURAL WOMEN’S ASSOCIATIONS IN CASAMANCE
WOMEN’S ASSOC FOR COMPOST IN BURKINA FASO
MEDIA ADVISORY: IGNORING AFRICA’S SMALL-SCALE FOOD PRODUCERS AT COP27 WILL IMPERIL THEIR SURVIVAL
Addis Ababa, 22 September 2022 – Africa’s small-scale farmers risk being disregarded and shut out at international climate negotiations (COP27) in Egypt this November, warns Africa’s [...]
PRESS RELEASE: Our Africa, Our Agriculture
Our Africa, Our Agriculture: African farmers and faith leaders demand an end to the failed Green Revolution MEDIA CONTACTS Anne Maina, Biodiversity and Biosafety Association of Kenya / [...]
PRESS ADVISORY
Our Africa, Our Agriculture African farmers and faith leaders demand an end to the failed Green Revolution 4PM Kigali / 5PM Nairobi / 10AM Washington D.C. Thursday, Sept. 1st REGISTER HERE Ahead [...]
Call for Sign Ons
CIVIL SOCIETY DECLARATION ON AFRICAN CONTINENTAL SEED HARMONISATION WE, delegates from 23 African countries[1] consisting of farmers, academics, CSOs, NGOs, media, faith-based organisations, [...]
National seed policy reports – Niger, Chad, Tanzania
These three study reports help establish a roadmap for changing seed policies and laws toward instruments supporting farmer-based seed systems in Africa. Throughout the world, farmers play a [...]
Proposed legal framework for the recognition and promotion of farmer managed seed systems and the protection of biodiversity
This framework aims to ensure the recognition and protection of the right of farmers to define rules, based on their habits and customs, within their communities, networks, or other collectives, [...]
DIVERSE ACTORS FROM 30 COUNTRIES GATHERED TO MAKING AGROECOLOGICAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WORK AND FLOURISH
Investing in agroecology for expanding agroecological enterprises and supporting territorial markets is the most reliable option for achieving a fundamental food system transformation that [...]
Join us – Registration now open
Register Online Here – It’s FREE On May 24-26, 2022, the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa will host a trailblazing hybrid convening to build a shared vision for the growth of [...]
INVITATION for expressions of interest to document seed case studies
Documenting seed case studies to scale up the narrative of Farmer Managed Seed Systems in Africa Terms of Reference Introduction: These terms of reference invite agricultural actors and those [...]
Declaration of the West African Peasants Seed Fair in Djimini
We, more than 400 people, in our capacity as members and supporters of the West African Peasants Seed Committee (WACS), represented by farmers (men, women and youth), farmers’ [...]
Advancing Agroecological Enterprises for Healthy Local Food Economies
The First African Agroecological Entrepreneurship & Territorial Markets Convening May 24-26, 2022 A Hybrid Event: In-person Kampala, Uganda and Online Virtually Join entrepreneurs, consumer [...]
