24th July: Call for Expression of Interest to develop policy brief to inform the development of an African Food Policy.
The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) and the African Union (AU), in collaboration with the Eastern Africa Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Africa [...]
AFSA responds to Dr. Agnes Kalibata’s letter to AFSA
Date: June 18, 2021 Dr. Agnes Kalibata Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit We would like to express our gratitude for your letter dated May 26, 2021. The [...]
SEED IS POWER RALLY—UNITING AGAINST THE CORPORATIZATION OF AFRICAN SEED SYSTEMS
Farmers in Africa are the custodians of centuries-old knowledge about seed, agriculture, and ecology. Each seed is a legacy of power, heritage and divine rights. While farmers’ seed varieties are [...]
SHAPING THE FUTURE OF FOOD MARKETS IN AFRICA: WHAT KIND OF MARKETS DO WE NEED FOR THE TRANSITION TO AGROECOLOGY?
From 27 to 29 October 2020, AFSA held its third Biennial Food Systems Conference and Celebration. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, AFSA decided to hold this conference virtually. The [...]
AGROECOLOGY FOR A JUST FOOD SYSTEM AND CLIMATE ACTION — AFSA LAUNCHES EARTH DAY CAMPAIGN
[Kampala, Uganda, April 20, 2021] – The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) is pleased to officially launch a three-day social media campaign on Agroecology for a Just Food System and [...]
Food sovereignty in times of pandemic
By the time the WHO (World Health Organization) declared on January 30, 2020, that COVID19 was an international public health emergency, no one imagined the magnitude of the damage this disease [...]
AFRICA CORONAVIRUS STORIES
AFSA is pleased to launch a new book entitled “African Coronavirus Stories: Perspectives on COVID-19 Challenges to Livelihoods and Food Systems.” The impact of COVID 19 on food [...]
Solidarity and Appreciation to the United Republic of Tanzania
On Tuesday, January 12, 2021, Tanzania’s government took the crucial leap of joining the global community of nations that rule out GMOs and choose a just, healthy and sustainable path to [...]
Farewell 2020 – Year of Unprecedented Crisis and Wisdom
Greetings! We at the AFSA Secretariat started the year 2020 with modest optimism. It was the beginning of a new decade, with renewed hope and commitment to advance an African voice on agroecology [...]
A Briefing on AGRA’s False Promises
This AFSA web briefing by authors of the report reveals the findings of the international study. False Promises documents the dramatic negative impacts of the AGRA Alliance on small-scale food [...]
Webinar Recording of COVID-19: A Wake-Up Call for Food System Change in Africa
See the edited highlights of the webinar or listen to the audio recording. The coronavirus crisis has clearly exposed the weakness of current food systems and the fragility of Africa’s dependence [...]
False Promises: The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
New study by a broad civil society alliance concludes: the agricultural alliance has failed to achieve its own goals. https://www.rosalux.de/en/publication/id/42635 An international study [...]
AFSA WEBINAR: COVID-19: A Wake-Up Call for Food System Change in Africa
You are invited to a conversation with the African Union and Food Sovereignty Activists from all sub-regions of Africa. AFSA Chairperson Dr Chris Macoloo will be asking the tough questions to [...]
AFSA Annual Report 2019
Welome to AFSA’s Annual Report 2019 A lot happened in 2019 but here are five takeaways. Climate Change Campaign: The campaign was launched in Ghana at the African Climate Week in March [...]
“I can’t breathe,” says Africa
Ever since I saw the video of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on the 25th May, killed by a police man who knelt on his neck for NINE MINUTES, while he was calling for his [...]
Ethiopian Civil Society Statement
On the unnecessary and illegal rush to introduce genetically modified organisms (GMOs) into the country’s agricultural system without proper institutional and regulatory mechanisms set up and a [...]



























