Our Land is Our Life Workshop Report

“When spiders unite their webs, they tie a lion. Who are the spiders, and who are the lions? The spiders are the CSOs and FBOs represented by you and here with us. The lions are the AU and EU political muscular business agenda. How can we join together to tie the lion?”

This is the report of an African civil society workshop at the VENRO Africa-Civil Society Conference in Berlin directed towards the forthcoming Europe Africa Summit Meeting.

  • Social Responsibility of Faith Communities
  • The Role of Women in Rural Development: Agroecology, Food & Nutrition Security
  • Land Grabs: Holding Investors to Account
  • Finance for Agroecology

Featuring

  • Dr Million Belay: General Coordinator – Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)
  • Bishop Sithembele Sipuka: Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM)
  • Busisiwe Mgangxela: Eastern Cape Agroecology Farmers’ Association
  • Massa Kone: CGLTE West Africa
  • Nina Isabella Moeller: Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience

Download the report here

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