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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 [...]

The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) joined other civil society organisations to emphasise the importance of the Community Land Use and Management Systems (CLUMS) at the just ended [...]

Timothy A. Wise, Tufts University and Small Planet Institute November 2017 More than a decade after a renewed push for an African Green Revolution began in earnest, and after a decade of program [...]

AFSA is seeking a competent and experienced individual or firm to undertake an end of project evaluation of the “Strengthening continental networking and advocacy for food sovereignty and [...]

from the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa 31 August, 2019. Your Excellency, On behalf of the millions of African smallholder farmers, fisher folk, pastoralists, hunter-gatherers and [...]

What? A regional conference and policy dialogue to advance the case for agroecology as the most relevant approach for agriculture resilience and reducing risks to farmers, in climate change [...]

African farmers have been planting, saving and exchanging seeds for countless generations – adapting them to their environment, their cultures and their tastes. Thanks to them, Africa has a rich [...]

Policy Paper on Community Land Tenure and Management Terms of Reference AFSA is looking for a consultant to produce a policy paper on land rights. The policy paper shall emphasize on community [...]

Welcome to the AFSA 2018 annual report. We had a brilliant year in 2018. So many great achievements and memories that will last. We must continue to celebrate victories (no matter how small) and [...]

‘Know Agroecology’ is a media guide for African journalists and communicators to better understand and share information about agroecology and food sovereignty. It has been produced in English [...]

Titled “The Real Seed Producers” this analysis of the role of small-scale farmers in saving Africa’s seed diversity was co-published by GRAIN and AFSA, together with research partners from [...]

A 3-year process of research, reflection and citizen engagement Concept Note, February 2019 Over 2019-2021, AFSA is undertaking a collaborative process of research and reflection to identify what [...]

AFSA held a major conference on African Food Systems and the SDGs in Saly, Senegal, 3-5 November 2018, The conference was built around five thematic areas: Urban food systems Food systems, [...]

In response to the open consultation on the report and recommendations of the Task Force Rural Africa Now is the time for Agroecology May 2019 This African civil society statement is in response [...]

The Problem Around 80% of the food consumed in Africa is produced locally and, as various researches show, the vast majority of farmers who provide this food use locally adapted seeds from [...]

Introduction Land is the most important asset for countries and households that depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. Access to land is a basic requirement for farming and control over [...]

The Problem Countries in Africa continue to increasingly experience climate change and variability with vast threats to agriculture and food production. According to the IPCC 2013 report, all [...]

The Problem Increasingly, the current perception of food is shaped by, and based on, the media advertising stemming from dominant globalized, industrialized food systems. The industrial food [...]

The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) today launches the Agroecology for Climate Action (#A4CA) Campaign at the Africa Climate Week in Accra, Ghana (18th-22nd March, 2019) calling [...]