Land grabs at gunpoint
Thousands of families violently evicted from their farms to make way for foreign-owned plantations in Kiryandongo, Uganda, says new report Kampala – Uganda – Three multinational [...]
Thousands of families violently evicted from their farms to make way for foreign-owned plantations in Kiryandongo, Uganda, says new report Kampala – Uganda – Three multinational [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
12 African organizations are taking action together online, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, to call for action on climate change and promote agroecology Online Campaign on #Agroecology4Climate [...]
Repositioning AFSA To meet the new opportunities and address the ever-changing challenges AFSA is continuing to press strongly for change in its four thematic areas, ensuring continuity and [...]
You are warmly invited to share your land and soil stories. You may even get them published! Land is a community resource: we are custodians of the land and must pass it on to future generations [...]
We stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in our many and diverse constituencies across Africa. We send a message of hope that each one of you and your family is coping with the impact [...]
The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), Zambia Alliance for Agroecology and Biodiversity (ZAAB) and Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (RLS) hosted a meeting from 26thto 28th November in Lusaka, [...]
AFSA will hold its 3rd African Food Systems conference in southern Africa and has elected to hold it in Zimbabwe so that it can coincide with the 8th annual Zimbabwe Traditional and Organic Food [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]