'The Gates Foundation's AGRA - Sustainably Growing Africa’s Food Systems. has spectacularly failed in promoting #foodsecurity & farming productivity in Africa. But it has succeeded in changing our laws around seeds, biosafety & agricultural policies in favour of corporations' our Million Belay tells #ORFC24

Today, the Agroecology Fund hosted a conversation among practitioners from countries across the globe including India, Kyrgyzstan, Uganda, Bolivia, Colombia, Brazil, and Ecuador about how to create accessible markets for healthy foods.

In a conversation led by Agroecology Fund…

The GMOs debate and task ahead of Nigerian scientists environewsnigeria.com/the-gmos-debat… via EnviroNews GMO-FreeNigeria Alliance Health of Mother Earth

The incredible strength of #naturalfarming in the face of extreme weather events.

In the face of Cyclone Michaung, chemical farmed paddy straw fields tumbled, while naturally farmed paddy straw stayed standing.
#agroecology #resilience
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🚨 The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana is calling on the Government of Ghana to halt all activities geared towards the introduction of genetically modified ( #GMO ) products onto the Ghanaian market.
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The food we eat, from soil to spoil, is laden with hidden costs.

But our current method of measuring the success of #FoodSystems neglects to account for their impact on health, environment and climate. Fascinating interview on true cost accounting! bit.ly/3IazAXR

'Without substantive changes to agricultural policy and decision making, the next 'silver-bullet' #agtech will likely be no more than another step on the transgene-facilitated herbicide treadmill.' #GMO #pesticides onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…

Yesterday, we concluded a two-day meeting with Congo Basin actors. It was a follow-up to the meeting we held in Kinshasa, DRC, in September last year.

The Congo Basin is a conundrum. One of the world's richest regions, but with the poorest and most traumatized population as a…

'We demand of the US administration to study the report, consider it carefully and pass judgement on its merits, not ad hominem. We call all states, global civil society and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, to support the Special Rapporteur in her efforts to fulfill her…

🍲Calling all food system enthusiasts!📢 IPES-Food is proud to unveil our revamped website, designed to inform, empower and inspire change.

(Re)discover our groundbreaking reports, videos & resources here:
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'With progress towards sustainable development often in reverse, servicing external #debt now blocks progress. Many governments have cut back spending in line with conditions or advice from powerful foreign economic agencies' – write Jomo KS & Ndongo Samba Sylla/nssylla.bsky.social
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*Webinar Opportunity*

Join us on April 11, 2024 at 10am EST for the first webinar in our 'Agroecology Economies' Series.

We will discuss the role of Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) in promoting agroecology markets w/ folks from Asia, Africa, + Latin America

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FASCINATING: Ancient farming strategy holds promise for climate resilience Maywa Montenegro antonio roman alcalá Annie Shattuck William Moseley Brian Dowd-Uribe Joeva Rock and many others - have you come across this? news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/0…

Check out my latest article: The challenge of Scaling up what is working linkedin.com/pulse/challeng… via LinkedIn

Media Urged to Spotlight the Aesthetic Splendour of Agroecology to the Public.

#ASJC

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LEPREMIER SOMMET DE MILLE JEUNES AFRICAINS SUR LES SYSTEMES ALIMENTAIRES ET L’AGROECOLOGIE

📅 Quand: 14-16 Octobre 2024
📍 Où: Addis Abeba

Un Sommet de ᔕOLUTIONᔕ
Le #LEPREMIER SOMMET DE MILLE JEUNES AFRICAINS sur #lessystemealimentaires & #Agroecologie 2024…

The Thousand African youth summit is open for all African youth with innovative ideas and practices to apply. Apply now to join with youth from across Africa to partake in sharing of solutions for achieving sustainability in African food systems

Over the past few years, the AFSA has notably enhanced youth engagement by creating the AFSA Youth Platform with an intention of promoting the young African Generation’s participation in promoting agroecology and food sovereignty.

In May 2023, we held the first African…

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𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗛 𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗜𝗧 𝗢𝗡 𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗦𝗬𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗦 & 𝗔𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗬 2024

📅 When: 12th-16th October 2024
📍 Where: Addis Abeba

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The #ThousandAfricanYouthSummit on…

The African Development Bank Group $61 billion initiative will transform agriculture but for whom? 1-size-fits-all # Dakar II plan risks sacrificing #biodiversity and smallholders for the sake of private interests. There is an alternative, writes Million Belay AFSA africanarguments.org/2024/03/the-af…