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The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) is an African voice advocating for the rights of small-scale food producers. Follow us and join our struggle!
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What is driving unprecedented pressures on farmland and what can be done to achieve equitable access to land?
New IPES-Food report highlights a critical challenge in our #foodsystems : the alarming concentration of #farmland โฆ
Land grabbing never went away, we just took our eyes off it. Our newly published report by IPES-Food shines the spotlight on the gross green & grey grabs, squeezing small & medium farmers out in favor of land speculation & carbon offsets. For more, see๐๐พ ipes-food.org/report/land-sqโฆ
๐ฉNEW REPORT JUST OUT!
๐ #LandSqueeze : What is driving unprecedented pressure on farmland & what can be done to achieve equitable access to land?
We dive into the effects of soaring land prices & resurgent land grabs on farmers & our #foodsystems
ipes-food.org/report/land-sqโฆ
๐๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ข๐: ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ ๐ข๐ป ๐๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ป ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ
We are excited to announce a Request for Expression of Interest (EOI) from the Alliance for Foodโฆ
๐๐-๐ผ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ: ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ช๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐ผ๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐จ๐๐จ
Transforming the African Food System to Sustainability (TAFS) 'My Food Is African' Initiative
The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), supported by the Swedish Internationalโฆ
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๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ป ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ถ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐
๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ช๐ญ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆโฆ
Ma Semence, ma Vie// Message de M. Hakim BALRIRAINE, Prรฉsident du conseil d'administration de l'AFSA
'Nos #gouvernements devraient cesser de signer et d'approuver des traitรฉs influencรฉs par les #multinationales et les #communautรฉs internationales, de maniรจre ร pouvoir protรฉgerโฆ
Ma Semence, ma Vie// Message de Omer AGOLIGAN, Prรฉsident de COASP, Benin
'Nous ne pouvons pas revendiquer une souverainetรฉ politique sans une souverainetรฉ Alimentaire'.
#SSP #seedislife #AFSA #agriculture #Afrique #semencespaysannes #seedsovereignty #FMSS #mbeguzetu #hazinayetu โฆ
๐ฅ: The Programs Coordinator of AFSA,
Bridget Mugambe says Governments need to put in place policies for farmers to access seeds.
#SeedIsLife | #MaSemenceMaVie