My Food is African, a campaign Toward Mobilization for an African food policy. For embrancing the consumption of healthy, safe and culturally appropriate foods supported by a favorable food policy Through a coherent food policy that recognizes Agroecology as a pillar of hearthy and sustainable food systems. Comparative advantages of…

L’un des enjeux fondamentaux du 21e siècle est de garantir l’accès à la souveraineté alimentaire de la population mondiale croissante, tout en protégeant les ressources naturelles, en luttant contre le réchauffement climatique et l’érosion de la biodiversité mais également en s’attaquant aux inégalités sociales et aux déséquilibres de pouvoir, y…

Farmers’ managed seed systems must be suited for industrial farming, food processing and markets Today Peasant seeds are left to extinction mostly by the threat of industrial seeds, and are losing interest despite their potentials for exchangeability, sustainability, quality and nutritious and tasty food, medicinal and cultural values, resilience to…

Summary At this national dialogue meeting, participants will reflect on ways to achieve an African food policy in order to deal with challenges inherent to incoherent food policy and related food system. Issues like environmental degradation, malnutrition, the rise in non-communicable diseases, cultural erosion, and loss of diversity are on…

ACORD Rwanda, as part of its program of involvement of rural associations in the monitoring of agricultural and land policies, with the financial support of CCFD Terre solidaire, is conducting a desk study and a survey on the impact of the seed policy and the seed system on the peasant…