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Beginning as a failed experiment, glyphosate has become the epicentre of debates about pesticide use and how the environment is impacted by it. With the EU approving its use for another decade, Bárbara Pinho digs into the science around the controversy. chemistryworld.com/features/the-g…

South African Peoples Tribunal to address agrochemical crisis and government accountability in court of public opinion iol.co.za/weekend-argus/…

The South African People’s Tribunal on AgroToxins put government on trial in the court of public opinion this past weekend for gross dereliction of its constitutional duties to protect the right to life. Watch the opening statement by ACB's Mariam Mayet: acbio.org.za/corporate-expa…

GNU ministers snub tribunal on pesticides killing pupils - sundayworld.co.za/news/gnu-minis…

In 2024, 27% more visitors consulted the Family Farming Knowledge Platform (FFKP) than the year before & visitors carried out more than 1 million online searches. Now in its 10th year, read the FFKP annual report: canva.com/design/DAGhgLH…

Catch part 1 of Rehad Desai's documentary Capturing Water this Sunday at 5pm on SABC 3. Highlighting 3 organised struggles, protagonists take on various aspects of the council’s mistreatment of the water cycle in the City of Cape Town. Watch the trailer: youtu.be/J-TNz5zUI3E?si…

The vast diversity of seeds is the result of thousands of years of farmers’ shared knowledge & collective stewardship. Join the launch of a new report this Thursday that examines the importance of seeds & the crucial role of small-scale food producers. eu01web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

On Tues 6 May 2025, WFP marches to the offices of Philagro in Somerset West. The rally point is the open grass area between Broadway and Gutsche Road (opposite the Sasol Garage on R44). We begin at 13:00. #EndDoubleStandards

BIBA Kenya, Leiden University, and the Africa Technology Assessment Platform are launching a new report, Connecting Communities or Corporations: Digital Agriculture, Data Harvests, and Food Sovereignty in Kenya. Join the online launch 8 May, 3–4:30PM EAT: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Join European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC) this Wednesday, 14 May 2025, as they unpack their recently launched political position paper, The challenges digitalisation brings to peasant agroecology. Register for the webinar here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Catch the recording of UnPoison SA's webinar, Demystifying highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) in South Africa - for the agri sector, policy makers and civil society: youtu.be/_C6aRP98-Ew?si…. Speakers unpack related regulations, classifications, criteria, and categories of HHPs.

Organised with AFSA & APBREBES, ACB is co-hosting a capacity-building workshop on Plant Variety Protection & Farmers’ Rights, now underway in Uganda. The workshop aims to provide a balanced understanding of PVP systems, highlighting their advantages & drawbacks. #seedislife

In this interview with Rooted Magazine, peasant feminist activist Susan Owiti from the Kenyan Peasants League talks about the dangers that GMO and hybrid seeds pose to the mental and physical health of farmers – and particularly women farmers: rooted-magazine.org/2025/04/14/how… #NoToGMOs

Tomorrow at 09:30, jurors Judge Navi Pillay, Commissioner Philile Ntuli & Dr Sophia Kisting-Cairncross of South African People’s Tribunal on AgroToxins present on agrotoxins to Portfolio Committee on Agriculture. Watch live here: youtube.com/@ParliamentofR… t2m.io/SAPToA_brief_p…

Earlier today, the 3 jurors of the South African People’s Tribunal on AgroToxins delivered a presentation on highly hazardous pesticides and other agrotoxins to the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture. Watch a recording of the Parliamentary Briefing here: youtube.com/watch?v=grYfdF…

Diarise 27 May for the next African Food and Culture Tourism (AFCT) session set for 2pm EAT. AFIRD in Uganda will share their experience setting up a social enterprise to promote sustainable agriculture among small-scale farmers. Join the session here: afsafrica-org.zoom.us/j/88368006715?…

"W𝐞 𝐦u𝐬t m𝐨v𝐞 𝐛e𝐲o𝐧d c𝐚p𝐢t𝐚l𝐢s𝐦—𝐛e𝐜a𝐮s𝐞 𝐟o𝐨d, 𝐥a𝐧d, 𝐚n𝐝 𝐥i𝐟e s𝐡o𝐮l𝐝 𝐬e𝐫v𝐞 𝐩e𝐨p𝐥e, 𝐧o𝐭 𝐩r𝐨f𝐢t." – S𝐭e𝐩h𝐞n G𝐫e𝐞n𝐛e𝐫g, 𝐀f𝐫i𝐜a𝐧 𝐂e𝐧t𝐫e f𝐨r B𝐢o𝐝i𝐯e𝐫s𝐢t𝐲 Speaking at the Shifting Financial Power convening, Stephen Greenberg

In our latest web post, we trace the push to introduce GM wheat into SA & Africa. Together with our allies across the Global South, we continue to oppose the approval of GM wheat production to protect our seed & food systems. acbio.org.za/gm-biosafety/a… #NoToGMWheat #FoodSovereignty

Neelam Tailor of The Guardian reveals how philanthropic efforts by the Gates Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation & the organisation they set up, AGRA, have made things worse for the small-scale farmers who produce 70% of Africa's food. youtube.com/watch?v=KO3-xk… #foodsovereignty

Join a 2-hour online regional strategy session on Confronting GMOs with Dr. María Elena Álvarez-Buylla, former head of Mexico’s National Council of Humanities, Science and Technology, set for Tuesday, 3 June 2025, from 4PM (SAST | 5PM (EAT). us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…