post-2020 CBD-OEWG-4..means the use of the national commitments & international agreements, development of capacities of all, mainstreaming of biodiversity in rural & the urban areas...Venter Mwongera, Ph.D Sulemana Abudulai Fassil Gebeyehu Janet Mwikya Abdel Ali Hannah Kigamba Nguyai SwedBio #ForNature

Biodiversity loss is deteriorating worldwide at an unprecedented rate. Biodiversity loss, climate crises, desertification & ocean degradation...urgently call for concerted efforts to reverse the upward trend! Venter Mwongera, Ph.D Sulemana Abudulai Fassil Gebeyehu Abdel Ali JVE International #ForNature

Reversing biodiversity loss requires action from all segments of society! Take leadership and inspire others to safeguard, restore and invest in biodiversity. Venter Mwongera, Ph.D Sulemana Abudulai Fassil Gebeyehu Abdel Ali Hannah Kigamba Nguyai Janet Mwikya Indigenous Women Biodiversity Network FAO Climate Change & Biodiversity #United4Biodiversity

Need to fund biodiversity by more than 46% to think about systemic transformation change to reverse the biodiversity loss. Venter Mwongera, Ph.D Sulemana Abudulai Fassil Gebeyehu Hannah Kigamba Nguyai Abdel Ali Janet Mwikya Indigenous Women Biodiversity Network Biodiversity Task Force SEE #ForNature #United4Biodiversity

"To achieve seed & food sovereignty in Africa, policy makers need to consult the smallholder farming communities before passing a legislations on farming matters." Dr Fassil Gebeyehu, General Coordinator, ABN. Venter Mwongera, Ph.D Sulemana Abudulai Fassil Gebeyehu Abdel Ali SEATINI UGANDA JVE International

"Sustainable farming approaches lead to; improved environmental health, human health, animals & plant health while mitigating the climate crises." ABN General Coordinator lay emphasis. Venter3 Sulemana Abudulai Fassil Gebeyehu Hannah Kigamba Nguyai Abdel Ali BIBA Kenya SEATINI UGANDA

"Ecological shocks, like droughts, floods, locust incursion, etc further threaten the achievement of food sovereignty in Kenya." Anne Maina, BIBA Kenya Venter Mwongera, Ph.D Sulemana Abudulai Fassil Gebeyehu BIBA Kenya Hannah Kigamba Nguyai Abdel Ali SEATINI UGANDA PELUM Kenya #United4Biodiversity

"Policy shocks threaten the achievement of food sovereingty in Kenya. Unfavourable seed policies in Kenya choke smallholder farmers from practicing sustainable agriculture."Ann Maina, BIBA Kenya observes. Venter Mwongera, Ph.D Sulemana Abudulai Fassil Gebeyehu Hannah Kigamba Nguyai Abdel Ali BIBA Kenya

"About 60% of smallholder farmers we work with use manure for their farming activities & 90% of them use their indigenous seeds stored in their seed-banks." Samuel Nderitu, GBIAC-Kenya. Venter Mwongera, Ph.D Sulemana Abudulai Fassil Gebeyehu GROW BIOINTENSIVE Hannah Kigamba Nguyai SEATINI UGANDA BIBA Kenya

Together we can! Let us stop biodiversity loss through the use of sustainable farming approaches to protect ecosystem services. Venter Mwongera, Ph.D Sulemana Abudulai Fassil Gebeyehu Hannah Kigamba Nguyai Abdel Ali FAO Climate Change & Biodiversity Indigenous Women Biodiversity Network UN Biodiversity #United4Biodiversity

"Kenyan government has not recognised Farmer's Managed Seed System. It needs to be recognised & protected as a right to the smallholder farmers." Dr. Daniel Maingi, Director, Growth Partners. Venter Mwongera, Ph.D Sulemana Abudulai Fassil Gebeyehu GROW BIOINTENSIVE BIBA Kenya JVE International SEATINI UGANDA

Today: The Project ‘Conserving Bio-culture Diversity through Strengthening Community and Ecosystem Resilience’ has been presented to members of the General Assembly and the Board of Directors of GER-RWANDA the project is funded by Sida through the African Biodiversity

Learning from Tharaka Communities of indigenous seed eco-calendar was enriching as women are walking ICE Kenya servers of the indigenous solutions to climate crises. Venter Mwongera, Ph.D Sulemana Abudulai Fassil Gebeyehu Hannah Kigamba Nguyai Abdel Ali SwedBio Regeneration International Indigenous Media

Ntakira Widows SHG, 40 households, believed in the value of self-sufficiency. They have managed to feed & educate their children through sustainable farming... Venter Mwongera, Ph.D Sulemana Abudulai Fassil Gebeyehu ICE Kenya SwedBio @sida JVE International SEATINI UGANDA BIBA Kenya

It is important for Africa to promote effective & well-governed networks of conserved and protected areas. #APAC2022 CANCO Swedish Society for Nature Conservation African Biodiversity @FutureForAll Faith Gikunda Milkywire

ABN's BoT Chairman, Dr. Sulemana Abdulahi, Ayele Kebede of SIDA & ABN's GC, Dr.Fassil Gebeyehu, affirms to ABNers from the south of the development partnership to conserve biocultural diversity. Venter Mwongera, Ph.D Sulemana Abudulai Fassil Gebeyehu SwedenUN 🇸🇪 PELUM Zimbabwe Biowatch Bio Vision Africa(BiVA)

Celebrating ABN's practices of influencing formulation of AC's Res. 372 on protection of Sacred Natural Sites and Territories. Venter Mwongera, Ph.D Sulemana Abudulai Fassil Gebeyehu SwedBio Sweden Bread for the World Agroecology Fund @foundationswift BIBA Kenya PELUM Kenya AFSA @JVE_In #ABN@20

ABN@20 climax of the celebrations today. Please join us through this link: Join Zoom Meeting us02web.zoom.us/j/5273576059?p… Meeting ID: 527 357 6059 Passcode: 896529 Venter Mwongera, Ph.D Sulemana Abudulai Fassil Gebeyehu Agroecology Fund @foundationswift AFSA SEATINI UGANDA FoodSovereigntyGhana #ABN@20

Throwback to 18th September 2015 during the Biennial General Meeting at Bantu Lodge, Mt Kenya. We will This is a meeting of partners, so we the board and the Secretariat. linkedin.com/posts/african-…

Some reflections on Advocacy when it comes to Farmer managed seed systems (FMSS) from the #ABN EA-SRN Workshop. What are some of the barriers that affect full recorgnition and implementation Impact Africa Consulting Limited (IACL)