A recent report by the Shamba Centre examines how market concentration in the agri-food market is fuelling #foodinsecurity in Africa. Read more: tinyurl.com/5bjc64s5

Grassroots Evidence for #Agroecology: Free Online Course from Agroecology Fund and Statistics for Sustainable Development (Stats4SD) Now available in English, French + Spanish Learn more in this short new video ⤵️ youtube.com/watch?v=nvj0W-…

𝗔𝗙𝗦𝗔 || 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 AFSA Officially Launches “𝙎𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙄𝙨 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚” Campaign To Uphold Farmer Managed Seed Systems (FMSS) “Seed Is Life” campaign, a significant initiative aimed at promoting Farmer Managed Seed Systems (#FMSS) and countering the

🆕📰We know the world's future is urban, but what lies ahead for food security? 🏙️🍽️There is an urgent need for interventions to strengthen food security and nutrition within urban and peri-urban food systems. Read why🗞️⤵️ fao.org/cfs/cfs-hlpe/i…

🌱The #LandSqueeze is putting food production at risk. As farmland prices double & demand for land escalates, small & medium-scale farmers & Indigenous peoples are losing their livelihoods. Time to prioritize land access for sustainable food production! ipes-food.org/report/land-sq…

There is an alternative to costly, carbon-emitting chemical fertilisers On a new op-ed to African Arguments, Bridget Mugambe, AFSA Program coordinator, comments on the just finished #AFSH24. Africa’s #soils are not merely depleted but in crisis, and decades of reliance on

🇨🇭Amb. Tamara Mona launched today the Traceability Systems and Landscape in Coffee Project in Ethiopia 🇪🇹, implemented in collaboration with the Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) and the @WLRC_AAU. 🤝 This project is financed by Swiss Development and Cooperation 🇨🇭 through its (SO)r4d programme and the Swiss National Science Foundation.

A new report by IPES-Food shows how investors and agribusiness are taking control of #water in Latin America to export water-intensive crops, such as avocados. news.mongabay.com/2024/06/water-…

AFSA call for proposals to develop policy briefs from African agroecological entrepreneurship and territorial market studies. Deadline 12 July. afsafrica.org/request-for-pr…

#UNSecretaryGeneral 🇺🇳 reports the highest number of grave violations against children in armed conflict ever verified! 🇨🇭 considers this trend unacceptable & remains committed to child protection under the #CAAC agenda with a strong focus on ensuring the right to #education.

To mark #PrideMonth, International Fund for Agricultural Development Farm-Food-Future Podcast team spoke with rural LGBTQ+ small-scale food producers about their experiences in creating inclusive spaces in vegetable farming, beekeeping, and beyond. #FoodSovereigntyIsDiversity viacampesina.org/en/farming-wit…

After a 4-year legal battle, #Monsanto drops lawsuit against #Mexico’s #GMO corn ban, a major victory for Mexico. mexiconewsdaily.com/news/monsanto-… via Mexico News Daily Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) Margaret Spiegelman Charles Benbrook Stacy Malkan carey gillam ✍️ 📓 Cdn Biotech Action Dr. Vandana Shiva AFSA GRAIN A Growing Culture

Je vois passer l'expression "refuser de choisir entre la peste et le choléra" mais désolé en tant que médiéviste je me permets de vous dire qu'il faut ABSOLUMENT CHOISIR LE CHOLÉRA qui est littéralement deux fois moins mortel que la peste... #teampremierdegre #leconsdelhistoire

Delighted to deliver the keynote at this #HLPF2024 side event organized by SwitzerlandUN Swiss Development and Cooperation. By focusing on dietary diversity and evidence-informed actions, we can achieve the #Agenda2030. Thanks to country leadership, like that shown by🇨🇭🇲🇼🇧🇩🇧🇷, we can #PowerTheChange.

📣High-quality diets are essential to meet nutrition goals! #HLPF2024:🇨🇭co-organized a discussion on: ➡️How data on dietary diversity can be leveraged to improve public policies on nutrition ➡️The need for a new indicator to measure healthy diets #2030Agenda #SDG2 🌎🌱

🇺🇳From #Rome to #NY, 🇨🇭 renews its commitment in the fight against malnutrition. The proposal for a new indicator to measure healthy diets, sponsored during #RomeNutritionWeek, has finally reached the #HLPF2024 in New York. To learn more👇 eda.admin.ch/deza/de/home/d…

Proud that the new Diet Quality indicator co-developed and promoted by GAIN is highlighted in Box 3, page 20 of the brand new #SOFI from @fao. Thanks to our partners @Gallupfoundation, Harvard Health and Alessandra Roversi openknowledge.fao.org/items/18143951…

New article on the need to recognize the environmental component of the peasantry through #UNDROP and in the Convention on Biological Diversity - a must read before #COP16Colombia in Cali! defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/towards-an-… CETIM FIAN International La Via Campesina (Official EN)

Patriarchal structures & power relations in food systems undermine women, girls, minors & LGBTIQA+ people’s RtFN. On #WorldFoodDay FIAN calls for alternative, decolonial models of production, exchange, consumption & access to food shorturl.at/doCYh

In 2024, the impact of conflicts on hunger & #foodsystems has reached unprecedented levels. At #GenevaPeaceWeek today,🇨🇭co-organized a high-level panel to have a joint conversation with experts, policymakers, and Member States on the intersection of Conflict, Hunger, and Peace!