• Policy Brief: Securing Farmers’ Rights and Seed Sovereignty in South Africa

    Policy Brief: Securing Farmers' Rights and Seed Sovereignty in South Africa

    July 3rd, 2012 | Featured, Middle, News, Publications

    By Rachel Wynberg, Jaci van Niekerk, Rose Williams and Lawrence Mkhaliphi   Focusing on small-scale farmers, their indigenous agricultural knowledge and practices, and the traditional varieties that they grow, this Biowatch Policy Brief reviews farmers’ rights in South Africa and the extent to which policies, laws and practices support seed sovereignty and the conservation of [...]

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  • New international land deals database reveals rush to buy up Africa

    New international land deals database reveals rush to buy up Africa

    June 19th, 2012 | Announcements, Featured, Middle, News, Websites

    Source: Platform for African – European Partnership in Agricultural Research for Development (PAEPARD) 27 April 2012. guardian.co.uk. New international land deals database reveals rush to buy up Africa. World’s largest public database lifts lid on the extent and secretive nature of the global demand for land. Almost 5% of Africa‘s agricultural land has been bought or [...]

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  • Training course on Food Systems: from agronomy to human health

    May 21st, 2012 | Announcements, Training

    3-7 Sept, 2012, Cotonou, Benin. The partners of the EU-ACP project on “Building human and institutional capacity for enhancing the conservation and use of Neglected and Underutilized Species of crops in West Africa, and Eastern and Southern Africa” are inviting young scientists in Benin, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria or Senegal to apply for a Training course [...]

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  • High level policy dialogue between West African small scale farmers and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)

    April 16th, 2012 | Featured, News

    High level policy dialogue between the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and small scale farmers on the priorities and governance of agricultural research for development in West Africa IIED, APPG on Agroecology, CNOP, Kene conseils, Centre Djoliba, IRPAD This photo story highlights key moments in a policy dialogue on agricultural research for [...]

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  • Promoting farmer-led agricultural research in West Africa

    Promoting farmer-led agricultural research in West Africa

    February 13th, 2012 | News

    By the Indigenous Partnership for Agrobiodiversity and Food Sovereignty How can agricultural research be reshaped to include farmers’ view? To answer this question, a three day policy dialogue between farmers and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), a major funder of agricultural research in Africa, was held in Accra (Ghana), from 1 to [...]

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  • The N’Djamena Declaration

    November 25th, 2011 | News

    “Indigenous leaders and Ministers agree on climate adaptation priorities” This is the title of IPAACs web page set up after that Indigenous pastoralists from the IPACC network met with international agencies, African meteorologists and members of Chadian national cabinet to discuss adaptation strategies and priorities ahead of COP17 on 7-9 November 2011 in N’Djamena, Republic [...]

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