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Envisioning the future of African agriculture and the renewed role of farmers organization

Envisioning the future of African agriculture  and the renewed role of farmers organization is the focus of the First Continental e-Discussion co-organized by PAFO and its sub-regional members, the EAFF, PROPAC, ROPPA, SACAU and UMAGRI. The e-Discussion will be lasting two weeks, from the 19 to the 29th of November 2013. We publish here the invitation we have received from PAFO.

  • Activities and slogans for the International Year of Family Farming

    The UN General Assembly has decided to celebrate the 2014 as the International Year of Family Farming. This gives us a good opportunity to promote food sovereignty, peasant farming, agroecology and other forms of sustainable agriculture. We encourage all members of the More and Better Network to actively use the IYFF. Please, share with the Network which plans you have and proposals for slogans and mottoes by writing to secretariat[at]moreandbetter.org. 

  • The 1st Forum of African Rural Women

    In December, from the 10th to the 12th, Yaoundé, in Cameroun will host the Forum of African Rural Women, in preparation of the International Year of Family farming 2014. This very first edition of the Forum will deal with a crucial issue: “The place and role of African women farmers in family farming”. 

  • The Superfamer

    The Development Fund (Norway) which is an active member and the main funder of the More and Better Network has made a short film (2 minutes), the Superfarmer. In the three weeks since it was released people from 86 countries have seen it. It is now available in English and Spanish. A French version will soon be released.

  • CFS40: Sustainable, equitable and viable Food Systems

    Civil Society messages for the International Year of Family Farming and beyond
    A side event Organized by the Civil Society Mechanism and co-sponsored by More and Better in cooperation with many other organizations. 

  • Developing strategies to struggle for Food Sovereignty in Africa

    The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), a Pan African coalition of peasant organizations, NGOs and networks that supports family farming in Africa, held from August 12 to 16 in Addis Ababa, a workshop on the theme: The development of a strategy for food sovereignty in Africa and its challenges. Jacques Yves Atangana took part in the meeting on behalf of the More and Better Network and wrote for us the following article.   

  • African Green Revolution Forum 2013: Good examples and policies within a bad model

    About 200 business people, representatives of governments, development agencies, NGO’s and three (!?) representatives of farmers’ organizations were gathered in Maputo, Mozambique September 4-6th, for the African Green Revolution Forum 2013.The overall theme was scaling up and financing inclusive agribusiness through transformative public-private partnerships. Aksel Naerstad* who attended this Forum - and also the previous ones - tells us more about the Conference and shares his interesting viewpoint on such initiative. 

  • Success for 1st assembly of Alliance for Food Sovereignty of Latin American & the Caribbean

    The very first continental assembly of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty of the people of Latina America & the Caribbean took place in Bogotá (Colombia) from the 5th to 6th of August. First recalling the historical path that brought together organizations and social movements in the region around the concept of Food Sovereignty, the Assembly put then a special emphasis on principles for the future actions to promote the struggle for Food Sovereignty in the region.

  • Family Farmers for Sustainable Food Systems

    A synthesis of reports by African farmers’ regional networks on models of food production, consumption and markets. 

    Over the past two years three African producers’ networks – ROPPA in West Africa, PROPAC in Central Africa and EAFF in East Africa – have been at work documenting the well-known but most often ignored fact that 80% of the food consumed in Africa is produced by family farmers and reach those who consume it through channels that have nothing to do with so-called “modern” value chains and supply systems. 

  • La Via Campesina: Strong call for food sovereignty and agroecology

    Delegates from 70 countries ended the 6th International Conference of La Via Campesina with the adoption of a strong call for food sovereignty and agroecology. The Jakarta Call take up many issues linked to the development of our societies and economies, especially for peasants and rural populations such as: agrarian reforms, financial and environmental crisis, climate change, transnational companies, oppression of and violence against women, trade and WTO, the situation for youth, seeds and biodiversity, farmers rights.

  • La Via Campesina VI International Conference

    600 delegates and guests from 70 countries are gathered in Jakarta, Indonesia for the VI International Conference of La Via Campesina, the global peasant movement. La Via Campesina is a member of the More and Better Network. Aksel Naerstad, International Co-coordinator of More and Better is present at the conference as a guest on behalf of the Network.