Issue #3 AAAGRrrr!
Check out the new issue of AAAGRrrr! : African Agroecological Alternatives to the Green Revolution. http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2174
Terra Preta: Forum on the Food Crisis, Climate Change, Agrofuels, and Food Security
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An Invitation from La Via Campesina regarding World Food Emergency--Please Forward to other groups
Global launch of an international call by social movements and civil society concerning the World Food Emergency
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Global launch of an international call by social movements and civil society concerning the World Food Emergency
Agroecological Alternatives to the New Green Revolution for Africa
Outcome of a joint meeting on climate change, hunger, rural development and agroecological alternatives to the Green Revolution
held in Mali, Africa November 26th – December 2nd 2007
Food First collaborated with other organizations to bring more than 150 participants from 25 African countries and 10 non-African countries. Attendees including farmers, pastoralists, environmentalists, women, youth and development organizations, gathered at the Nyéléni Center in Selingue, Mali from November 26th to December 2nd. Field trips to area farms helped to inform the discussion on:
- Climate change and agriculture, fisheries and pastoralism in Africa
- The fight against hunger
- Development aid for agriculture and rural development in Africa
- African Agroecological Alternatives to the Green Revolution.
Documents from the meetings are available at www.moreandbetter.org
The Second Green Revolution for Africa and the 7th World Social Forum Response
The seventh annual World Social Forum (WSF) in Nairobi, Kenya in January 2007 brought thousands of delegates from both the global North and South together to discuss the mounting problems affecting the poor and marginalized in the 'globalized' world. Sessions ranged from HIV/AIDS to food security and sovereignty; from global trade to agrarian movements, and a host of other pressing social justice issues.
Food First Policy Brief No.12
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Food First Policy Brief No. 12
Ten Reasons Why the Rockefeller and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations’ Alliance for Another Green Revolution Will Not Solve the Problems of Poverty and Hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa
By Eric Holt-Gimenez, Ph.D., Miguel A. Altieri, Ph.D., and Peter Rosset, Ph.D.
Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy
October 2006
African Social Movements Set Their Own Agenda
While Western politicians paid lip service to poverty in Africa at the G8 meeting in Scotland, African social movements set their own agenda at a People’s Forum in Mali. The focus of this conference was not on asking for more aid, but rather on Africans taking the lead to resolve the continent's challenges.