Food sovereignty in Africa | Small-scale farmers opposed to proposed plant protection treaty
Photo courtesy of AFSA A lliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa Moderator’s Note: We just received this press release from the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa, dated July 2 2015. We are reposting at the request of the activists concerned with the problems of a proposed African regional framework for the protection of plant varieties. Because of the significance of this issue for the future prospects of food self-sufficiency and autonomy in the African countries, we call on our readers to support the work of AFSA, the grassroots alternative to the Gates Foundation and its ‘Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa’ (AGRA); see our post of October 8, 2010 . AFSA Calls On African Governments at Arusha Meeting to Shun Protocol AGREEEMENT SEEN AS UNDERMINING SOVEREIGNTY & FARMERS’ RIGHTS TO SEED AFSA Press Release | Arusha, Tanzania | 2 July 2015 Nineteen African nations, members of the African Regional Intelle...