Africa: Why Africa’s Agricultural Crisis Is a Matter of Race, Class and Epistemicide

Africa: Why Africa’s Agricultural Crisis Is a Matter of Race, Class and Epistemicide

Africa’s reliance on industrial agriculture reflects colonialism, inequality, and the erasure of indigenous knowledge, while intensive farming has driven soil degradation, environmental harm, poor nutrition and economic exploitation. Restoring agricultural sovereignty requires reclaiming indigenous knowledge, addressing land inequalities, and shifting toward regenerative ‘landculture’ centred on soil health, biodiversity, food security and community wellbeing. Across Africa,…

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Africa: Why Africa’s Agricultural Crisis Is a Matter of Race, Class and Epistemicide

Africa: Ethiopia’s Agricultural Transformation Model Offers Lessons for Other African Nations – AU Officials

Addis Ababa — Ethiopia’s efforts to boost agricultural productivity, promote self-sufficiency, and engage smallholder farmers offer valuable lessons for other African countries seeking to strengthen food security, according to officials from the African Union (AU) and the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System. Clement Adjorlolo, Principal Programme Officer for Agriculture and Rural Transformation at…

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Africa: Why Africa’s Agricultural Crisis Is a Matter of Race, Class and Epistemicide

Africa: Why Eudr Could Redefine Africa’s Agricultural Competitiveness

For much of the past two years, debate around the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) has centred on risks. Exporters worry about rising compliance costs. Cooperatives fear the burden of collecting geolocation data from thousands of smallholder farmers. Policymakers question whether the regulation shifts the cost of environmental protection onto producing countries. These concerns are…

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Africa: Why Africa’s Agricultural Crisis Is a Matter of Race, Class and Epistemicide

Africa: Angola’s Agriconnect Compact Targets Food Security, Jobs, and Agricultural Growth

Luanda — Angola and the World Bank Group today launched the country’s AgriConnect Compact, a national framework to boost domestic food production, create employment, and mobilize private investment in agricultural value chains. The Compact brings together government, private sector, financial institutions, development partners, and farmer organizations around a shared agenda to transform the country’s agricultural…

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Africa: Why Africa’s Agricultural Crisis Is a Matter of Race, Class and Epistemicide

Africa: World Bank Approves Project to Expand Agricultural Value Chains and Jobs

Washington D.C. — The World Bank has approved a $500 million International Development Association (IDA) credit for the Nigeria Sustainable Agricultural Value-Chains for Growth (AGROW) Project, aimed at increasing smallholder farmers productivity, strengthening agricultural value chains, and creating jobs while improving food and nutrition security. Agriculture remains Nigeria’s largest source of employment, yet low productivity,…

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Africa: Why Africa’s Agricultural Crisis Is a Matter of Race, Class and Epistemicide

Africa: How Africa Could Become the World’s Leading Agricultural Powerhouse and Food Basket

Global food insecurity is rising while Africa holds the land, people, and potential to feed the world. Under South Africa’s presidency, the B20’s Sustainable Food Systems and Agricultural Task Force has laid out a business case to turn agriculture into a driver of growth. Climate shocks make farming more unpredictable. Conflicts exposing fragile supply chains…

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