agroecology Archives | African Arguments

Judith Bero-Irwoth set up her keyhole garden after she was displaced by the EACOP project. Credit: John Okot.

February 20, 2024

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“We’re surrounded by oil”: Activist gardening in a shadow of EACOP

Ugandans displaced by the mega oil pipeline are turning to African keyhole gardening for both survival and a way to channel their climate activism. Judith Bero-Irwoth ...

Food systems and agriculture were finally in the spotlight at COP28. Credit: Credit: UN Women/Ryan Brown.

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By Million Belay

January 10, 2024

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COP28 just about put food systems on the climate agenda. Now we build

Though the talks’ long overdue focus on food and agriculture ultimately disappointed, it provides a starting point for future action and advocacy. At COP28 in Dubai ...

Africa food system. A women's farming cooperative in the township of Yoko, Cameroon. Credit: UN Women/Ryan Brown.

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By Edward Mukiibi

June 1, 2023

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Africa’s topsy-turvy food paradox

Why embrace a food system proven to be harmful to health, nutrition, dignity, equality, local economies, and the environment? Imagine a country defined by deep inequalities ...

The AfDB African Emergency Food Production Facility is centred on expanding an industrial model of agriculture centred on monocropping and use of chemical fertilisers. Credit: CIMMYT/ Peter Lowe.

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By Frédéric Mousseau & Andy Currier

March 10, 2023

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Why’s the AfDB siding with the Agrochemical Industrial Complex?

Against the wishes of hundreds of millions of farmers, the bank is backing a model that can push economic dependence, soil depletion and pollution. After the ...