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African Perspectives on Agroecology now available for free online
Edited by scholar-activist Rachel Wynberg, African Perspectives on Agroecology: Why farmer-led seed and knowledge systems matter is now freely available online. The widely endorsed book includes a...
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Ultra-processed food in Africa
Implications for just agroecological transitions of food and agriculture systems A series by the African Centre for Biodiversity (Cliquez ici pour lire en français) Fact sheet 9 is now released! In...
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Les aliments ultra-transformés en Afrique
Implications pour une transition agroécologique juste des systèmes alimentaires et agricoles Une série du Centre africain pour la biodiversité (Click here to read in English) Les fiches d’information...
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Rising ultra-processed food consumption deepens Africa’s biodiversity,...
A series by the African Centre for Biodiversity See below for factsheets 6-9 Click here for factsheets 1-5 Pour lire les fiches en français, cliquez ici In this 6th factsheet in the series on...
View ArticleReviving use of local seeds in African farming
African Centre for Biodiversity’s executive director Mariam Mayet is featured on a SciDev podcast, Africa Science Focus, speaking about the importance of supporting and revitalising of farmer seed...
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Expansion of gene drive mosquito projects in Africa
International and national biosafety regulations are urgently needed, including the right to say no By Sabrina Masinjila, African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) research and advocacy officer Masinjila...
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GMOs: two decades of laying out the facts
Even though first-generation genetically modified (GM) agricultural crops have faced significant setbacks and outright failures over the last two decades, a new push for second-generation GM crops has...
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ACB’s legacy podcast: celebrating 20 years of resistance against GMOs in Africa
This legacy series provides an opportunity to reflect on and celebrate the past two decades of ACB’s advocacy and activism, with a particular focus on resisting the introduction of genetically...
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L’augmentation de la consommation d’UPF aggrave les crises de la...
Lire les fiches d’information 8 et 9 ici. Cliquez ici pour lire les fiches d’information 1-5. Click here to read in English Dans les fiches d’information 6 et 7 de la série sur les aliments...
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Annual report for 2023 celebrates ACB’s 20th anniversary
2023 was a special year for the ACB, as it marked the twentieth anniversary since our organisation came into being, initially in response to the emergence of genetically modified organisms and the...
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STOP CHEMICAL WAR ON BODIES OF FARM WORKERS, FARM DWELLERS AND THEIR CHILDREN!
Statement rejecting the Draft Regulations for Hazardous Chemical Agents published on 5 April 2024, under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (Act No 85 of 1993) On 5 May 2024, the Democratic...
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Is Zambia’s food system collapsing?
Zambia’s collapsed food system: never-ending debt, climate shocks, biodiversity loss and FISPs – the indispensability of transitioning to agroecology In this briefing, we look at how Zambia is facing...
View ArticleThe decline of FISPs in Malawi – debt, corruption and hunger
What future for smallholder farmers and realising agroecology? Agriculture is the backbone of Malawi’s economy, with three-quarters of production coming from smallholder producers. The Malawian...
View Article‘Black Box’ Biotechnology – Integration of artificial intelligence with...
Addressing the risks, hype, and inequities underpinning generative biology Haga clic aquí para la versión en español. Cliquez ici pour la version française. The African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB),...
View ArticleLa caja negra de la biotecnología – Integración de la inteligencia artificial...
Afrontar los riesgos, exageraciones y desigualdades de la biología generativa Click here for the English version. Cliquez ici pour la version française. El Centro Africano para la Biodiversidad (ACB),...
View ArticleLa biotechnologie de la « boîte noire » – Intégration de l’intelligence...
S’attaquer aux risques, au battage médiatique et aux inégalités qui sous-tendent la biologie générative Click here for the English version. Haga clic aquí para la versión en español. Le Centre...
View ArticleNew Genetic Engineering Technologies in Food and Agriculture in Africa
Over the past few years, the ACB has produced and shared several briefing papers concerning new genetic engineering technologies for food and agriculture. Building on this work, and in light of the...
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Perilous GM wheat to be grown in SA: transgenic crop plants increasingly...
—— Press release ———- 30 September 2024 Genetically modified (GM) wheat, purported to be drought tolerant, is set to be grown in field trials in South Africa during 2025 and 2026, at three locations...
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Kenya Seed Savers Network workshop on CBD and GBF
In September, ACB research and advocacy officer Sabrina Masinjila participated in a multi-stakeholder workshop hosted by the Kenya Seed Savers Network. The aim of the meeting, which took place in...
View ArticleHarmful subsidies, debt and financing for biodiversity in Africa
Just transition pathways for CBD’s COP 16 and beyond Target 18 of the Convention for Biological Diversity’s Global Biodiversity Framework calls for the elimination, phasing out, or reform of...
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