The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) is scaling up its Healthy Soil Healthy Food project, spotlighting agroecological farming and farmer-led entrepreneurship. At the center is Ruth Nabaggala, whose work with PELUM Uganda has helped over 100,000 farmers transition from subsistence to market-oriented farming. Her PESA Agro Enterprise Marketing model focuses on: • Value ...

By Brandon Moss Across sub-Saharan Africa, women make up nearly half of the agricultural workforce, yet they remain disproportionately excluded from formal markets, financing, and decision-making. A new report from the African Centre for Agroecology reveals that empowering women through agroecological practices could be the key to unlocking sustainable food systems. In Uganda’s Mbale region, ...

As part of the 2025 Paris International Agricultural Show, and a month prior to the Nutrition for Growth summit, AFD and the Académie d’agriculture de France organized a roundtable and strategic brainstorming session on transforming African and European food systems, and redefining current partnerships. At a time when these systems of production and consumption can ...

LEEDS, United Kingdom — Tanzania, cited by Biovision, is nearly entirely self-sufficient in its food production. Largely an agricultural economy, 70% of Tanzania’s population lives in rural settlements, with employment in farming sectors making up 75% of the workforce. Despite this, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) notes that malnutrition and food insecurity are rife among the ...

by Aimee Gabay The African Development Bank (AfDB) has released agricultural development plans for 40 countries across the continent that outline pathways to improving food security and productivity. But a recent report by the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) argues that the AfDB initiative, which seeks to industrialize African food systems at a cost ...