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We are all deeply affected by yet another terrible conflict. We are in touch with our local leaders in Palestine, Israel, Lebanon and Jordan, and all they wish for is for an immediate end to all violence and the building of peace, just like all of us. We make again a call to all to …

Imagine a continent blessed with plentiful natural resources and fertile land that could on the whole ensure its food security. Imagine that those indigenous to this continent were endowed with generations of knowledge and traditions in the ecologically sustainable cultivation of the land. And yet, this continent – Africa – faces the triple burden of …

Agroecology must lead the way to shaping a new food system After COP27 dedicated a pavilion to food for the first time, food and food systems now will be at the center of the discussions in Dubai, where the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) is about …

Today, a majority of the European Parliament rejected the Commission proposal to reduce the use of pesticides in the EU, a pillar of the EU Green Deal, falling for the lobbying efforts from the agro-industry.  As Rapporteur MEP Sarah Wiener puts it, “today is a very dark day for the environment and farmers”. During the …

Our campaign FlashCOP is getting super close! We’re now one week away from it and we could not be more excited. Over 40 communities are gearing up to set their FlashCOP tables, uniting to spread our powerful messages across the globe. The enthusiasm is contagious, and we’re thrilled to be a part of something so …

We are proud of re-publishing here an article written by our President, Edward Mukiibi, which originally was hosted on Impakter.com. Impakter is a sustainability-focused platform dedicated to delivering high-quality articles related to current global events. The platform has a string of global organizations as partners as well as featuring heads of the UN, NGOs, and Institutes, as …