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PUBLIC SEMINAR: Markets, politics and agroecology

Markets, Politics and Agroecology, a Biowatch Public Seminar, took place on Wednesday, 14 August, at Vuleka Centre in Bothas Hill, Durban. Siphiwe Sithole (African Marmalade) took a holistic look at the politics of food from seed to plate in South Africa, exploring a restorative journey; Mvuselelo Ngcoya (Bonakude Farm) unpacked the strategies employed by the...
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False solution - climate-smart agriculture

“Climate-smart” agriculture – we do not support this false solution

As the corporate takeover of policy spaces in South Africa and around the world deepens, a range of false solutions are being pushed. They want us to believe the lie that all that is needed are a few tweaks to the existing system. One such false solution is so-called “Climate-smart” agriculture.
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Cover_African Perspectives on Agroecology: Why farmer-led seed and knowledge systems matter

NEW BOOK | African Perspectives on Agroecology: Why farmer-led seed and knowledge systems matter

African Perspectives on Agroecology: Why farmer-led seed and knowledge systems matter is now freely available online. Edited by Rachel Wynberg, the book includes the voices of 33 farmers, activists, scientists, scholars and policymakers. Together, they articulate a shared and dynamic vision of a world where agriculture is productive, diverse, and sustainable; where different ways of...
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Publications & Documents

Please see the Publications & Documents section of this website for a wide range of resources, including these titles: 

Stories of Resilience Built Through Agroecology

We challenge the industrialised food system to ensure biodiversity, food sovereignty and social justice.

Biowatch South Africa

OUR WORK

Festivities at the opening of Biowatch’s innovative SIBUYISELA ULWAZI Food and Seed Festival.

Our research and advocacy work is grounded in the direct experience of the communities in which we work. We support smallholder farmers “on the ground” who are building strong evidence of the benefits of agroecology.

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Bhekisiwe Gumede, an agroecology smallholder farmer in Tshaneni, northern KwaZulu-Natal.

We challenge the industrialised food system, advocating and demonstrating agroecology as the ecologically sustainable alternative that protects and builds biodiversity, is empowering to farmers, and promotes food sovereignty.

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Winnie Mngomezulu’s seed bank, housed in a small stone-walled hut, is reverently presented.

Biowatch is a founding partner of the regional Seed and Knowledge Initiative (SKI), a dynamic partnership of 16 Southern African organisations committed to securing food sovereignty in the region.

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