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Biowatch webinar - NSNP

WEBINAR: Examining opportunities for agroecology in South Africa’s school nutrition programme

THURSDAY 11 JUNE 2026 | This Biowatch webinar explored opportunities for agroecology in South Africa’s National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) – including a focus on national policy, roll-out in KwaZulu-Natal, and a snapshot of children’s and school views. 
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Mapping agroecology initiatives in South Africa

As part of the Agroecology Action Collective (AEAC), Biowatch worked with partners in 2025 and early 2026 to conducted a survey of agroecology initiatives in South Africa. This first phase is a pilot to get an initial view of agroecology initiatives in the immediate AEAC networks.
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NEW RESEARCH PAPER | Smallholder farmers, school food gardens and South Africa’s National School Nutrition Programme

This eye-opening Biowatch Research Paper explores the design, implementation and outcomes of South Africa’s National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP), with a focus on KwaZulu-Natal. Of particular interest is the role of smallholder farmers in the programme and the food production projects in schools.
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Publications & Documents

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

National School Nutrition Programme

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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