Biowatch South Africa, established in 1999, is a public interest non-governmental organisation (NGO) working in the interconnected fields of biodiversity, food sovereignty and social justice.

Biowatch challenges the industrialised food system and demonstrates and advocates agroecology for food sovereignty and thriving, biodiverse and climate-resilient environments.

We work with smallholder farmers, other civil society organisations and government towards a just transition to agroecology and to ensure food sovereignty, seed sovereignty, and social justice.

By working simultaneously at policy level (locally, nationally and internationally) and directly with projects on the ground involving smallholder farmers: 

• Biowatch builds and shares knowledge, understanding, evidence and theory about agroecology and its value. 
• Biowatch facilitates, builds and strengthens a movement to promote and influence for agroecology.
• Biowatch engages and influences decision makers to strengthen policy and support for agroecology for food sovereignty.
• Biowatch supports and capacitates smallholder farmers to deepen and spread the practice of agroecology and secure their farmers’ rights.

We are grounded in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, with offices in Durban and Mtubatuba, and we collaborate and advocate locally, nationally, regionally and internationally.