World Food Day Bring back our ancient grains
12/10/2023

WORLD FOOD DAY: Bring back our ancient grains

In the build-up to World Food Day on 16 October, and in recognition of the United Nations declaration of 2023 as the International Year of Millets, we’ve launched our campaign to encourage smallholder farmers to grow, harvest, process, eat and share these ancient grains.
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Just Transitions in the SA food system fact sheets
10/10/2023

FACT SHEETS | Just Transition and Adaptation in the South African Food System

To support ongoing horizontal learning and education for a Just Transition and Adaptation in the South African Food System, a series of fact sheets was co-developed and produced in five languages – Afrikaans, English, Sepedi, Xhosa and Zulu.
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15/09/2023

National Policy Dialogue on a Just Transition and Adaptation in SA’s Food System

Biowatch is one of ten organisations co-hosting the National Policy Dialogue on a Just Transition and Adaptation in the South African Food System taking place in Johannesburg 20–22 September.
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The last Seed - Durban screening - Biowatch
05/09/2023

DURBAN SCREENING | The Last Seed

Join us on 27 September at the Durban screening of The Last Seed, the important, timely and visually stunning documentary feature film we co-produced about the struggle for control of seed in Africa.
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The Last Seed
02/05/2023

SA PREMIERE | The Last Seed

We are very excited to announce the much-anticipated South African premiere of The Last Seed, a documentary feature film on the struggle for the control of seeds in Africa, produced by Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung in association with Biowatch SA, AFSA and PELUM Tanzania.
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05/04/2023

NEW BOOK | Stories of Resilience Built Through Agroecology

Biowatch farmers speak out about living and thriving in troubled times: 2020–2022. The farmers’ voices and stories offered in Biowatch’s new book provide insight into the multiple dimensions in which agroecology builds resilience in the face of intersecting crises – the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns, social upheavals, civil unrest, extreme weather events …
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02/12/2022

Initiate an agroecology strategy and programme – an open letter to Minister Thoko Didiza

In an open letter to Minister Thoko Didiza, Biowatch joins the African Centre for Biodiversity, Environmental Monitoring Group, Association for Rural Advancement and Tshintsha Amakhaya in calling on the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) to initiate an agroecology strategy and programme.  
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Agroecology farmers speak out
25/10/2022

Agroecology farmers speak out

SECURING FARMERS’ RIGHTS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: As part of the regional SKI farmers’ rights campaign, Biowatch-supported agroecology farmers speak about the importance of seed, of farmer-led seed systems, and of the restrictive policies that undermine their rights and food sovereignty. Together, they raise their voices for concrete action and legal recognition of farmers’ rights.
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