19 May 2023
Biowatch South Africa comments on the Preservation and Development of Agricultural Land Bill [B8–2021].
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Biowatch farmers speak out about living and thriving in troubled times 2020–2022: COVID-19, social upheavals, unrest, extreme weather ...
The two years starting from the onset of the COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020, to the civil unrest in July 2021 and the extreme floods in 2022 were unprecedented in terms intersecting crises. During this challenging period communication between Biowatch and the farmers we support suggested that, on the whole, they were coping. To confirm this anecdotal evidence, we commissioned a survey of 24 farmers, including long-standing and recent agroecology adopters, in nine areas in different parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
The farmers’ voices and stories offered in this book provide insight into the multiple dimensions in which agroecology benefits rural communities and builds resilience in the face of intersecting climate, biodiversity, water and food crises and the ensuing social and political upheavals that loom ahead of us locally, regionally and globally.
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9 September 2022
Biowatch South Africa comments on the Draft White Paper on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in South Africa.
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Biowatch SA Comments on the Regulations made in terms of the Plant Improvement Act, 2018 published in the Government Gazette on 10 June 2022.
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Biowatch SA comments on the Regulations made in terms of the Plant Breeders’ Rights Act, 2018 as published in the Government Gazette on 24 June 2022.
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27 May 2022
Biowatch South Africa's submission on the Climate Change Bill [B9-2022], which was published on 18 February 2022.
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10 May 2022
How we produce, distribute and waste food is causing global ecological and social crises, including one of the greatest threats of our time – climate change. In fact, from farm-to-plate-to-landfill, the way we produce and distribute food is responsible for a whopping one-third of all human greenhouse gas emissions.
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