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World Food Day Bring back our ancient grains

WORLD FOOD DAY: Bring back our ancient grains

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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

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

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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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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

DURBAN SCREENING | The Last Seed

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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

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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Biowatch Briefing: Farmer-led seed systems

10 October 2021 A Biowatch Briefing on farmer-led seed systems – securing food sovereignty in the face of looming ecological and social crises. FLSS can and do make a critical contribution in responding to current global ecological and social threats through adaptation to climate change, enhancing agricultural biodiversity, strengthening food security and sovereignty, increasing dietary...
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The impact of COVID-19 on food systems in South Africa

8 August 2020 A snapshot of the impact of COVID-19 on food systems in South Africa. Document prepared for the Global Food Governance Working Group of the Civil Society and Indigenous People’s Mechanism (CSM) of the United Nations Committee on World Food Security (CFS).
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