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Push back against risky and unsafe RNAi GM cassava cultivation in Kenya
Blog
An unproven genetically modified (GM) RNAi cassava variety is yet another staple food crop, after maize and banana, on the biotech industry’s agenda for commercial cultivation in Kenya.
Objection to commodity clearance of Corteva’s MON 89034 x TC1507 x MIR162 x NK603 x DAS-40278-9 maize
Objection
ACB’s objection to commodity clearance of Corteva’s MON 89034 x TC1507 x MIR16
Registration of farmers’ varieties in SADC
Report
Key Issues emerging from the dialogue between CSOs and SADC, African governments
August 2020
ACB's first newsletter: July 2020
News
Reflections midway through a tumultuous year
Greetings from the ACB! We are happy to share with you our first newsletter. The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing flux has led to deep reflection, as we grapple with how to meet unprecedented challenges. And through the stringent lockdown, our
Global Network for the Right to Food and Nutrition Report
News
Coming on the heels of the publication of the UN’s State of Food Security and Nutrition (SOFI) report presenting the global hunger and food insecurity figures, the Global Network for the Right to Food and Nutrition (GNRtFN) releases its 2020 State of the Right to Food and Nutrition Report, which the ACB supports.
Reflections midway through 2020: The need for solidarity and global rules for rooted change
News
ACB’s Executive Director Mariam Mayet looks back at the first half of the year
Corporate capture of seed Is jeopardising farmers sovereignty
News
Video
In a film by Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, ACB research and advocacy officer Sabrina Masinjila talks about the corporate capture of seeds and how laws favour hybrid seeds and not farmers who care for indigenous seeds.
Small scale farming organic African herbs and crops
Blog
Video
Uncle Wiz is a shining example of a thriving small scale farming and food distribution business that not only farms without chemicals but also focuses on and promotes indigenous food crops. Owners Wisdom and Mpumi Edward live in south Johannesburg and farm on land in Vanderbijlpark.
Civil society statement on the South African Supplementary Budget
Civil Society Statement
Implications for food security and land reform within a context of multiple crises
See below for a link to the recording of an online media briefing.
Stephen Greenberg's departure from the ACB at the end of June 2020
News
Sadly, at the end of June, the ACB's senior researcher Stephen Greenberg is departing from the ACB. In a joint letter by executive director Mariam Mayet and Stephen, they reflect on their journey together.
ACB raises concerns on GM Covid-19 vaccine trials for SA, calls for transparency & public hearings
Civil Society Statement
Commentary submitted to FAO discussion on the AFCFTA as it relates to food and agriculture
Comment
On 2 June, the African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) submitted commentary on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA) as it relates to food and agriculture, to a discussion hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO).
Trends in extraction of biodiversity and genetic resources in east and southern Africa
Briefing paper
Human health and wellbeing at great risk unless biodiversity and genetic resources extraction in Africa is halted
“We need more genetic diversity, not less, and we need to vigorously defend genetic diversity as a common good, not something that can be extracted and privately profited from.”
Advancing agroecology and farmer managed seed systems in Limpopo
Briefing paper
At a dialogue on farmer managed seed systems and agroecology, held in Acornhoek, Limpopo on 20-22 January 2020, farmers and support organisations made clear that they want to see more government and policy support for agroecology and farmer managed seed systems, that they will work together to engage government in this direction, and that they w