On this page you will find all of ACB’s publications. To the right are the search categories that will help you navigate around the ACB’s extensive work.
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
Towards a democratised and recalibrated food system in South Africa
Blog
ACB'S Stephen Greenberg's op-ed urging for a shift to localisation and agroecology
COVID-19: Access to medicine & implications for Africa
Briefing paper
ACB brings you a new discussion paper
Clique aqui para a versão portuguesa
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
GM Potato Push in East Africa
Briefing paper
Andean and African farmers condemn digital sequence information of potatoes from centres of origin – opens doors for biopiracy
More toxic GM crops & food for SA; Ineffective GM drought tolerant maize pushed on Kenya and Uganda!
Alert
In this first alert of the decade, African Centre of Biodiversity research and advocacy officers Linzi Lewis and Sabrina Masinjila provide an update on the status of GM activities, in South Africa and in relation to the region.
Insights from farmer dialogues in Kalulushi, Zambia
Blog
In 2019, the African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) co-hosted four farmer exchanges in Zambia.
IPC's letter on UN Food Systems Summit: Call for support
Alert
