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Hosted by The Eastern and Southern Africa Small-scale Farmers Forum (ESAFF) and Southern Africa Trust (SAT) in partnership with Climate Justice- Just Transition Donors Collaborative.
Despite landmark programs such as the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Program (CAADP), the Maputo Declaration 2005 and the Malabo Declaration 2014, Africa is still a net food importer. Recent FAO statistics show there is growing poverty, hunger and malnutrition in Africa. The effects of climate change, land degradation and the COVID-19 pandemic make matters even worse, especially for small-scale farmers, who have been hit hard.
The event focused on three issues:
This pan-African webinar brought together about 200 small-scale farmers and their organisations from East, West, Central and Southern Africa as well as civil society representatives, philanthropic donors and multinational organisations.
Hosted by The Eastern and Southern Africa Small-scale Farmers Forum (ESAFF) and Southern Africa Trust (SAT) in partnership with Climate Justice- Just Transition Donors Collaborative.
Despite landmark programs such as the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Program (CAADP), the Maputo Declaration 2005 and the Malabo Declaration 2014, Africa is still a net food importer. Recent FAO statistics show there is growing poverty, hunger and malnutrition in Africa. The effects of climate change, land degradation and the COVID-19 pandemic make matters even worse, especially for small-scale farmers, who have been hit hard.
Small-scale farmers, are, however, also the first to adapt and there is a wide range of local solutions championed by small-scale farmers’ organizations. Agroecology has gained some traction in recent years as a more systemic approach to a just and sustainable transformation of agriculture. 
The event focused on three issues:
- Reflect on results of the recently concluded just ended United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) and the COP26 and what they mean for agroecology and small-scale farming in Africa
- Debate on how agroecology can be a pathway to climate justice and resilience in Africa,
- Learn about African small-scale farmers' work and assess needs in the field.
Setting the scene: Why is agroecology the pathway to climate and social resilience in Africa?
Reflection on the UNFSS and COP 26 / Brief introduction on Agroecology in Africa / Benefit and opportunities of agroecology in Africa
/ Challenges facing agroecology
/ Recommendations moving forward
- Ms Nora Berrahmouni &, Ms Isabel Kuehne, Senior Officers - FAO – Africa
- Dr. Million Bellay – AFSA General Coordinator
Opportunities, Challenges and Recommendations on the ground:
Farmer’s voices on agroecology work to promote
agroecology, as well as challenges on the ground like
lack of supportive policies and finance, land tenure, seed
sovereignty, etc. and recommendations to African
governments and donors.
- Mai Mpofu – Woman farmers (Overall Situation in Africa)
- Ms. Mary Sakala – (Woman farmer Zambia (Southern Africa),
- Ms. Masudio Margaret -woman farmer- Uganda, Eastern Africa
- Mr. Ibrahim Coulibaly- ROPPA (West Africa)
- Mr. Nathanael Buka Mupungu - PROPAC (Central Africa)
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