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18 June 2018
Agroecology points the way towards resilience against climate change
This week the water-stressed city of Cape Town hosts the bi-annual Adaptation Futures conference, where scientists, business leaders, and practitioners from the world of development and agriculture will come together to engage in ‘dialogues for solutions’ to the multifarious problems wrought by our rapidly changing climate. As actors with different perspectives design modes of collaboration, […]
18 October 2017
Farm Input Subsidies and Civil Society’s Position in Mozambique
This statement represents the position of civil society in Mozambique on farm input subsidies.
16 October 2017
Is transformation on the Horizon?
Someone asked my son when he was about three years old, ‘What is your father’s job?’ He said, ‘Sibseba’, which in Amharic means ‘meetings’. This was because every time my son used to ask me where I was going, I used to tell him to sibseba. At the time, I was coordinating the Ethiopian civil […]
16 October 2017
Civil society in Mozambique statement on farm input subsidies in that country
This statement represents the position of civil society in Mozambique on farm input subsidies in that country.
21 June 2017
Food Systems of the Future Public Talk
The ACB in partnership with Wits Inala Forum had the honour of hosting Pat Mooney, Donna Andrews, John Nzira and Stephen Greenberg at a public talk at Wits University on the 12th of May 2017, in the light of the three mega mergers taking place. The title of the talk was “Food Systems of the […]
18 May 2017
FISPs Factsheets: Transitioning out of FISPs
The final factsheet in this series looks at how FISPs should be phased out and replaced with new approaches with long term benefits. Chichewa | English | Nyanja | Portuguese | Sesotho | Setswana | Shona | Siswati | Swahili | Xhosa To read and download all the factsheets in this series, click here.
18 May 2017
FISPs Factsheets: FISPs promote small-scale farmer dependency
The sixth factsheet in this series looks at how the FISPs have resulted in high levels of farmer dependency across Southern Africa. Chichewa | English | Nyanja | Portuguese | Sesotho | Setswana | Shona | Siswati | Swahili | Xhosa For the final factsheet in this series, click here.
18 May 2017
FISPs Factsheets: FISPs and political patronage
The fifth factsheet in this series looks at how these Farm Input Subsidy Programmes are being used to gain political patronage. Chichewa | English | Nyanja | Portuguese | Sesotho | Setswana | Shona | Siswati | Swahili | Xhosa For the next factsheet in the series, click here.
18 May 2017
FISPs Factsheets: The misuse of public funds
Farm input subsidy programmes (FISPs) play a central role in financing and delivering Green Revolution technologies to small-scale farmers in Africa. ACB developed these easy to read factsheets that explain what farm input subsidy programs are and how they operate. The fourth factsheet in the series looks at on the downfalls of the programmes: the […]
18 May 2017
FISPs Factsheets: Why are FISPs failing?
ACB developed these easy to read factsheets that explain what farm input subsidy programs are and how they operate. This third factsheet takes a look at why these programmes are failing to meet their objectives. Chichewa | English | Nyanja | Portuguese | Sesotho | Setswana | Shona | Siswati | Swahili | Xhosa For […]