Research was conducted to gain insight into the extent and state of agroecological understanding, practice and advocacy in South and Southern Africa. The research aims to generate knowledge that will be useful to the Fastenaktion International Programme on Food Justice to inform its strategies and...
There is an urgent need to address hunger in South Africa – and the consequences of inadequate diets, where people eat the wrong food. South Africa’s policy on food and nutrition is poorly framed and badly implemented. ...
In South Africa, a series of place-based learning journeys is helping public officials understand food systems issues through direct experience, with the potential to inform public policy...
The African food dialogues are an initiative of the Southern African Food Lab, which is housed in the Faculty of AgriSciences bringing together a panel of leading experts on the food system. The most recent dialogue focused on nutrition inequality with Nicholas Nisbett (IDS, Sussex,...
Homestead and smallholder farmer networks and CSO support networks are active and ready to work with government to assist in realising commonly-held national development objectives. ...
The health of the child reflects the health of the community. “If we see one child with severe acute malnutrition we know that behind them there are another four or five people who also do not have enough to eat."...
In South Africa, a series of place-based learning journeys is helping public officials understand food systems issues through direct experience, with the potential to inform public policy....
Participate in the next African Food Dialogue featuring Nicholas Nisbet and Jane Battersby, founders of the Food Equity Centre. Facilitated by Prof Thuli Madonsela, Jane and Nicholas will present some of the initial thinking that is emerging from the Food Equity Centre and other related...
In several villages in the Eastern Cape there are reports of children running a food stokvel, a practice they have termed ‘Umgalelo’, to make sure that at least twice a week their school feeding scheme fills their little stomachs. Their hunger, and the indignity they...
Across SA many food systems are broken, with farmers growing produce that is not sold in their own communities, and buyers travelling hundreds of kilometres to buy produce that is often grown in their own communities. Through Woza Nami local farmers are not only learning...