The Checkout speaks with Million Belay about how millions of farmers across the African continent are fighting to control their own food systems and why high-tech “Green Revolution” solutions are a false promise.
From https://afsafrica.org/meet-the-team/: Million Belay is the General Coordinator for The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa. He has been working for over two decades on intergenerational learning of bio-cultural diversity, agriculture, the rights of local communities to seed and food sovereignty and forest issues. He has a PhD in environmental learning, an MSc in tourism and conservation, and a BSc in Biology, and is a member of the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food).
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Episode #76 Notes
0:30 - What does the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa do?
2:00 - What is Food Sovereignty?
3:15 - The influence of powerful and influential benefactors of the green revolution in Africa.
8:15 - What was the Green Revolution? What did it want to do, and what have the outcomes been?
15:45 - How are food sovereignty organization pushing back on the Green Revolution narrative?
20:00 - Closing thoughts.
