Episode 76: Million Belay, Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa

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.