Kirubel Teshome
@kiruskyd.bsky.social
#Agroecology #FoodSovereignty #Africa
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“Vacant Land” Narrative Fuels Dispossession and Ecological Crisis in Africa – New report.
#Land
@iatp.bsky.social @foeus.bsky.social @nfucanada.bsky.social @grain.org @afsafrica.bsky.social
Read more: witnessradio.org/vacant-land-...
#Land
@iatp.bsky.social @foeus.bsky.social @nfucanada.bsky.social @grain.org @afsafrica.bsky.social
Read more: witnessradio.org/vacant-land-...
“Vacant Land” Narrative Fuels Dispossession and Ecological Crisis in Africa – New report.
By Witness Radio team. Over the years, the African continent has been damaged by the notion that it has vast and vacant land that is unused or underutilised, waiting to be transformed into industrial ...
witnessradio.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“Vacant Land” Narrative Fuels Dispossession and Ecological Crisis in Africa – New report.
#Land
@iatp.bsky.social @foeus.bsky.social @nfucanada.bsky.social @grain.org @afsafrica.bsky.social
Read more: witnessradio.org/vacant-land-...
#Land
@iatp.bsky.social @foeus.bsky.social @nfucanada.bsky.social @grain.org @afsafrica.bsky.social
Read more: witnessradio.org/vacant-land-...
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UN Working Group on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas & UN Special Rapporteur on the Right: to Food — have issued a powerful statement:
📢 Corporate dominance of global food systems threatens rural livelihoods, deepens inequality, and undermines the right to food...
📢 Corporate dominance of global food systems threatens rural livelihoods, deepens inequality, and undermines the right to food...
UN experts urge binding accountability for agribusiness to safeguard peasants’ rights and global food security
GENEVA — A handful of powerful corporations now control vast portions of global agricultural production, input markets and food supply chains, a concentration of power that undermines the autonomy of ...
www.ohchr.org
October 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM
UN Working Group on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas & UN Special Rapporteur on the Right: to Food — have issued a powerful statement:
📢 Corporate dominance of global food systems threatens rural livelihoods, deepens inequality, and undermines the right to food...
📢 Corporate dominance of global food systems threatens rural livelihoods, deepens inequality, and undermines the right to food...
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New film showcases what’s wrong with food and farming — and how to put it right. @GMWatch talks with the film’s co-director, Helena Berndl about her new film, In Symbiosis, and the driving forces behind a broken food system and how to build true resilience. gmwatch.org/en/106-news/...
New film showcases what’s wrong with food and farming – and how to put it right
“In Symbiosis” unveils the driving forces behind a broken food system and puts forward a path to building true resilience
gmwatch.org
June 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
New film showcases what’s wrong with food and farming — and how to put it right. @GMWatch talks with the film’s co-director, Helena Berndl about her new film, In Symbiosis, and the driving forces behind a broken food system and how to build true resilience. gmwatch.org/en/106-news/...
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Meme proposal: LLM’s = Large Looting Models. Since LLM’s ( so-called Large language models)facilitate mass theft and exploitation ( of knowledge, text, art, music, images, culture, genetic material, personal data etc) I propose LLM should stand for Large Looting Models . Pass it on / repost!
June 20, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Meme proposal: LLM’s = Large Looting Models. Since LLM’s ( so-called Large language models)facilitate mass theft and exploitation ( of knowledge, text, art, music, images, culture, genetic material, personal data etc) I propose LLM should stand for Large Looting Models . Pass it on / repost!
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Just 3 companies dominate the global poultry genetics market: Tyson, EW Group and Hendrix Genetics. They are expanding in Africa, where alleged collusion is impacting small producers. grain.org/e/7284 @etcgroup.bsky.social @ipes-food.org @afsafrica.bsky.social @oaklandinstitute.org
June 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Just 3 companies dominate the global poultry genetics market: Tyson, EW Group and Hendrix Genetics. They are expanding in Africa, where alleged collusion is impacting small producers. grain.org/e/7284 @etcgroup.bsky.social @ipes-food.org @afsafrica.bsky.social @oaklandinstitute.org
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Nearly half of the global agriculture market is controlled by four companies. In "Titans of Industrial Agriculture," @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social outlines the forces that enabled this extreme concentration of power and why it matters. @landclimate.bsky.social interviewed Clapp on her new book:
Have monopolies broken agricultural markets? - Land and Climate Review
Alasdair speaks to Jennifer Clapp about her new book “Titans of Industrial Agriculture: How a Few Giant Corporations Came to Dominate the Farm Sector and Why It Matters.”
www.landclimate.org
April 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Nearly half of the global agriculture market is controlled by four companies. In "Titans of Industrial Agriculture," @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social outlines the forces that enabled this extreme concentration of power and why it matters. @landclimate.bsky.social interviewed Clapp on her new book:
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🚨State-backed meat giants are reshaping global #foodsystems —at huge cost.
With massive subsidies, JBS, WH Group & others:
🌍Drive deforestation
⚖️Dodge antitrust rules
💰 Exploit tax loopholes
🍽️ Worsen food access
📢 Time to rein them in!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #MeatMonopolies
With massive subsidies, JBS, WH Group & others:
🌍Drive deforestation
⚖️Dodge antitrust rules
💰 Exploit tax loopholes
🍽️ Worsen food access
📢 Time to rein them in!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #MeatMonopolies
March 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🚨State-backed meat giants are reshaping global #foodsystems —at huge cost.
With massive subsidies, JBS, WH Group & others:
🌍Drive deforestation
⚖️Dodge antitrust rules
💰 Exploit tax loopholes
🍽️ Worsen food access
📢 Time to rein them in!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #MeatMonopolies
With massive subsidies, JBS, WH Group & others:
🌍Drive deforestation
⚖️Dodge antitrust rules
💰 Exploit tax loopholes
🍽️ Worsen food access
📢 Time to rein them in!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #MeatMonopolies
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🌍Towards N4G in Paris 🌱
The Decade of Action on Nutrition is almost ending. Where do we stand? What have we achieved?
Read the op-ed by Patrizia Fracassi (FAO) and @rbeznerkerr.bsky.social (Cornell University) on how agroecology can nourish both people and the planet! 🌱
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The Decade of Action on Nutrition is almost ending. Where do we stand? What have we achieved?
Read the op-ed by Patrizia Fracassi (FAO) and @rbeznerkerr.bsky.social (Cornell University) on how agroecology can nourish both people and the planet! 🌱
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Op-Ed | Nourishing Food Systems for People and the Planet through Agroecology – Food Tank
The Nutrition for Growth Summit in Paris marks an important occasion to recognize the impact current food systems have on health.
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March 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🌍Towards N4G in Paris 🌱
The Decade of Action on Nutrition is almost ending. Where do we stand? What have we achieved?
Read the op-ed by Patrizia Fracassi (FAO) and @rbeznerkerr.bsky.social (Cornell University) on how agroecology can nourish both people and the planet! 🌱
➡️
The Decade of Action on Nutrition is almost ending. Where do we stand? What have we achieved?
Read the op-ed by Patrizia Fracassi (FAO) and @rbeznerkerr.bsky.social (Cornell University) on how agroecology can nourish both people and the planet! 🌱
➡️
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AFSA WEEKLY MEDIA DIGEST || WEEK ONE || 2025
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#FoodSovereignty #Agroecology #MyFoodIsAfrican #SeedIsLife #Agroecology4Climate #Youth4Agroecology #FoodSystems #Africa
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#FoodSovereignty #Agroecology #MyFoodIsAfrican #SeedIsLife #Agroecology4Climate #Youth4Agroecology #FoodSystems #Africa
January 17, 2025 at 5:12 AM
AFSA WEEKLY MEDIA DIGEST || WEEK ONE || 2025
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#FoodSovereignty #Agroecology #MyFoodIsAfrican #SeedIsLife #Agroecology4Climate #Youth4Agroecology #FoodSystems #Africa
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#FoodSovereignty #Agroecology #MyFoodIsAfrican #SeedIsLife #Agroecology4Climate #Youth4Agroecology #FoodSystems #Africa
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#Glyphosate impacts babies' health: “Our findings, combined with other recent work, challenge the prevailing regulatory position that GM crops and their associated agricultural practices are safe—and even beneficial—for health," say the authors of a new study in PNAS
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Common herbicide glyphosate significantly harms infants’ health in rural areas, new research suggests
Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup®, significantly harms the health of babies in rural communities — especially those already at risk.
usrtk.org
January 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
#Glyphosate impacts babies' health: “Our findings, combined with other recent work, challenge the prevailing regulatory position that GM crops and their associated agricultural practices are safe—and even beneficial—for health," say the authors of a new study in PNAS
usrtk.org/healthwire/g...
usrtk.org/healthwire/g...
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Common herbicide #glyphosate significantly harms infants’ health in rural areas, new research suggests. Spurred by the introduction of #GMO seeds by #Monsanto in 1996, the use of glyphosate nationwide has increased by more than 750%. usrtk.org/healthwire/g...
Common herbicide glyphosate significantly harms infants’ health in rural areas, new research suggests
Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup®, significantly harms the health of babies in rural communities — especially those already at risk.
usrtk.org
January 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Common herbicide #glyphosate significantly harms infants’ health in rural areas, new research suggests. Spurred by the introduction of #GMO seeds by #Monsanto in 1996, the use of glyphosate nationwide has increased by more than 750%. usrtk.org/healthwire/g...
My coffee salon is better than yours ;) #RenewCoffee #RoyseCity @zerecon.bsky.social @derejet.bsky.social
January 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
My coffee salon is better than yours ;) #RenewCoffee #RoyseCity @zerecon.bsky.social @derejet.bsky.social
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The Gates-funded Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa #AGRA has a new president, straight out of WWF and Conservation International. Both organisations have deep ties to food and agribusiness corporations. @afsafrica.bsky.social @timschwab.bsky.social
www.devex.com/news/agra-ap...
www.devex.com/news/agra-ap...
AGRA appoints Alice Ruhweza as new president
Ruhweza, who joins from the World Wildlife Fund, will take office on March 1 and succeed Agnes Kalibata, who has led AGRA for the past decade.
www.devex.com
January 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The Gates-funded Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa #AGRA has a new president, straight out of WWF and Conservation International. Both organisations have deep ties to food and agribusiness corporations. @afsafrica.bsky.social @timschwab.bsky.social
www.devex.com/news/agra-ap...
www.devex.com/news/agra-ap...
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ICYMI: In FERN’s latest story, a collaboration with @businessinsider.com, reporter Brendan Borrell highlights how Ocho Sur marketed palm oil to PepsiCo and Colgate-Palmolive as “deforestation-free.” Exclusive documents tell a more complicated story.
January 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
ICYMI: In FERN’s latest story, a collaboration with @businessinsider.com, reporter Brendan Borrell highlights how Ocho Sur marketed palm oil to PepsiCo and Colgate-Palmolive as “deforestation-free.” Exclusive documents tell a more complicated story.
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While a US-backed company claimed to sell “deforestation-free” palm oil to PepsiCo, Cheetos, and Colgate, exclusive documents suggest otherwise.
January 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
While a US-backed company claimed to sell “deforestation-free” palm oil to PepsiCo, Cheetos, and Colgate, exclusive documents suggest otherwise.
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Check out our latest Review, which covers the most recent developments regarding new #GMOs, including the industry’s global push to remove regulatory safeguards from these products, the battle over #patents, and the large-scale genetic damage that #CRISPR can trigger. gmwatch.org/en/main-menu...
Review 578: New GMOs
Welcome to Review 578, which covers the latest developments regarding new GMOs, including the industry’s global push to remove regulatory safeguards from these products.
For why deregulating GMOs is a...
gmwatch.org
January 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Check out our latest Review, which covers the most recent developments regarding new #GMOs, including the industry’s global push to remove regulatory safeguards from these products, the battle over #patents, and the large-scale genetic damage that #CRISPR can trigger. gmwatch.org/en/main-menu...
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Step-by-step guide on how to register an agroecological initiative on the Agroecology Map
Register at
agroecologymap.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gC0...
#agroecology #agroecologia #agroécologie #permaculture #permacultura #agroforestry #agrofloresta #agroforesterie #osm #citizenscience #opendata
Register at
agroecologymap.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gC0...
#agroecology #agroecologia #agroécologie #permaculture #permacultura #agroforestry #agrofloresta #agroforesterie #osm #citizenscience #opendata
How to register an agroecological initiative on the #Agroecology Map
YouTube video by Agroecology Map
www.youtube.com
September 20, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Step-by-step guide on how to register an agroecological initiative on the Agroecology Map
Register at
agroecologymap.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gC0...
#agroecology #agroecologia #agroécologie #permaculture #permacultura #agroforestry #agrofloresta #agroforesterie #osm #citizenscience #opendata
Register at
agroecologymap.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gC0...
#agroecology #agroecologia #agroécologie #permaculture #permacultura #agroforestry #agrofloresta #agroforesterie #osm #citizenscience #opendata
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Did you know that all data from the Agroecology Map is available for use in several formats? See how easy it is to use Agroecology Map data in the geographic information system #QGIS tool
#agroecology #opensource #opendata #citizenscience #digitalagriculture #permaculture #agroforestry #foodsystems
#agroecology #opensource #opendata #citizenscience #digitalagriculture #permaculture #agroforestry #foodsystems
November 17, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Did you know that all data from the Agroecology Map is available for use in several formats? See how easy it is to use Agroecology Map data in the geographic information system #QGIS tool
#agroecology #opensource #opendata #citizenscience #digitalagriculture #permaculture #agroforestry #foodsystems
#agroecology #opensource #opendata #citizenscience #digitalagriculture #permaculture #agroforestry #foodsystems
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West African lawyers, activists rally against GMOs. Legal activists from Nigeria and Ghana have called on the governments of both countries to ban #GMOs, which “diminish the positive contributions of smallholder farmers who are feeding both countries.” businessday.ng/agriculture/...
January 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
West African lawyers, activists rally against GMOs. Legal activists from Nigeria and Ghana have called on the governments of both countries to ban #GMOs, which “diminish the positive contributions of smallholder farmers who are feeding both countries.” businessday.ng/agriculture/...
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