Food Sovereignty

What we do

We work to:

• Develop the capacity of agro-ecology and resilient livelihoods of women and youth through farmer field schools (FFS), demos and model farms and scale up the practice
• Advocate for enactment/reinforcement of policies that promote agro-ecology and food sovereignty through mobilizing women group/platforms at ward, district and national level
• Undertake research on implications of modern agriculture inputs and advocate for agro-ecologically sound agricultural systems
• Develop the capacity of farmers (through trainings and exposure visits) to promote the use of organic fertilizer, mulching and composite manure
• Document and disseminate best practices of agro-ecology interventions and influence its scaling up/replication  
• Advocate for increased allocation of resources for implementation of climate change adaptation at local and national levels
• Support agriculture based income generating schemes and promote entrepreneurship skills for poor women and  men as means for diversification of livelihoods and  economic empowerment
• Advocate for increased budget allocation by the government to agriculture sector as per the Malabo declaration
• Support women platforms, Budget monitoring Committees and social audit teams to undertake social audits and community score cards
• Develop the capacity of women, youth and CSOs on Social Accountability Monitoring(SAM) in agriculture sector to promote accountability and transparency