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My blogs
Blogs I follow
| Industry | Agriculture |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Standard Bearer |
| Location | South Africa |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | Farmers' Legal Action Group-South Africa |
| Interests | Stopping land grabbing beef farmers, butchers and agrofuel monoculturists from taking over traditional communal lands. Champion Small African Family Farming Systems based on agro ecological and Indigenous approaches that sustain food sovereignty and the livelihoods of communities while not neglecting other appropriate farming models; Protect the rights of the African people to indigenous seeds, plant and animal genetic resources and combat bio-piracy; Resist the Corporate Industrialization of African agriculture which will result in massive land grabs, displacement of indigenous peoples especially the pastoral communities and hunter gatherers and the destruction of their livelihoods and cultures; Reject the corporate takeover of African land, food production systems, indigenous knowledge and resources; and bring to an end the continued exploitation of African resources for the consumerist demands of the North. Campaigns for indigenous knowledge, ecosystem protection, conservation of indigenous seeds, campaigns against GMOs, agro fuels, AGRA and promotes endogenous development, zero-waste agriculture, environmental biotechnology incorporated into indigenous integrated communal farming systems.. |
| Favorite movies | Sister Kenny |
| Favorite music | South African Jazz |
| Favorite books | 'The art of possibility' by Ros and Ben Zander |