We are happy to share our annual report for 2023, which marks our 20th anniversary. It was a rich year and we also situate several strands of our research/ advocacy within a longer timeline of activism.Thank you to everyone who walks this journey with us. t2m.io/Annual_Report_…

This issue of the Nyéléni newsletter spotlights the commodification/financialisation of nature under the guise of “green/blue” financing. In it, ACB’s Mariam Mayet reflects on 2023 global meet convened by the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty, in Italy.

We support farm workers and civil society who marched to parliament today to deliver our joint statement that rejects the South African regulations on hazardous chemicals. Government must ban hazardous toxins. Read statement and briefing here: t2m.io/Chem_statement #banHHPs

Our new briefing looks at Zambia’s food crisis, within the context of droughts/ floods, energy rationing, and shortage of drinkable water. We look at causes, including debt, and ask: can farm input subsidy programmes be shifted as part of the way out? t2m.io/Zambia_Briefin…

Today we publish our new report - Agroecology in Southern Africa: Financing the Transition. The report assesses how national policies and programmes support #agroecology PSAM ESAFF Head Office SAfAIDS SADC Secretariat bit.ly/3WrViNJ

“The decline of FISPs in Malawi – debt, corruption and hunger,” looks at the role of shortfalls in farmer input subsidy programmes and policies in deepening local food insecurity – with ideas on how this can be remedied. t2m.io/Malawi_FISP_we…

Poison-Free Peninsula has produced a powerful video that it hopes will help convince the City of Cape Town to stop spraying highly #hazardouspesticides along its roads. Find out more about what's being sprayed & PFP's proposed way forward: youtube.com/watch?v=iA2RC3… #ecocide

A wave of pressure to make it illegal for farmers to save seeds from their harvest for the next planting season is gaining ground in Africa. The latest target? Zambia. Sign on to support Zambian farmers’ rights to say NO to UPOV-based PVP laws: facebook.com/share/p/mVhJcW… #StopUPOV

Factsheet 10 is the final in our series on dimensions of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) in Africa and their adverse enviro, socio-economic and health impacts. We need polices that enhance production of/access to diverse foods and restrict UPF. Read here: t2m.io/UPF_factsheet1…

La fiche d’information 10 est la dernière de notre série sur les facettes des aliments ultra-transformés (UPF) en Afrique et leurs effets néfastes du point de vue environnemental, socio-économique et sanitaire. t2m.io/UPF_factsheet1…

UN Special Rapporteur Dr Marcos Orellana recently released his country visit report on South Africa, including his recommendations to government on pesticides. Read more here: t2m.io/Peoples_tribun… #agrotoxins #highlyhazardouspesticides

Join @Women_on_Farms today in Cape Town on a protest march to the German Consulate General, calling on the German government to introduce effective legislation that will stop the production and export of #highlyhazardouspesticides - facebook.com/share/v/h2fto3…

Our new brief by Jim Thomas, with Third World Network ETC Group, timely warns, ahead of #COP16Colombia, of overhype & dangers of ‘generative’ AI tools applied to generate new digital sequences for GMOs & proteins. t2m.io/BlackBoxBiotec… Astrid Schomaker #synbio #BlackBoxBiotech

We are also co-hosting a webinar on the governance challenges created by 'generative biology' next week. Here are the details: t2m.io/BlackBoxBiotec…. #COP16Colombia #synbio

En vísperas de la COP 16 del Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica (CDB), la semana que viene celebraremos un seminario web sobre los retos de gobernanza que plantea la «biología generativa». Inscríbase ahora: t2m.io/BlackBoxBiotec…. #COP16Colombia #synbio

Dans la perspective de la COP 16 de la CDB, nous co-organisons la semaine prochaine un webinaire sur les défis de gouvernance créés par la « biologie générative ». Inscrivez-vous dès maintenant : t2m.io/BlackBoxBiotec…. #COP16Colombia #synbio #BlackBoxBiotech #AI

Ahead of #COP16Colombia, if you want to find out what is at stake regarding generative AI tools in their application of generating novel digital sequences for GMOs and proteins, register for our webinar next week: t2m.io/BlackBoxBiotec…. #synbio #COP16

#Glyphosate in manure-based fertiliser ruins tomato crops — study. Even if you grow organic, your crops are at risk from contaminated animal manure gmwatch.org/en/106-news/la…

Don't forget to register for our webinar happening this Thursday, "Black Box Biotech": Understanding the governance challenges created by 'generative biology' – integration of AI with synthetic biology. t2m.io/BlackBoxBiotec… #COP16Colombia #synbio

Register now and join our webinar tomorrow if you want to find out what is at stake regarding generative AI tools in their application of generating novel digital sequences for GMOs and proteins: t2m.io/BlackBoxBiotec… #COP16Colombia #synbio