Agribusiness

Export-oriented industrial agriculture of a few globally traded commodities (like soy, maize and rice), as well as meat production, destroy forests, the diversity of seeds and small-scale farming systems. They also uproot established land use patterns and threaten food sovereignty.

Bulletin articles 24 June 2025

Reclaiming Energy and Food Sovereignty Through Agroecology

Food sovereignty cannot be achieved in isolation from energy sovereignty. Our vision on energy is one that honors the rhythms of nature, values the wisdom of elders and restores the balance between humans and the Earth. Because in traditional African cosmologies, energy was not separate from life. The fossil-fuel era broke this balance, severing energy from ethics, and turning it into a commodity to be bought and sold.

Bulletin articles 15 July 2019

Infrastructure in Africa for Extractive Industries and Corporate Profits: What about Community Needs?

The mega-infrastructure corridors prioritized in ambitious investment programmes spanning the african continent are squarely focused on facilitating the export of minerals and agricultural commodity crops and the import of processed foods and manufactured goods.