🌱 𝐓h𝐞 𝐍'𝐃j𝐚m𝐞n𝐚 𝐃e𝐜l𝐚r𝐚t𝐢o𝐧 | 𝐀f𝐫i𝐜a's S𝐞e𝐝s B𝐞l𝐨n𝐠 𝐭o I𝐭s P𝐞o𝐩l𝐞s

From 2 to 4 June 2026, AFSA convened the 4th Pan-African Conference on Seed Governance in N'Djamena, Chad — bringing together farmers' organizations, civil society, women and youth movements, academics, parliamentarians, and development partners from 20 African countries. Together, they adopted a landmark declaration calling for the full recognition, protection and implementation of farmers' rights and seed sovereignty across Africa.

Farmer-Managed Seed Systems provide 90% of seeds used by African farmers and are the foundation of the continent's agricultural biodiversity, climate resilience, and food sovereignty. Yet they face growing threats from restrictive laws, corporate concentration, and digital technologies that risk converting Africa's biological heritage into private assets.

The N'Djamena Declaration draws a clear line: Africa's seeds belong to its peoples — not to corporations, not to patents, not to private databases.

📄 Read and download the full declaration:

🇬🇧 English:
https://afsafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/NDJAMENA-declaration-Edited.docx

🇫🇷 Français:
https://afsafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DECLARATION-DE-NDJAMENA-edite.docx

#NdjamenaDeclaration #SeedIsLife #FarmersRights #SeedSovereignty #Agroecology #FoodSovereignty #FarmerManagedSeedSystems

While at @planttreaty #GB11
Japan delegate tries to mainstream #UPOV in the resolution on #FarmersRights, Kenya's High Court declares @UPOVint illegal, precisely for restricting farmers rights to seeds. We call on govts to isolate 🇯🇵 and secure the space

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/kenyan-farmers-secure-right-share-local-seeds-court-ruling-2025-11-27/

.@planttreaty spaces are shrinking for #farmersrights as delegates meet behind closed doors allowing @UPOVint champions and kicking out right holders at #ItpgrfaGB11

We'll fight back

@IISD_ENB

Agroecological literacy based on Paulo Freire´s method
Literacy, in its traditional conception, is often understood as simply mastering reading and writing.However, Paulo Freire demonstrated that literacy also means educating conscious individuals who are capable of critically interpreting the world and acting to transform it. in Portuguese

@agroekologia_pl @viacampesina_en
#AgroecologyLiteracy #FoodSovereignty
#FarmersRights #FarmersAutonomy #Agroecology #PauloFreire

https://www.ecodebate.com.br/2025/09/29/alfabetizacao-agroecologica-com-base-em-paulo-freire/

Protect seed-saving! Stop the rule that would end farmers’ right to save seed for fruit, vegetables, ornamentals, and hybrids. Sign by Oct 5 : https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-6778

SHARE this post and tag Minister Heath MacDonald.

#FarmersRights #SeedSovereignty #Seeds #farmersmarket

Farmers across Europe resist EU attempts to deregulate GMOs and privatise seeds. ECVC demands:

🌱Maintain strict GMO legislation & traceability
🌱Ban patents on seeds and living organisms
🌱Protect farmers’ rights to exchange and reuse seeds

#FarmersRights