𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 | 𝟐–𝟒 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 | 𝐍'𝐃𝐣𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐚, 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐝

Africa's seed sovereignty movement is going further. The 4th Pan-African Seed Governance Conference is coming to N'Djamena, Chad, building on three landmark gatherings in Dakar, Dar es Salaam, and Niamey. This year marks a historic expansion — from seed sovereignty to genetic sovereignty — bringing together farmers, pastoralists, civil society, researchers, and policymakers to defend Africa's biodiversity, assert data rights, and protect farmer-managed seed systems ahead of the African Union's continental seed policy framework launch.

Join us as we stand together to protect Africa's seed diversity and the Farmer Managed Seed Systems that feed our continent. We will confront the pressures threatening to displace locally adapted seeds — from digital platforms capturing agricultural data, to external funding steering policy away from agroecology, to trade frameworks that privilege commercial varieties over the diverse, resilient seeds in farmers' hands. Together, we will shape how Africa's seed heritage is governed, ensuring that farmers remain at the centre of our food systems.

Organized by AFSA, PEPAF-Tchad, and SWISSAID Chad.
#SeedIsLife #SeedSovereignty #FoodSovereignty

🌱 𝐑𝐄́𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐄𝐙 𝐋𝐀 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 | 𝟐–𝟒 𝐉𝐮𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 | 𝐍'𝐃𝐣𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐚, 𝐓𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐝

Le mouvement pour la souveraineté semencière en Afrique franchit une nouvelle étape. La 4ème Conférence Pan-Africaine sur la Gouvernance Semencière se tiendra à N'Djamena, au Tchad, en s'appuyant sur trois rencontres historiques à Dakar, Dar es Salaam et Niamey. Cette édition marque une expansion décisive — de la souveraineté semencière à la souveraineté génétique — en réunissant agriculteurs, pasteurs, société civile, chercheurs et décideurs politiques pour défendre la biodiversité africaine, affirmer les droits sur les données et protéger les systèmes semenciers gérés par les paysans, à la veille du lancement du cadre politique continental de l'Union Africaine sur les semences.

Rejoignons-nous pour protéger la diversité semencière de l'Afrique et les Systèmes Semenciers Paysans qui nourrissent notre continent. Nous ferons face aux pressions qui menacent de marginaliser les semences localement adaptées — des plateformes numériques qui captent les données agricoles, aux financements extérieurs qui détournent les politiques de l'agroécologie, en passant par les cadres commerciaux qui privilégient les variétés commerciales au détriment des semences diverses et résilientes entre les mains des paysans. Ensemble, nous façonnerons la gouvernance du patrimoine semencier de l'Afrique, en veillant à ce que les agriculteurs restent au cœur de nos systèmes alimentaires.

Organisée par l'AFSA, PEPAF-Tchad et SWISSAID Tchad.
#MaSemenceMaVie #SouverainetéSemencière #SouverainetéAlimentaire

#SeedSovereignty is under attack — but resistance is growing

#2Dec
✊🏽Global day of action against #UPOV
👉 https://StopUPOV.org | #StopUPOV

Let's continue to defend #SeedFreedom

Together, we can keep #seeds in the hands of peasants who feed the world

#UNDROP #RightToSeeds #Right2Seeds #FoodSovereigntyNOW

#SeedSovereignty is under attack — but resistance is growing #2Dec ✊🏽Global day of action against #UPOV 👉 StopUPOV.org | #StopUPOV Let's continue to defend #SeedFreedom Together, we can keep #seeds in the hands of peasants who feed the world #UNDROP #RightToSeeds #Right2Seeds #FoodSovereigntyNOW

Congrats to the people of #Kenya and #GreenpeaceAfrica for fighting back against an outrageously unjust law and getting it overturned.

No subscription model for seeds! Save that for Spotify (And look how well that's going for the producers of content 🙄) #SeedSovereignty

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

#BloomScrolling

#ExeterSeedBank Broad Bean Meet-up! Sunday 2 Nov 14:30-16:30, Newtown Community Centre!

Booking essential https://www.exeterseedbank.co.uk/events/exeter-broad-bean-workshop-nov-2?.

Over 25 growers participated in last year's ‘crowd growing’ experiment and we hop to continue into the 2025-2026 broad bean season.
The aim is to grow a mixture of broad bean varieties which will open pollinate and become more genetically diverse each year ultimately developing a true Exeter Broad Bean!

#Exeter #Devon #OpenPollinatedSeed #SeedSovereignty

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

@andre123

Io non sapevo niente di questo.
"What many people do not know, however, is the far from Italian and typical origin of this tomato, which arrived in Pachino in the 1980s thanks to the maneuvering of an Israeli technology company, which continues to enrich itself thanks to this tomato, which is of an almost sterile variety and therefore with the seeds that are bought back every year by farmers."

#BDS #SeedSovereignty #Agroecology #IsraelWarCrimes

Dance Against Racism: Fundraiser for Palestine | Sat 4 Oct, 7-11pm, #Exeter Library

Global beats for the sonically curious from sound artist #Somatic

Join us for a powerful evening of dance — for peace, seeds, survival, and solidarity. This event raises vital funds for the #Palestine Local Seed Bank, working to protect seed sovereignty and Palestinian food security.

https://exeter-seed-bank.sumupstore.com/product/dance-against-racism-fundraiser-for-palestine-sat-4-oct-7-11pm-exeter-library

#Devon #ExeterSeedBank #ExeterLibrary #SeedSovereignty

Very good article. I disagree on the part of genetically modified seeds because there is no need of them and the huge amount of agrichemicals they need. There are a lot of research on natural plant hybridisation, programs to protect native seeds and so forth in the so-called Global South.
"The Global North lives off intellectual rents
Global South countries remain trapped in Global North-dominated intellectual propaganda"

https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2025/06/30/the-global-north-lives-off-intellectual-rents/

#Agroecology #SeedSovereignty #ChemicalWarfare

The Global North lives off intellectual rents

The number in the graph above, based on data from the International Monetary Fund, is not an exaggeration. Despite the

15 farmers faced the Kenyan government in court today - risking everything to defend their right to save and share seeds. 🌱✊⁣

Why? A harmful law makes it a crime for farmers in Kenya to use traditional seeds, trapping them in a system run by seed corporations.⁣

💥 Now’s the moment. The Kenyan government must fix this broken law.⁣
#SeedSovereignty #SaveOurSeeds

Court image credits: Ferdinand Omondi/Greenpeace Africa