Climate smart agriculture increases productivity, make farming more climate resilient, reduces greenhouse gas emissions
and reduces poverty. Norway has supported Zambian Conservation Farming Unit (CFU) for years. CFU teaches farmers to be innovative, and farmers who have received proper training, continue to use the method.

On yearly basis, Nigeria graduates undergo the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program. The service year provides time for young people to develop and establish common ties, fostering national unity in this way.

Important for every youth, this is a time in which career choices are made, job experience in specific disciplines is obtained, and the spirit of self-reliance is acquired by developing work skills. With expanded prospects for self-employment in agriculture, its portrayal as an outdated, unprofitable, and backbreaking occupation by many educated young people limits its potential as a career choice and occupational preference.

This perception is inaccurate, with very few youths being exposed to knowledge on agricultural production and processing techniques and know-how of obtaining financial, land, business, and market information. Hence, it is important to provide youth that are in the NYSC program with opportunities to learn more about agriculture or agribusiness and appreciate how it can be a lucrative career and business development opportunity that could drive development in Nigeria.


Youth corps members serving in IITA have been inspired into helping transform the Nigerian economy through the development of African agriculture but many are neither equipped nor exposed to skills needed to be able to contribute to national food security. Some youth, with no agricultural background, are inspired by theresearch prowess of IITA to nourish Africa’s agriculture and are eager to learn and integrate new skills that would help enhance agricultural development and agribusiness. Hence, the NYSC members are proposing symposium that would help youth corps members be engaged more in transformative agricultural development.

This can inspire youth corps members grow into successful agricultural leaders who can continue to lead local, state, and national
communities. Owing to a technologically savvy generation, digital tools used in agribusiness that will help reduce the cost of business transactions and improve the profitability of agriculture will also be emphasized to make the agricultural value chain more interesting to potential agripreneurs.

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This video describes bean production process in Uganda; from soil preparation to consumer preparation in households. It highlights various along stakeholders along the value chain and the role their role in production, food loss management and food safety measures at critical points.

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Andrew Kimbrell has been a leading proponent of regenerative forms of agriculture and organic policies. He is the editor of the nationally renowned book Fatal Harvest, The Tragedy of Industrial Agriculture and the author of Your Right to Know: Genetic Engineering and the Secret Changes in Your Food. Kimbrell’s articles and editorials have appeared in The New York Times, Harpers, USA Today, and numerous other print and new media publications such as The Huffington Post.

He has testified numerous times before the U.S. Congress and has been a featured speaker at dozens of colleges and universities around the country and other public forums including Google Author Talks, Slow Food Nation, Bioneers and Ecofarm. He is featured in several documentaries including “The Future of Food,” “FRESH,” and a critique of genetic engineering, “Life Running out of Control.”

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ORFC Global 2021 Session

Across Africa, a network of Earth Jurisprudence Practitioners is accompanying traditional and indigenous communities in the revival and enhancement of their Earth-centred customary governance systems. African Earth Jurisprudence Practitioners from West and Southern Africa will share the philosophy and practice of Earth Jurisprudence and the work that Earth Jurisprudence has inspired on the continent: stories of accompanying rural communities in the revival of their seed and food sovereignty and traditional knowledge and practices, the restoration of their sacred natural sites and associated rituals, and the strengthening of their ecological governance systems derived from the laws of the Earth.  

These civil-society-led initiatives to re-establish Earth-centred governance on the continent are founded on Africa’s rich indigenous legal traditions and cultural heritage and inspired by Earth Jurisprudence – a legal philosophy and ethical framework conceived of by eco-theologian Thomas Berry in the late twentieth century. Through the lens of community stories and Earth Jurisprudence, panellists will explore the role of the sacred in farming and how the revival of traditional farming practices and indigenous seeds can strengthen a sacred human-Earth relationship.

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Why is Nigeria the way it is today? What are the major causes of Nigeria's problems. Who is to blame for what is happening in the country today?
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On 2 October 1958, Guinea became the first of France’s colonial territories in Sub-Saharan Africa to declare its independence in an act of defiance against its former colonial master.

Ahmed Sekou Toure, known as a charismatic and radical figure in Africa's post-colonial history, was the leader of the country at the time and he was driving this rebellion by the former French Colony.

However, Guinea and Sekou Toure, achieved this status of independence against the wishes of its former colonial master, France, and afterwards the nation faced an onslaught of administrative and diplomatic assault by the French which seemed to have been designed to drive the country to its knees.

The french colonial elite in Paris got so furious with Sekou Toure’s defiance, such that in an act of fury the french administration in Guinea destroyed everything in the country which represented what they called the benefits from french colonization.

After this whole fiasco, Toure would go on to rule the country of Guinea for 26 years, and his time in power and legacy divided opinions.

In this episode of African Biographics, we look at the life and legacy of Ahmed Sekou Toure, Guinea’s first president who stood up to the French, and his time in power as the leader of that country.

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The State of Africa Since Independence by Martin Meredith (2011)

THE CHALLENGE OF GUINEAN INDEPENDENCE, 1958-1971 by Mairi Stewart MacDonald (2009)

FIGHTING TALK: THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF AFRICA ,November 1961

The historical basis of French actions in Africa

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El Ciclo de Conferencias de Estudios africanos y de la Diáspora Africana, ha sido creado para difundir el pensamiento africano-centrado y panafricanista a través de las experiencias y los aportes de los africanos y sus descendientes alrededor de mundo. Es un espacio abierto y permanente, donde se invitan expertos en diferentes áreas del conocimiento y donde el dialogo circunda en temas de interés colectivo y desde la perspectiva centrada en África, panafricana y anti-colonial.

Afro-ecuatorianos y participación política

En septiembre de 2008, los ciudadanos ecuatorianos votaron para adoptar una nueva constitución que reconocía a su país como una nación plurinacional, intercultural e inclusiva. Muchos celebraron la nueva constitución por sus disposiciones progresistas sobre los derechos indígenas y afroecuatorianos. Por primera vez, el Estado identifica a las comunidades afroecuatorianas con territorio colectivo como una forma ancestral de organización territorial y reconoce a los afroecuatorianos como pueblos, crea disposiciones para proteger sus tierras comunales y ancestrales, su cultura, su organización social y participación en la política en la vida, del país... al menos en el papel. Si bien esta constitución ofrece al gobierno y a la ciudadanía la oportunidad de abordar la invisibilidad multifacética, marginación y pobreza que los afroecuatorianos han vivido durante siglos, el desafío que enfrentan los afroecuatorianos es cómo lograr que los compromisos agrupados en la Constitución de 2008 se traduzcan en práctica.

Según el Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos (INEC), el 7,2% de los habitantes del país son afroecuatorianos. Se encuentran principalmente en la región costera noroeste del país, en la provincia de Esmeraldas y el Valle del Chota en la provincia de Imbabura, su territorio ancestral. En esta zona del país son el 70% de la población. También se pueden encontrar en cantidades importantes en Guayaquil, donde son mayoría en algunos sectores.

Con la constitución de 2008, los ciudadanos ecuatorianos se embarcaron en un pacto social progresista. Renovaron su compromiso de asegurar que los afrodescendientes sean parte integral e igualitaria de la sociedad ecuatoriana. Por otro lado, el proceso organizativo afroecuatoriano ha tenido como objetivo reconocer los derechos individuales y colectivos de los afroecuatorianos, así como exigir reparaciones por los daños ocasionados por el racismo y la esclavitud; Sin embargo, satisfacer estas demandas depende de la capacidad de incidencia. En este sentido, el acceso a la participación política del pueblo afroecuatoriano ha sido mediado por la violencia, el racismo estructural e institucional, y del cual se han derivado otras manifestaciones que han incidido en el acceso al poder político de los afrodescendientes en Ecuador. Hoy el consenso es que no ha cambiado mucho. Siguen siendo discriminados por el color de su piel, son marginados, no tienen oportunidades educativas y laborales en relación con otros grupos étnicos, y son invisibles a las políticas gubernamentales.

CONSTITUCIÓN DE LA REPÚBLICA DEL ECUADOR (2008),

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Derechos de las comunidades, pueblos y nacionalidades

Art. 56.- Las comunidades, pueblos, y nacionalidades indígenas, el pueblo afroecuatoriano, el pueblo montubio y las comunas forman parte del Estado ecuatoriano, único e indivisible.

Art. 58.- Para fortalecer su identidad, cultura, tradiciones y derechos, se reconocen al pueblo afroecuatoriano los derechos colectivos establecidos en la Constitución, la ley y los pactos, convenios, declaraciones y demás instrumentos internacionales de derechos humanos.

Paola Cabezas Castillo es una política y periodista ecuatoriana, y actual asambleísta nacional de Ecuador. Desde muy temprana edad, comenzó a trabajar en la radio como conductora de radio y luego como reportera de noticias para el canal de televisión ecuatoriano RTS. En 2009 se incorporó a Ecuador TV, donde se desempeñó como la primera presentadora de noticias afroecuatorianas en la historia del canal.

Su vida política comenzó en 2010 cuando ocupó el cargo de especialista en interculturalidad en la Secretaría Nacional de Gestión Política y la Secretaría de Pueblos. En 2013 fue nombrada gobernadora de la Provincia de Esmeraldas por el presidente Rafael Correa. Para las elecciones legislativas de 2017 fue elegida diputada nacional suplente (asambleísta nacional alterna). En las elecciones legislativas de 2021, fue elegida asambleísta nacional principal por la alianza UNES (Unión por la Esperanza). Paola tiene un título (licenciatura) en Ciencias de la Comunicación de la Universidad de Guayaquil y una maestría en marketing político de la Universidad del Salvador en Buenos Aires, Argentina.