Gathering Voices from the Field: 2022 Global Conference
In September of 2022, we held our annual global conference in India, generously hosted by the Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming Program (APCNF). While there, we were able to learn from one of the largest agroecology programs in the world, as well as from women’s groups, farmers, and rural communities. Together with our staff, board of directors, allies, and partners, we spent the week shaping our Strategic Framework for the next five years. Gathering Voices from the Field Through mutual support (and sheer tenacity), 28 people from 14 countries gathered together in India de …
An Overview of Our Strategic Framework for the Next Five Years
Traditional agricultural and food systems are not working for people or for our planet. The long-term, systemic flaws have been further revealed and exacerbated by recent crises, like the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic consequences; ongoing and increasing conflict; climate shocks; disparity in women’s access to capital and funding; and high prices for food, fossil fuels, and other goods. Agricultural systems have always been foundational to human survival and the social, cultural, economic, political, and ecological systems we depend upon. The current food system crises underlie and …
Cantave Jean-Baptiste at United Nations
H.E. Csaba Kőrösi, President of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, has stated it is critical for the UN to engage with civil society organizations, youth representatives, and academia to define transformative solutions for our global challenges. The April 2023 meeting of the United Nations Civil Society Townhall focused on the need for accelerated progress toward the achievements of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The moderated event consisted of an opening statement by the President of the General Assembly followed by three short keynote statements fro …
We stand with AFSA’s Statement on AfDB’s Dakar 2 Food Summit
What are the solutions to “feed Africa?” Please read this important statement from the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA). Groundswell International, through our West Africa network, is an active member of AFSA, the largest civil society network on the continent. Diversity, not false solutions, is key to achieving food sovereignty and resilience in Africa As 34 heads of state and 70 ministers return home after three days of ‘food and agriculture delivery compact’ negotiations in Dakar, we reflect on the outcome of the Dakar 2 Summit “Feed Africa: Food Sovereignty and Resilie …
New Evidence of Impact: Agroecology as a Poverty Solution in Haiti
Since 2009, Groundswell International has been collaborating with Partenariat pour le Développement Local (PDL) in Haiti to strengthen farmers’ associations in the north of Haiti’s Central Plateau basin to regenerate their farmland and improve their lives. PDL has strengthened 14 peasant organizations, with over 9,900 farmers adapting agroecological farming strategies and spreading them farmer-to-farmer. These organizations also manage community savings & credit coops, seed banks, grain reserves, and cooperative enterprises for value added food processing and local marketing.
Groundswell International’s 2022 Year in Review
As another year comes to an end, we’re taking the opportunity to reflect on the progress we’ve made this year. 2022 was a big year for Groundswell International, our partner organizations, and our program communities, as we saw continued successes and instances of resiliency throughout the communities we serve. The year also saw our message of how agroecology is central to building healthy farming and food systems from the ground up spread further than ever before. Take a moment to reflect with us on some of our favorite projects, publications, and events in 2022. Youth Storytellers This year …
