Our dynamic program in West Africa works with partners in Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal and Ghana, who collaborate and exchange to sharpen their strategies to better catalyze community-based and farmer-driven agroecology. With this network in place, we strengthen local initiatives and make agroecology more accessible to family farmers through shared learning. Peter Gubbels, Director for […]
“For those we work with, indigenous knowledge, local knowledge—that is their strength.” These words from Bernard Guri, Groundswell International board member and executive director of our partner organization the Center for Indigenous Knowledge and Organizational Development (CIKOD) in Ghana, get to the heart of our mission. Kelle Gregory is one of the farmers that CIKOD […]
Two members of our coordination team recently returned from a trip to West Africa to meet with our colleagues and partners, and the farmers we work with to build a healthier and more equitable food system from the ground up. Their trip led them to a Groundswell regional conference in Ghana where our partners from […]
On World Food Day this Saturday, two organizations will be recognized by the US Food Sovereignty Alliance for their commitment to promoting food sovereignty. “Food sovereignty is the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems” […]
In a world where there seems to be an endless stream of bad news, it’s important to remember that every day, men and women are working to make the world a better place. Two years ago this month, we released a series of four videos sharing what life is like for the farmers we work […]
This blog post is written by Patrick Sakyi, young man with a commitment to smallholder farmers in Ghana. He works as a monitoring & evaluation associate with Farmerline, a social enterprise which builds innovative data collection platforms & mobile applications to improve information access for smallholder farmers in Ghana and other African countries, and is […]
Last week the New Field Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, approved a $200,000 grant to Association Nourrir Sans Détruire (ANSD), our local partner in Burkina Faso. Groundswell International and Centre for Indigenous Knowledge (CIKOD), our local partner in Ghana, will also take part in the grant, which will empower women to promote local seed systems of […]
On November 5-6, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) hosted a regional symposium on Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa. During the event in Dakar, Senegal, over 300 people, including various African leaders and civil society organizations, gathered to explore and promote agroecology as the future of farming in Africa. Groundswell International was […]
We are excited to announce the release of Groundswell International’s 2014 Annual Report! In 2014, we worked in partnership – with farmers, with local organizations, and our supporters – to continue to create a transition to agroecological farming that is better for people and the planet. We invested nearly $1.3 million in strengthening rural communities […]
Our food and farming system is broken, and we cannot continue “business as usual”. But what are the pathways to building a more sustainable food system and more resilient communities? How does this affect the smallholder farmers in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa that provide up to 80% of food for these regions? Groundswell International is […]
