In April, AFSA attended a seminar hosted by the CSIRO in Canberra, giving the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) a chance to share their current work on Agroecology and Other Innovations for Sustainable Food Systems with the Australian public and policymakers. The HLPE is an expert panel created within […]
Biodiversity & Livestock: our intervention at the UN
The following text is the intervention delivered by AFSA President Tammi Jonas in regards to animal genetic resources for food and agriculture at the recent meetings of the UN Commission on Genetic Resources for Food & Agriculture in Rome. * * * We would like to congratulate the Commission on its critical work around the […]
Biodiversity and climate change – we need action now!
18 February 2018 AFSA President Tammi Jonas is with our allies in the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty representing civil society at the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food & Agriculture. —— The people are speaking! Huge first day at the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food & Agriculture here in Rome, with many […]