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NEW SHORT FILM: How did COVID-19 affect the food system in #Tanzania?
Our research teams found out, in three market centres: the coastal city of Dar es Salaam, the tourist cross-border hub of Arusha, and Mwanza on Lake Victoria. #Africanfoodsystems
Our research teams found out, in three market centres: the coastal city of Dar es Salaam, the tourist cross-border hub of Arusha, and Mwanza on Lake Victoria. #Africanfoodsystems
Here are the stories of market traders, truckers, fishers and farmers in #Tanzania. Even without restrictions under President #Magafuli, #Covid_19 had big effects on the people producing & selling food.
See our short film released today. @arusonews
See our short film released today. @arusonews
As a woman in market said "Tanzania was not in lockdown but people locked themselves inside".
Declining domestic markets combined with border closures loss of exports and rising prices of imports disrupted the country's #FoodSystems
@esulle46 @LKissoly @EMEDO19 @EsaffHQ
Declining domestic markets combined with border closures loss of exports and rising prices of imports disrupted the country's #FoodSystems
@esulle46 @LKissoly @EMEDO19 @EsaffHQ
Online now! Listen here: safm.co.za/digital/player…
#Africanfoodsystems @IDRC_CRDI @UPTuks @UWConline
#Africanfoodsystems @IDRC_CRDI @UPTuks @UWConline
@IDRC_CRDI @UPTuks @UWConline Our research shows that food prices have risen *faster* than general inflation in every month since the start of COVID. It has been disastrous not only for poor consumers but also low-income farmers, fishers and street traders and bakkie traders.
Listen to @SAfmRadio right now.
Listen to @SAfmRadio right now.
@IDRC_CRDI @UPTuks @UWConline @SAfmRadio Why are food prices rising so fast, even though there is no shortage?
Find out as we share our research on #COVID19 and #Africanfoodsystems right now on @SAfmRadio with @MarcWegerif.
Find out as we share our research on #COVID19 and #Africanfoodsystems right now on @SAfmRadio with @MarcWegerif.
#LandGovernance: Today is DAY 1 of the Political Economy of Land Governance in Africa short course.
The class of 2021 comprises 88 land professionals from 29 African countries.
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@NELGA_AU @PLAASuwc @UWConline @ECA_OFFICIAL @giz_gmbh
The class of 2021 comprises 88 land professionals from 29 African countries.
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@NELGA_AU @PLAASuwc @UWConline @ECA_OFFICIAL @giz_gmbh
Colonial conceptions of customary tenure continue to inform conceptions of the customary today. The "customary" is not fixed from some time immemorial; it has been reshaped for ideological & political purposes.
Prof. Kojo Amanor, African Studies, Ghana
@UnivofGh @IASUG
Prof. Kojo Amanor, African Studies, Ghana
@UnivofGh @IASUG
@UnivofGh @IASUG It's thrilling to get to know the land officials, activists, professionals and academics from across the continent.... The next generation of African land expertise.
The Political Economy of #LandGovernance in Africa short course - now online.
The Political Economy of #LandGovernance in Africa short course - now online.
FREE ACCESS to articles on #COVID19 pandemic & post-pandemic futures in @Peasant_Journal - for the next few days only. Here's the list. Please share!
Agroecology and the reconstruction of a post-COVID-19 agriculture, by Miguel Altieri & Clara Nicholls
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
Agroecology and the reconstruction of a post-COVID-19 agriculture, by Miguel Altieri & Clara Nicholls
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
From biomedical to politico-economic crisis: the food system in times of Covid-19, by Jan Douwe van der Ploeg
- free to access for the next few days only @Peasant_Journal
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
- free to access for the next few days only @Peasant_Journal
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
This food crisis is different: COVID-19 and the fragility of the neoliberal food security order, by Jennifer Clapp & William G. Moseley @JennClapp @WilliamGMoseley
- free to access for the next few days only @Peasant_Journal #Africanfoodsystems
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
- free to access for the next few days only @Peasant_Journal #Africanfoodsystems
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
WORLD FOOD DAY
Friday 16 October 2020
"Food is our right: the struggle for equitable food systems"
Register here or follow the link to watch on Facebook
#WorldFoodDay #WFD2020 #AfricanFoodSystems #RightToFood @CovidCoalition @PLAASuwc @FoodSecurity_za
plaas.org.za/world-food-day…
Friday 16 October 2020
"Food is our right: the struggle for equitable food systems"
Register here or follow the link to watch on Facebook
#WorldFoodDay #WFD2020 #AfricanFoodSystems #RightToFood @CovidCoalition @PLAASuwc @FoodSecurity_za
plaas.org.za/world-food-day…
Here's the programme for today's WorldFoodDay social dialogue on the #RightToFood and equitable #foodsystems with @FIANista @NETRIGHT @EsaffHQ @MasifundiseDT @abahlali_abm @FoodSecurity_za @boamonjane @afs_asa
Today on #WorldFoodDay we will be hearing from leading activists and academics from Africa and beyond about how the #RightToFood requires change in our food systems - something long evident in African agriculture @FutureAgrics @IDS_UK
How have African governments' responses to Covid-19 impacted on food systems? And how have women in the informal economy - as fishers, farmers & traders - been affected?
Today we start a new project to investigate....
#Africanfoodsystems
plaas.org.za/african-food-s…
Today we start a new project to investigate....
#Africanfoodsystems
plaas.org.za/african-food-s…
Watch our launch webinar here:
Webinar: Women, Covid-19 and food systems in Africa
1. How have African governments’ responses to Covid-19 affected different food systems?
2. How has this affected women in informal markets?
3. How are women responding?
Webinar: Women, Covid-19 and food systems in Africa
1. How have African governments’ responses to Covid-19 affected different food systems?
2. How has this affected women in informal markets?
3. How are women responding?
Webinar: Women, Covid-19 & food systems in Africa
Thurs 1 Oct 13:00–14:00
How have African governments’ Covid-19 responses affected food systems?
How has this affected women in informal markets – as farmers, fishers, traders?
How are they responding?
plaas.org.za/plaas-webinar-…
Thurs 1 Oct 13:00–14:00
How have African governments’ Covid-19 responses affected food systems?
How has this affected women in informal markets – as farmers, fishers, traders?
How are they responding?
plaas.org.za/plaas-webinar-…
We're launching new research on the impacts of Covid-19 on food systems in Tanzania, Ghana and South Africa - countries with diverse food systems and politics. Join us for this exciting conversation! @LandNnes @EsaffHQ @MasifundiseDT @NETRIGHT @IDRC_CRDI plaas.org.za/african-food-s…
Three African women professors are co-leading this research: delighted to be alongside @DzodziTsikata again and valued colleague Prof. Moenieba Isaacs. #Africanfoodsystems
