Media Collection | The Fight over Africa’s Seeds
A video series from the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa
Across Africa, a battle is raging between local agricultural producers and multinational agrocorporations over seeds. Who stores them? Who plants them? Who owns them? African farmers have cultivated, perfected, and handed down seeds for generations, but increasingly, corporations are trying to corner the market and force farmers to use their commercial, often times hybrid seeds, and capture the continent's food systems in the process.
In a new series of short, 8-minute videos produced by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), we take a closer look at the conflict and multinational agribusiness’s plans for Africa’s agricultural sector. We also discuss the value of farmers’ seeds and how we can transform our food systems towards sustainable and equitable agroecology. All video clips are available with English, French, and German subtitles.
The Seed Struggle in Africa
The Corporate Capture of African Agriculture
Food sovereignty is under threat across the continent
Farmers’ Seeds: The Key to Agroecology
Part III in a video series on food sovereignty in Africa