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Food sovereignty is under threat across the continent
The Corporate Capture of African Agriculture
The future of Africa’s food and agriculture is under threat as powerful multinational corporations take over the sector with support from African governments and initiatives such as the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA).
State policies that support narrow agricultural growth strategies based on Green Revolution input subsidies for artificial fertilizers, hybrid seeds, and pesticidesmight benefit the multinational corporations that supply these inputs, but they disadvantage farmers and destroy the environment. The corporate capture of food and agricultural systems must be challenged to turn the tide.
Credits
Directed and written by Andréa Gema
Producers: Famara Diédhiou, Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), Refiloe Joala, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and Jan Urhahn, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
Offline Editors: Andréa Gema, Luke Housdon
Online Editor: Luke Housdon
Cinematography: Nick Burton Moore
Original Soundtrack: Gean Burrell
Sound Mixer: John Claassen
Colourist: Daniel de Villiers
Sound Design: Luke Housdon
The Rosa Luxemburg Foundation wishes to acknowledge and thank the civil society organizations that have contributed to the production of this short video:
- African Centre for Biodiversity, South Africa
- Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)
- AJAC-Lukaal, Senegal
- Biowatch South Africa
- Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) Tanzania
- Tanzania Alliance for Biodiversity (TABIO)
- Tanzania Organic Agriculture Movement (TOAM)
This video was produced with financial assistance from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).