Call of civil society organizations to their governments on the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition in Africa

A March 2015 statement by a coalition of civil society organizations and social movements calling on African governments to cease engagement with the G8 "New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition," arguing that the initiative prioritizes corporate interests over food sovereignty and the rights of small-scale producers.

• Small-scale food producers are the primary investors in African agriculture, contributing an estimated 70% of the continent's food production.
• The G8 "New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition," launched in 2012 and implemented in ten African countries, is criticized for operating on the assumption that corporate investment automatically improves food security and reduces poverty.
• The New Alliance is accused of facilitating the seizure of land and natural resources, marginalizing small-scale producers, and lacking transparency and concrete indicators for hunger and malnutrition.
• Policy commitments under the New Alliance enable multinational companies to benefit from eased export controls, tax reductions for agribusiness, and the transfer of community land to investors.
• The initiative is linked to the introduction of seed laws that may criminalize the exchange of seeds between farmers, thereby threatening biodiversity and peasant rights.
• The coalition proposes alternative investments focused on public services, infrastructure, and public procurement to support decentralized, sustainable local food systems rather than global corporate markets.
• The organizations demand that governments stop all support for the New Alliance, suspend current projects for multi-stakeholder review, and respect the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent for communities affected by land deals.

APA

admin (2015). Call of civil society organizations to their governments on the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition in Africa. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/call-of-civil-society-organizations-to-their-governments-on-the-new-alliance-for-food-security-and-nutrition-in-africa/

Chicago

admin. Call of civil society organizations to their governments on the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition in Africa. Friends of the Earth International, 2015. https://www.foei.org/call-of-civil-society-organizations-to-their-governments-on-the-new-alliance-for-food-security-and-nutrition-in-africa/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{admin2015call, author = {admin}, title = {{Call of civil society organizations to their governments on the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition in Africa}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2015}, month = jun, url = {https://www.foei.org/call-of-civil-society-organizations-to-their-governments-on-the-new-alliance-for-food-security-and-nutrition-in-africa/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }