Boeren vergroenen de Sahel

Achter de Voedsel Anders conferentie zit de Voedsel Anders beweging, die bestaat uit organisaties en actieve burgers die zich op de een of andere manier bezig houden met het veranderen en verduurzamen van het totale voedselsysteem.

Voedsel Anders brengt manieren om de hele keten van voedselproductie tot voedselconsumptie te veranderen samen, met een speciale focus op agro-ecologie, korte ketens, rechtvaardig handelsbeleid en landrechten.

Op zaterdag 13 april vindt de jaarlijkse Afrikadag plaats in het Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen in Amsterdam.

Both ENDS en Voice 4 Thought verzorgen daar samen een workhop (voertaal Engels), genaamd

'Positive vibes from the Sahel: from regreening to slam poetry'

Facilitator: Andrew Makkinga

The Sahel region from Chad to Senegal is often seen in the Netherlands as an immensely dry, infertile area where extremists and smugglers serve and where hunger thrives. But there is so much more to tell about the Sahel region.

Over the last decades, a large number of positive social initiatives have been taken up both in the cities and in rural areas. Initiatives that create and stimulate self-esteem, culture, education, climate resilience and prosperity.

Young people are often the driving force behind these movements, which is not surprising considering that almost 70 percent of the population in a country like Niger is under the age of 25.

In this workshop Both ENDS and Voice4Thought want to tell the other story of the Sahel by highlighting some of these positive initiatives, and by showing how they are interlinked and part of a larger, bottom up movement in this area.

Hope to see you there!

Tijdens de UNCCD COP14 in India, die plaatsvindt  van 2 tot 13 september 2019, is Both ENDS medeorganisator van een aantal side events. 

Join us for an open space for a reflection and exchange on a new dataset,  developed by WRI,  to monitor regreening efforts, and its applications in the Sahel.

In the drylands of Africa, land degradation threatens the livelihoods of millions of people. Fortunately, there are promising initiatives emerging all over the continent that are turning the tide. Throughout the Sahel, for example, vast tracts of land along the Great Green Wall have been restored by local communities. They have nurtured the plants that spontaneously spring from the soil, protecting young sprouts from cattle and other hazards.