Democratising Agricultural Research for Food Sovereignty in West Africa (Mali)
An interview with Dr Jacques Testard, President Sciences Citoyennes, Paris, France on the need to centrally involve citizens in defining public policies, including priorities for agricultural research.
Democratising agricultural research: the role of citizen-centered participatory processes.
Can private sector led research and development feed the poor in Africa? An interview with Dr Amatévi Raoul Klutsé, Senior Researcher, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), Ghana describing AGRA’s objectives and activities in Africa.
An interview with a farmer specialist witness group: Omer Agoligan (Benin), Koro Sangare and Ousmane Sinare (Mali), Francisca Diouf (Senegal) on agroecological alternatives to hybrid seeds, and the need for truly participatory research.
Flickr photos from the Mali citizens' jury day 3 album.
Flickr photos from the Mali citizens' jury day 2 album.
Flickr photos from the Mali citizens' jury day 1 album.
Decolonising economics to make other worlds possible. What kind of research is needed to develop an alternative economics that puts human well being, reciprocity and solidarity at the centre?
What changes in the governance and funding of agricultural research are required to better take into account the needs of livestock herders and pastoral societies in West Africa?
Scenes on life in Nyeléni during the citizens' deliberations