Forum de Dakar sur les systèmes alimentaires : Des chercheurs mettent en garde le tandem Sonko-Diomaye
Dakar will host the 2025 Africa Food Systems Forum, hosted by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), from August 29 to September 5. This major continental event will bring together more than 5,000 participants, including global agribusiness leaders, to "exchange, reflect, and act toward a sustainable and resilient food future for Africa and the world."
The challenge of this meeting is to make Dakar the catalyst for AGRA's agricultural vision, which is based on agricultural innovations and practices (the use of fertilizers, pesticides, irrigation and the selection of high-yielding varieties) that have led to a sharp increase in the productivity of food crops in developing countries, mainly since the 1960s. While it (the Green Revolution) has increased production and fed large populations, it has also led to negative consequences, including soil degradation and a loss of biodiversity.
These misdeeds are prompting researchers and members of farmers' associations to sound the alarm and alert the Senegalese government. During a webinar organized by the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) on Wednesday, August 5, they revealed AGRA's influence over agricultural policy and its threat to food sovereignty.
Launched in 2006 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation at the initiative of former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, the evaluation of the actions of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) in the 13 main target countries (Mali, Ghana, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia) led, according to American researcher Timothy A. Wise, to the following conclusions:
"There is little evidence of a significant increase in income or food security for small-scale food producers." On the contrary, in the countries where AGRA operates, there has been a 30% increase in the number of people suffering from hunger. This situation affects 130 million people in AGRA's 13 target countries. According to Mutinta Nketani, coordinator of the Zambian Alliance for Agroecology and Biodiversity, AGRA has signed a memorandum of understanding with the government allowing it to formulate national agricultural policy, and as a result, "more than 60% of agricultural producers are plunged into hunger."
In addition to the negative environmental impacts, including soil acidification from monoculture with synthetic fertilizers based on fossil fuels, the green revolution promoted by AGRA is "a serious threat to a sustainable food system."
In conclusion, the socio-economist of development and executive director of the Institute for Research and Promotion of Alternatives for Development (IRPAD), Mamadou Goïta and his colleague Absa Mbodji of Dytaes, invite the State of Senegal to carry the voice of agroecology which is "the only solution for a sustainable agriculture and food system".
Commentaires (6)
Je viens d’écouter Moustapha Diakhate mais il a parfaitement raison. Et je tombe sur cette photo!!!! Mais regardez cette photo. On dirait que c’est Sonko le président et Diomaye son toutou. Ce n’est pas possible… Diomaye ne doit pas accepter ce genre de chose. Si Sonko n’accepte pas le protocole qui est sacré, qu’il le vire. On ne joue pas avec la république. Franchement c’est choquant!!!! walla mou bayi mome Diomaye s’il ne peut pas assurer la charge présidentielle. Cette photo a été bien choisie et bien calculée par ce site d’info car ce n’est pas un secret de polichinelle qu’ils sont a la solde de Sonko. C’est très grave
Moustapha D et des gens comme toi leur place est en prison et pour toujours. si on insulte le prophete psl, on a pas sa place dans notre société.
Le tendem est préoccupé par le développement mais pour des photos Jub jubeul jubanti
Niar ngii fini ou dieumé senegal nokh amoufa
Khour mom khamnani am ngenko khour yu reyy
C'est extraordinaire d'organiser un évènement de cette envergure et à moins de 3 semaines de l'évènement, personne n'est au courant. Dans un an on va organiser un évènement d'envergure mondiale et rien n'est clair sur l'hébergement, la mobilité, la sécurité, l'alimentation, le Entertainment entre autres. Quel pays sommes nous ?
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