An open letter to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation signed by nearly 500 faith leaders across Africa and organized and sent by the Southern African Faith Communities’ Institute (SAFCEI) emphasizes that the Foundation’s support for an industrial agriculture approach reliant on monocropping and intensive toxic chemical inputs while displacing smallholder farmers will be disastrous for the continent. The letter was released at a 4 August press event with speakers from across Southern Africa.
African faith communities to Gates Foundation: ‘Industrial agriculture is no solution for Africa’
African faith communities to Gates Foundation: ‘Industrial agriculture is no solution for Africa’
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