Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (Afsa) programmes coordinator Bridget Mugambe has encouraged African journalists to magnify the evidence of agro-ecological systems’ resilience and their capacity to deliver health, economic and ecological benefits.
He said this on Monday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia during a training for climate and agriculture journalists on agroecology entrepreneurship and territorial markets.
Mugambe said agroecology entrepreneurship and territorial markets are portrayed as too small and informal to contribute to modern economies.
She said: “People should know the truth, with the recent evidence from Ghana, Tunisia and Zimbabwe showing that agroecological enterprises are meeting real demand.
“Fruits and vegetables are the most sought-after products followed by cereals and grains.”
Zambia’s agroecology expert Misheck Nyirongo said territorial markets are not just alternatives to industrial food systems, but they are vibrant engines of transformation for Africa’s food security and bright future.
He said: “Their decentralised nature supports food sovereignty by enabling communities to control and have access to what they grow, sell and eat.
“They represent Africa’s most promising pathway to sustainable food systems, and it is time their stories are accurately told and widely shared.”
Saoussen Ben-Cheikh, a journalist with Cosmos Media in Tunisia, promised to reshape the narrative, amplify genuine African voices and practices by highlighting the transformative power of agroecology and territorial markets.
