International Conference on Food Security

Description of our collaboration proposal

From the 22nd – 24th June 2021 the Jesuit Justice and Ecology Network of Africa (JENA) in collaboration with Caritas Africa and the Academic Stand Against Poverty East and Southern Africa (ASAP-ESA) will host a blended Food Sovereignty Conference in Nairobi, Kenya through the JENA Food Sovereignty Platform (JFSP).

The conference will gather national and international specialists, both policy experts and academics, in order to extend the concerns on the journey to build back better to attain food sovereignty in Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond in the African continent.

Specifically, the conference will seek to answer the following questions:

- What are the systemic, regional, and in-country issues surrounding food sovereignty in Africa?

- How can Sub-Saharan Africa achieve integral development by balancing attainment of food sovereignty and climate justice amid global trends in industrialization, mechanization, and technology?

- How can Sub-Saharan Africa with support from JFSP and other development institutions sustainably mainstream social justice with a focus on the poor and vulnerable while leveraging ecological agriculture?

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Take part in this conference!

Register through this link and join the virtual event on 22, 23 and/or 24 June.