The Checkout speaks with Million Belay about how millions of farmers across the African continent are fighting to control their own food systems and why high-tech “Green Revolution” solutions are a false promise.

From https://afsafrica.org/meet-the-team/: Million Belay is the General Coordinator for The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa. He has been working for over two decades on intergenerational learning of bio-cultural diversity, agriculture, the rights of local communities to seed and food sovereignty and forest issues. He has a PhD in environmental learning, an MSc in tourism and conservation, and a BSc in Biology, and is a member of the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food).

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