AFSA, Transforming the African Food System to Sustainability (TAFS)

About this project

The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) is a broad alliance of civil society actors that are part of the struggle for food sovereignty and agroecology in Africa. Its members represent smallholder farmers, pastoralists, hunter/gatherers, indigenous peoples, faith-based institutions, and environmentalists from across Africa. It is a network of networks and currently with 35 active members. AFSA has a secretariat office in Kampala, Uganda, and a West Africa liaison office in Thies, Senegal. AFSA is a growing voice on the continent for sensible, sustainable, just, regenerative, and healthy food systems. AFSA`s intervention aims to influence food policy makers' narratives locally and regionally through advocacy, ensuring that food policies are geared towards the health and well-being of African citizens. The intervention leverages on previous activities bringing all AFSA's work together and shifts the conversation away from food production to the systemic issue of a healthy and sustainable diet. The food policy work brings all the pieces together in terms of land, seed, climate, and other citizen-related issues with a firm understanding of Farmer Managed Seed Systems (FMSS) as a foundation to justify diversity as a source of resilience. The overall objective of the proposed initiative is to produce a food policy for Africa, which can serve as a framework for member countries, and suggest a governance structure to make it practical. The strategy to achieve this objectiv…

Published by

Sweden · Government

Countries

Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan

Sectors

Agricultural policy and administrative managementIII.1.a. Agriculture

Funded by

Sweden

Passes funds through

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

Published by Sweden to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 2 Nov 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: SE-0-SE-6-16580.

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