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As global food supply chains face mounting pressure from climate disruption and geopolitical instability, farmers across Africa are turning to regenerative practices — green manures, agroforestry, community seed banks — that rebuild local control over food systems.
A close-up look at agroecology practice in Malawi reveals how farmer-led, ecologically grounded farming addresses food insecurity and climate vulnerability simultaneously — while raising hard questions about why international development institutions still overlook it.
Dr Debal Deb has spent 30 years conserving indigenous rice from remote Indian tribes — an act of ecological stewardship that doubles as governance practice, returning seed sovereignty to farmers after decades of corporate monoculture.
A network of networks initiated in 2019, emerging from India's Vikalp Sangam (Alternatives Confluence) to create solidarity and strategic alliances among radical transformation movements worldwide. Coordinated by Ashish Kothari and colleagues, it maps and connects alternatives to dominant development paradigms — from agroecology and commons governance to autonomous indigenous communities — across regions and themes.