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Current issue Volume 24 No. 10 (2024)

Published on 22nd October 2024

Editor's Note

What is food sovereignty? What is food rights? In the recent past I have had the privilege to attend two amazing events here in Nairobi. One, the graduation of the third cohort of African Food Fellows started by scholars at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, and the other at the World Agroforestry Centre's Gigiri campus in Nairobi as African Plant Breeding Academy Fellows graduated the third cohort. My one common observation is that we have amazing programs elevating brilliant young Africans to a level where they can confidently address issues of hunger, malnutrition and poverty. African food fellows are made to provide leadership in this sector and only do so once they have been equipped with the appropriate tools and knowledge. The plant breeders are equipped with new skills in breeding that enable them to expand their performance and work. In both situations and I am sure in many more, governance and policies still come out as real concerns. In all this I see young people who are passionate about making a difference in their countries and on the continent, about impacting the ground and wanting to ensure food rights for the vulnerable amongst us... read more

The AJFAND Secretariat Team


Mary Njeri Karanu
Assistant Editor-in-Chief



Michael Okumu
Technical Manager


Emmily Kaveza
Deputy Editor


Sylvester Aura
M&E Officer


Moses Salim
Social Media and Communications Strategist


Erca Alaro
Editorial Assistant



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