Decolonizing African Agriculture: Food Security, Agroecology and the Need for Radical Transformation
- Date: 15 March 2024, 09:00–11:30
- Location: University Main Building, Lecture hall IX
- Type: Lecture
- Lecturer: William G. Moseley
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- Organiser: Uppsala University's Forum for Africa Studies
- Contact person: Oulia Adzhoa Sika Makkonen
- Phone: 0700490820
Most welcome to the public lecture "Decolonizing African Agriculture: Food Security, Agroecology and the Need for Radical Transformation" with Professor William Moseley.
The basic argument of this talk is that failed agricultural development efforts on the continent are the result of intellectual colonization in the agricultural sciences, that we must reimagine the way forward, and that this effort will require new institutions. Following a broad conceptual introduction emphasizing political agronomy, political ecology and agroecology, Prof. Moseley will review past food security and agricultural development experiences in four countries where he has undertaken extensive field research: Mali, Burkina Faso, South Africa and Botswana. He will then examine successful efforts in each of the aforementioned countries and outlines future directions.