Burkino Faso women farmers define food sovereignty. "We are the solution."
Traditionally, farmers control their own seeds—and share them. Women are the keepers of those seeds. But with AGRA, all of this is going to be out of the farmers’ control. This is why we are doing this whole campaign, saying, “We are the solution.” The solution cannot come from elsewhere. It’s already there.
Source: Pingree, Chellie and Anna Lappé. "The food movement is small? Not from where we sit, it isn't". The Washington Post. Accessed at https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/the-food-movement-is-small...