Putting seeds in the hands of farmers

We continue to campaign to fix the food system

The message comes just weeks after Caritas Zambia, one of CAFOD’s partner organisations, raised concerns about the World Bank’s involvement in a campaign to change Zambian legislation. The new law would severely limit farmers’ ability to freely access their own seed varieties. Instead, it will foster the privatisation of seeds by companies that profit from their sale.

This is disappointing news, especially for those of us who have been campaigning for change for some time. But we must keep up the pressure to let the World Bank know that thousands of people around the world are standing with small farmers in their fight for their seed rights.

That’s why our 80-year-old CAFOD supporters were at the World Bank: to remind them that we are in it for the long haul, until seeds are back in the hands of farmers!