2nd Nyéléni Global Forum

At the 2nd Nyéléni Global Forum, held at the Nyéléni Center in Mali in February 2015, delegates from diverse organizations representing small-scale food producers—peasants, Indigenous Peoples, family farmers, fisherfolk, pastoralists, and rural workers—gathered to affirm Agroecology as a pillar of Food Sovereignty. These groups, producing 70% of the world’s food, stand at the forefront of sustainable agriculture and social justice.

Together, we explored Agroecology as a form of resistance to industrial agriculture, recognizing it as a practice that honors biodiversity, local knowledge, and the rights of communities to control their lands and resources. Agroecology provides a solution to the crises caused by the corporate food system—environmental degradation, land grabbing, and the commodification of nature.