The AlimenTERRE Awareness Campaign is a project of the Inades-Formation network. This campaign is taking place in ten countries: Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Ivory Coast, Kenya, DR Congo, Tanzania, Rwanda and Togo.
Faced with the challenges facing the food industry today, whether it be maintaining a level of production or guaranteeing the quality and traceability of agricultural products, various strategies have been put in place. At the level of African states, most agricultural sector development strategies are based on agricultural intensification with a particular emphasis on the use of synthetic chemical inputs. This mode of production sometimes jeopardizes the sanitary quality of the food that ends up on local markets and for which there is no traceability. Thus, it can be seen that the right to adequate food of the populations can be strongly hindered if nothing is done.
The AlimenTERRE Consciousness Campaign launched by Inades-Formation in 2021 aims to contribute to the realization in African countries of the right to adequate, healthy and sustainable food. The campaign is based on the concept of “PRODUCE WITHOUT DESTROYING”. The slogan of the campaign is: “Food is a right and eating is a vote”.
The FoodFirst Awareness Campaign focuses on four (4) main objectives:
- Encourage producers to question and abandon the use of chemical inputs
- Raise awareness of the different actors on their role in the realization of the right to healthy and sustainable food
- Encourage states to adopt measures to reduce the import and production of chemical inputs
- Make alternative measures in favor of organic inputs.
After Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Burkina Faso, Burundi, DRC, Togo and Chad, the AlimenTERRE Awareness Campaign will be launched in Cameroon very soon.
Marguerite MOMHA, Communication Inades-Formation Cameroon
