Statement on the 30×30 Protected Areas Framework August 19, 2021 Swift Foundation is among philanthropic organizations writing to the Convention on Biological Diversity with concerns about
Swift Foundation Commits $1.2 Million to COVID-19 Response May 1, 2020 Almost one year ago, in May of 2019 the Swift Foundation board made an internal commitment to double our annual payout from
GM Potato Push in East Africa: Digital Sequence Information and Biopiracy in Centres of Origin April 11, 2020 Genetically modified potatoes may prove lucrative for US and British billionaire investors but are bad news for indigenous
Open Letter by Swift Foundation March 11, 2019 We want to share the following open letter, formally being released today, written in response to “Foundations Stand
New Report – Transforming Food Systems January 24, 2019 Twenty foundation representatives, affiliated with the AgroEcology Fund and/or the Global Alliance for the Future of Food,
On Agroecology and the Future of Food January 10, 2019 This publication highlights the Global Alliance for the Future of Food’s collective and individual member efforts to
The Real Seed Producers November 1, 2018 Just because they are branded as “informal” does not mean that they are nonexistent. Farmer Managed Seed Systems (FMSS) on
Voices of Maiz Report May 22, 2018 Voices of Maíz’ was a collective process of storytelling that came out of conversations and gatherings, hosted in Indigenous
A review of participatory plant breeding and lessons for African seed and food sovereignty movements March 1, 2018 There is growing awareness of the unique and important role smallholder farmers around the world play in conserving, using
PRESS RELEASE: Draconian Corporate Seed Law Must Be Stopped in its Tracks November 20, 2017 The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) continues to pointedly exclude African civil society and