Call for legislative action on the right to food as SADC Parliamentary Alliance on Agrifood Systems grows |23 July 2025

Delegates at the inaugural meeting of the SADC Parliamentary Alliance on Agrifood Systems, Food Security and Nutrition pose for a group photograph in Johannesburg on July 22, 2025 (Photo: Angel Alessandri, FAO)

Call for legislative action on the right to food as SADC

Parliamentary Alliance on Agrifood Systems grows

The inaugural meeting of the SADC Parliamentary Alliance on Agrifood Systems, Food Security and Nutrition, began in Johannesburg yesterday with the SADC Parliamentary Forum (PF) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) calling for stronger parliamentary action to combat hunger, malnutrition, and build resilient agrifood systems across Southern Africa.

Addressing delegates who included lawmakers from different SADC member states, development partners, and technical experts, SADC PF secretary general, Boemo Sekgoma, noted that the meeting came at a time of global food crises exacerbated by conflict, climate change, and inequality.

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