Daud Ngosengwa Manongi

Seed Expert|Enviromental health activist,apiculture & meliponiculture specialists, food sovereignty advocate.

[Daud Ngosengwa Manongi @ManongiDaud]

#seedislife

[Mwiza Sophy 🇺🇬🇷🇼 @MwizaSophy]

Seeds are the foundation of life and the cornerstone of food and nutritional security.
Protecting indigenous seeds is not only about agriculture.
It is about safeguarding biodiversity, preserving cultural heritage, empowering communities, and ensuring resilience to climate change. - Daud Ngosengwa Manongi
Seed Research & Advocacy Expert – TABIO
#SeedsIsLife #SeedSovereignty #FoodSovereignty #MaSemenceMaVie #NossemencesNotreFuture

[AFSA @Afsafrica]

𝐒𝐄𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 || 𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐖𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬

𝟭. 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮’𝘀 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆

The aggressive promotion of hybrid and genetically modified seeds by multinational corporations is eroding Africa’s vast agricultural diversity. The continent's nutrition and health depend on diverse local crops adapted to varied environments, but corporate seeds push uniformity, putting at risk centuries of biodiversity cultivated by African farmers. Protecting farmer-managed seeds is essential to defending Africa’s agricultural future against the homogenizing forces of corporate control​.

#SeedIsLife #No2GMO #SeedSovereignty #FMSS

[AFSA @Afsafrica]

#SeedIsLife || Farmer Managed Seed Systems #FMSS

African farmers have been planting, saving and exchanging seeds for countless generations – adapting them to their environment, their cultures and their tastes. Thanks to them, Africa has a rich diversity of nutritious food crops, providing 80% of Africa’s food needs. It’s time to stand up for farmers’ rights to to save, plant, exchange and sell their life-giving seeds, and support them in building a healthy and sustainable food system for Africa.

#SeedSovereignty #FoodSovereignty #No2GMO

[AFSA @Afsafrica]

#SeedIsLife || STAND FOR OUR SEED

This stirring short film captures the heartfelt appeal of a smallholder farmer warning against the growing loss of indigenous seeds and the creeping enslavement by corporate-controlled seed systems. It highlights how local seeds, preserved through generations, are vital for household resilience, food sovereignty, health, and cultural continuity.

The farmer passionately calls on fellow farmers, citizens, and governments to resist policies that marginalize peasant farmers, protect home seed banks, and promote indigenous seeds as a foundation for future generations. It is a powerful call to unity, action, and the defense of Africa’s seed heritage against the forces that seek to destroy it.

#SeedIsLife #SeedSovereignty #FMSS #FoodSovereignty #No2GMO #Agroecology #SeedIsPower

[Mwa🐝 @lovelocal_zed]

We need African solutions for African food systems. In Zambia, we know that the future lies in strengthening farmer-managed seed systems — not adopting colonial models like #UPOV1991. So we keep saying #NoToUPOV + no to the corporate capture of our FMSS!

[AFSA @Afsafrica]

AFSA Marks International Seed Day by Advancing the ‘SEED IS LIFE’ Campaign

On the occasion of #InternationaSeedDay AFSA calls on all Africans to rise in defense of the seeds that feed our continent. Under the Pan-African banner "Seed Is Life", we begin a three-day campaign to uplift Farmer-Managed Seed Systems (#FMSS), the backbone of our food sovereignty.

With 80% of Africa’s food grown from farmers’ seeds, our heritage, knowledge, and future lie in the hands of smallholder farmers—yet unjust seed laws threaten to criminalize these systems in favor of corporate monopolies. This campaign exposes the dangerous push for repressive seed laws, plant variety protection regimes, and GMO proliferation that aim to replace Africa’s biodiverse, locally adapted seeds with industrial, uniform, patented varieties.

AFSA reaffirms: Seeds are not commodities—they are culture, resilience, sovereignty, and survival.

Over the next three days, we will amplify farmers' voices, celebrate seed-saving traditions, and warn against the repressive legal frameworks creeping across our continent.

This is more than a campaign, it's a call to action for every farmer, activist, policymaker, and citizen to resist the corporate takeover of our food and reclaim our right to seed and sovereignty. ✊🏿

👉🏿 READ THE FULL PRESS RELEASE HERE: https://t.co/ldTH9Pev9b

#SeedIsLife #FMSS #SeedSovereignty #OurSeedsOurFuture #FoodSovereignty

[BIBA Kenya @BIBA_Kenya]

BIBA Kenya is part of the @Afsafrica meeting on Shifting Financial powers happening in Maanzoni Lodge, Kenya. The meeting is focusing on defunding industrial agriculture and increasing funding for Agroecology as a sustainable alternative.

[BIBA Kenya @BIBA_Kenya]

Happy international Women's Day to all the women who safeguard our food systems by practicing and promoting Agroecology.

Empowered women equals empowered communities.

#InternationalWomensDay
#agroecology

[Daud Ngosengwa Manongi @ManongiDaud]

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[TABIO @TABIOtz2011]

TABIO in MARA🌱
We're in the middle of an insightful two-day training on biodiversity conservation, seed laws, GMOs & emerging technologies,
Engaging discussions and knowledge-sharing to empower our farmers!
#Biodiversityconservation #ASILIB #ViAgroforestry #SustainableFarming

[EATegrity @EATegrity_Sonia]

Africa needs more advocacy on Agroecology and we need to address the issue of Re-colonisation of Africa which is in direct opposition once again to Africa’s food sovereignty ~ do the African Union policies support agroecology or re-colonisation? Does BRICS+ support sovereignty?

[Daud Ngosengwa Manongi @ManongiDaud]

@hassanhassan_1 Hakika zinashilia nambari 1

[EOA Initiative @EOA_Africa]

📢📢Call for registrations for the 2nd Eastern Africa Agroecology Conference
Click the link below to register
https://t.co/JBso3CmqaF
@KcoaKhea @TofOrganic @pelum_uganda @PelumKenya @FoodKenya
@Seedsavers_KE @CIFOR_ICRAF

[Daud Ngosengwa Manongi @ManongiDaud]

@MaxTz255_ One of the best schools in southern Highlands

[PELUM Kenya @PelumKenya]

New Resource on Farmer Managed Seed System (FMSS)

This comprehensive guide dives into the critical role of FMSS in enhancing seed diversity, resilience, and sustainable agriculture in Kenya.

📖 Access the booklet here: https://t.co/ljmL6GDKXq

#SeedSovereignty #FMSS

[Daud Ngosengwa Manongi @ManongiDaud]

Reflecting on a Transformative Year with Growing Expertise and Building Connections

As the year draws to a close, I am filled with gratitude for the incredible journey I’ve had From local community engagements to international spaces, 2024 has been a success

[EALA @EA_Bunge]

East African Legislative Assembly signs a resolution with Food Agriculture Organization (FAO), recognizing Agro-ecology as a Strategic Priority in the EAC https://t.co/ICyBBi8VrV

[Daud Ngosengwa Manongi @ManongiDaud]

Good news Agroecology champions In East Africa https://t.co/f07kkyP1HL

[Daud Ngosengwa Manongi @ManongiDaud]

It has been a great moment meeting the team of Pelum Rs and Members of ABN from EAC here at KAMPALA

[PELUM Association Regional Secretariat @PelumRegional]

PELUM RS today was happy to join Tabio, SEATINI Uganda, BIBA Kenya and ABN in presenting a report on Building a Farmer-Managed Seed System to the East African Legislative Assembly members on the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture, Tourism and Natural Resources.

[TABIO @TABIOtz2011]

As part of *Seed is Life* campaign, we’re celebrating the vital role of women in preserving and nurturing indigenous seeds! Women are the custodians of life, ensuring food security and biodiversity for future generations.🌱#SeedIsLife #FoodSovereignty #BiodiversityConservation