Million Belay
Agroecology
Climate & Biodiversity
Local Food SystemsThis page is automatically translated from the English original using DeepL and may contain errors.
Million Belay is a member of the IPES-Food panel; co-founder and general coordinator of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) – a network of farmers’ organizations, NGO networks, consumer movements and small-scale producers advocating for agroecology, food sovereignty, and the rights of small-scale food producers in Africa; and he is an expert on forestry conservation, indigenous livelihoods and food and seed sovereignty.
He is also a founder of MELCA-Ethiopia, an indigenous NGO working on agroecology, intergenerational learning, conservation of forests and the livelihoods of local communities and indigenous peoples. He also played a significant part in the Africa Biodiversity Network (ABN).
He is interested in knowledge dialogues and the use of participatory mapping for social learning, identity building and mobilization of memory. His work integrates resilience thinking into national, regional and global policies, helping communities in their adaptive strategies to social and ecological change. He won the National Green Hero Award for both Ethiopia and Addis Ababa, the capital city, in 2008. He is also a recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from Rhodes University, South Africa. He has a PhD in Education, an MSc. in Tourism and Conservation, and a BSc. in Biology.
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