” “African peasant leaders and Italian agriculture businesswomen will meet in Rome to discuss the problems and the new solidarity strategies between organizations located in the northern and southern regions of the world. It will happen during the meeting “Globalization and food sovereignty – from policies to practice: the peasant women between Africa and Italy have the right to speak”, which will take place on 23 October in Rome (at 3 pm – FAO headquarters), set up by non-governmental organizations Terra Nuova, Crocevia, Coldiretti, Cipsi, Chiama l’Africa, Ari, and Aiab, within the “EuropAfrica-Terre Contadine” (peasants’ land) campaign. "The experience of African peasant women, said the promoters, – shows us that family agriculture produces quality food, jobs, and its use of energy is sustainable". Three African peasant leaders, – Tiuosso Sanda Halima (Niger), Joséphine Atangana (Cameroon), and Ann Naanyu Kilele (Kenya), – will meet with four Italian agriculture businesswomen that are part of four agriculture organizations. The EuropAfrica campaign will present projects of solidarity and exchange between the agriculture businesswomen in the Italian and African territories, in relation to products that are present in both continents, such as milk in Lazio and Mali, rice in Piedmont and Burkina Faso.” “
