Food sovereignty, according to Ndiakhate, is « to allow an individual or a community to have access to food, to be able to choose what is produced and to actively participate in community life. » Dianto insists on the fact that « the food must be healthy, and produced with a respect for local culture. Food sovereignty is something that is based on local context.»

Each of them gave the participants an in-depth understanding of the type of mobilization and different means of action established in their respective countries to achieve food sovereignty. In Indonesia, peasant movements respond to the expulsion of peasants from their land by land occcupation ;a method which, although legitimate, remains dangerous: violent eviction by security forces is sometimes the cause of deaths. In Senegal, on the contrary, the conflict over access to land does not result in brutal confrontations between state agents and movements. These latter are grouped within the Federation of Senegalese NGOs, whose mission is to negotiate between the different organizations, and establish a broad consensus in order to push the government to invest in agriculture and diversify production.

For participants, it was important to understand that they can, in their own countries, act to promote food sovereignty around the world. Dianto was entirely of this opinion: "Here [in the North] people can fight with us against these gigantic industrial activities." ’N’ Diakahte did not contradict him: "The first action that we can take in the North is to make decision-makers aware of existing production systems, and of ways to change them whilst respecting the environment. It is also necessary to change behavior and eating habits, instead of eating food which is either imported or grown with agrochemicals." Participants then worked on local projects with the aim of educating their audiences on our modes of consumption and also on points of debate on the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union.

Dianto Bachriadi (just above) and Ndiakhate Fall (on top).

This project is conducted with funding from the European Union.