GRAIN's Ange-David Baïmey emphasizes the need for African communities to control their food systems at COP30, opposing corporate agriculture. This fight for food sovereignty is crucial amid worsening climate impacts.

Ange-David Baïmey, the Africa program coordinator for GRAIN, spoke at COP30 about the critical need for food sovereignty in African communities. He highlighted how climate change is making it harder for farmers to access land, water, and resilient seeds. Multinational corporations are pushing farmers towards dependency on commercial seeds and synthetic inputs, undermining traditional agricultural practices. GRAIN's focus is on empowering communities to grow their own food and resist corporate control. Baïmey criticized formal U.N. negotiations as ineffective, preferring the People’s COP for meaningful dialogue on climate justice. He believes a victory at COP30 would involve rejecting carbon markets that facilitate land grabbing and threaten food security.