“Permaculture As A Sustainable Solution To Food Insecurity & Climate Change: An African Inspiration”

Conceptual Frame
Climate change is a significant problem in today’s world, and Africa experiences its most vulnerable side. Although industrial countries are leaders in carbon emissions, UNFCCC reports that Africa is more likely to be in climate threat because of altering climate conditions. It is more prone to face food insecurity, population displacement, decreasing rainfall, and decreasing water resources than European countries. Most African countries are agrarian economies, and since small-scale farms comprise 62% of agriculture, it is significant to emphasize local farming and food policies. Based on three principles of earth care, human care, and fair share, permaculture can solve climate change problems, primarily food insecurity by focusing on optimizing water, energy, and soil usage. Assalam Community Foundation aims to find sustainable solutions to climate change problems through permaculture on a remote island, where infertile soil, salty water, and wind are more severe than in any European country. We believe that successors in African countries such as Assalam have the capacity to inspire European youth by providing solutions even in the most challenging conditions. Permacultural methods help youth to recognize industrial agriculture as a leading climate change factor, raise awareness of food insecurity, and generate a comparative perspective on local farming through examples from various continents.
The main objective of our project is to create well-informed youth on climate change by focusing on food insecurity, giving them the right skill set to raise their voices and make their own contribution to the issue. Also, after our first phases of the project, which aim to inform and educate youth on permaculture and food insecurity through training camps and activities, our participants will have the necessary skills and awareness on the topic in order to create a guide and a documentary.
Youth should be key stakeholders in the decision-making processes that impact their future. They offer invaluable contributions through their unique skills, energy, vision, and ideas to help shape agriculture measures and policies.
It is vital for youth to be able to engage in adaptation processes on individual, local, national, international, and intergovernmental levels.