Page 4 - Barefoot guide

THE NATURAL FOOD BAREFOOT GUIDE

WRITER’S COLLECTIVE

Cecilia Moraa Onyango (PhD) is an Associate professor of Horticulture at the University of Nairobi, Kenya. She has
over 18 years’ experience in training, research and community outreach in the areas of crop production systems,
post-harvest handling of produce, standards and food safety. The focus of her research work has been on African
traditional crops’ production physiology, conservation and use; stress physiology and temperature-based modulation
of growth and development in crops. www.plantscience.uonbi.ac.ke

John Wilson is a Zimbabwean free-range facilitator and activist working with organisations across Africa, from
community based to large continental networks such as Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA). His focus is on
strategic and collaborative initiatives that can help grow the agroecology and food sovereignty movement in Africa.
He has worked in the agroecology field in Zimbabwe and Africa for over forty years. spiritvaults13@gmail.com

Peter Gubbels has 28 years of experience in West Africa, working with rural communities to promote sustainable
agriculture, agroecology, and nutrition. He is a co-founder of Groundswell International and serves as the Director for
Action Learning and Advocacy in West Africa. Peter has lived in West Africa for over 30 years, is married to a Ghanaian,
and lives in his wife’s village in north of Ghana, where they have a small farm and produce most of their own food.
www.groundswellinternational.org

Peter Ogera Mokaya (MD) is a public health physician, with over 30 years’ experience in the practice of health
development with a career spanning clinical practice, development and management of integrated health
programmes, health research and related policy imperatives. He is a policy advocate for agroecological food
production and related nutritional approaches to achieve food and nutrition security. Founding Director, Organic
Consumers Alliance (OCA): www.organicconsumers.co.ke

A PUBLICATION OF THE ALLIANCE FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY IN AFRICA (AFSA):
“The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) is a broad-based alliance of different civil society actors that are part of
the struggle for food sovereignty and agroecology in Africa. These include African farmers, pastoralists, fisherfolk organisations,
indigenous peoples’ networks, faith-based institutions, youth and women networks, African indigenous NGO networks,
consumer movements in Africa, international organisations which support the stance of AFSA, and individuals. It is a network
of networks and currently with 40 active members. It is the biggest civil society movement in Africa and members work in 50 of
the 55 African countries.”

Writing process facilitation and editing: Doug Reeler of the Barefoot Guide Connection
Creative Writer: Bridget Pitt
Illustrator: Maria Lebedeva
Layout/DTP Artist: Paula Wood Design
Proofreader: Beulah Tertiens-Reeler

Published 2020
ISBN pending