“As a small-scale farmer from Uganda, I am so happy that I’m part of the Global People’s Summit on Food Systems. It has given us the space to speak out our ideas and ideologies. Our innovations on what we do has been brought on board for [policymakers from all levels] to understand, listen, and hear what we are talking about… that we exist and that without us, the [UN Food Systems Summit] is not ours.”

Watch Hakim Baliraine of ESAFF Uganda and People’s Coalition on Food Sovereignty – Global Africa in this interview with Devex during its two-day event on the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit, held last July 14-15.