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17 December 2025

A solidarity session titled “From Rome to Home”, organised by the Agroecology and Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA), brought together activists, experts and civil society to discuss food security and food sovereignty in the context of ongoing crises, with a particular focus on Palestine.

During the session, APN Advocacy and Research Officer Lisa Shahin presented on the weaponisation of food in Palestine amid the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the systematic attacks on farmers and the agricultural sector in the West Bank. Shahin outlined how targeting food and agricultural livelihoods continues to be a central tool of repression and domination deployed by the Israeli occupation, directly undermining people’s fundamental rights to life and dignity.

Shahin also provided an overview of APN’s green resistance movement, highlighting its agricultural and environmental rehabilitation programmes, as well as its advocacy work at regional and international levels to expose violations of the right to food and natural resources. She further discussed APN’s role in representing civil society in negotiations under the Framework for Action on Food Security and Nutrition in Protracted Crises (FFA), adopted by countries in 2015.

The framework represents a major shift in addressing hunger, moving beyond purely technical or humanitarian approaches. It recognises that food insecurity in contexts such as Palestine, Sudan, Yemen, and Haiti is rooted in structural violence, including occupation, land dispossession, and blockades. Effective responses, the framework emphasises, must tackle these structural barriers while upholding human rights, accountability, and food sovereignty.

Importantly, the framework underscores the central role of affected communities in shaping solutions and defending their rights, strengthening their resilience and capacity to face crises while building just and sustainable food systems.