Nic Paget-Clarke

Autonomy and sovereignty Nic Paget-Clarke: In the conference press kit, it lists the objectives of UNAC and the first one listed is “autonomy of the local communities”. What does that mean? Diamantino Nhampossa: Autonomy and sovereignty of the local communities means that the farmers in their own communities are able to satisfy most of their…

Mr. Paget-Clarke recently returned from Niassa and Maputo Provinces in Mozambique. Being in a field in southern Niassa province, in Mozambique, listening to a group of women and men members of a peasant and small farmers’ association sing a cappella while they wield their hoes is both thrilling and supremely humbling. Particularly when you realize…