African Centre for Biosafety, South Africa
Suite 3, 12 Clamart Road, Richmond, South Africa, 2092
Tel/Fax: 27 (0) 11-482-8915

Mariam Mayet is the Director of the African Centre for Biosafety, a research and policy non-profit organization campaigning against GMOs, biopiracy, agofruels, and industrial agriculture in South Africa.

BBC Focus on Africa

Mukoma Wa Ngugi is a political columnist for the BBC Focus on Africa. He is also the author of a collection of poems, Hurling Words at Consciousness (AWP, 2006).

BioWatch, South Africa
PO Box 13477, Mowbray, 7705
Tel: 27 (0) 21-447-5939
Fax: 27 (0) 21-447-5974

David Fig is an independent environmental policy analyst based in Johannesburg, and a trustee of Biowatch South Africa.

Coordination Nationale des Organisations Paysannes du Mali (CNOP), Mali
Kalaban coura, Rue 200, Porte 727, BP.E:2169,
Bamako, Mali
Tel: (223) 20-28-68-00

Ibrahima Coulibaly is the President of the Coordination Nationale des Organisation Paysannes du Mali (CNOP), a federation of farmers’ organizations that is also a member of the Via Campesina and ROPPA. CNOP’s members include the Association des Organisations Professionnelles Paysannes (AOPP), which represents more than 1 million families, as well as many other farmers’ groups and associations.

Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria>
214 Uselo Lagos Road, Benin City, Nigeria
Tel: 234-52-880619

Nnimmo Bassey is the Executive Director of Environmental Rights Action in Nigeria, a non-governmental advocacy organization founded to deal with environmental human rights issues in Nigeria. ERA is the Nigerian chapter of Friends of the Earth International (FoEI), the world environmental justice federation campaigning to protect the environment and to create sustainable societies.

Katleho Moho Association (KMA ), Lesotho
PO Box 246, Semonkong 120, Maseru 100, Lesotho, Southern Africa
Tel: 266-2231-1241
Mobile: 266-5803-3683
Fax: 266-2231-1241

Makhathe Moahloli is the Executive Director and the National Coordinator of the Katleho Moho Association (KMA) in Lesotho, a community-based organization that focuses on improving livelihoods through health initiatives and agricultural development.

Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM), Kenya
Independence Avenue, Lusaka, Zambia, 10101
Tel: 260211257115
Fax: 260211257116

Zachary Makanya works for the PELUM (Participatory Ecological Land Use Management) Association, a regional network of over 200 civil society organizations in east, central, and southern Africa, which is working towards sustainable agriculture, food security, and sustainable community development in the region. PELUM helps to build the capacity of member organizations to work with small-scale farmers to improve their livelihoods through ecological land use and management. PELUM is also involved in campaigning, advocacy, and lobbying on policies and issues that affect the livelihoods of small-scale farmers.

SAFeAGE, South Africa
PO Box 358, Woodstock, 7915, South Africa
Tel: 27 (0) 21-447-8445
Fax: 27 (0) 866-899902

Support for Women in Agriculture and Environment (SWAGEN), Uganda
PO Box 12223, Kampala, Uganda, E. Africa
Tel: 000-25677-685332
Fax: 000-25641-220117

Gertrude Kenyangi Kabusimbi is the Executive Director of Support for Women in Agriculture and Environment (SWAGEN), based in Kampala, Uganda. SWAGEN works to simultaneously to reduce poverty and conserve biodiversity through initiatives and partnerships with the forest-edge community and other national partners.

União Nacional de Camponeses (UNAC), Mozambique
Rua Valentim Siti Nº 39 R/C, Caixa Postal Nº 1.016,
Maputo, Moçambique
Tel: 258 (21) 30-67-37
Mobile: (82) 30-01-875
Fax: 258 (21) 30-67-38

Trained as a lawyer, Diamantino Nhampossa is the Executive Coordinator of the União Nacional de Camponeses (UNAC― National Peasants Union) in Mozambique and a member of the Via Campesina’s International Coordinating Committee for the Africa Region.