Lawani Arouna

Lawani Arouna is Vice President of the Network of Farmers' Organisations and Agricultural Producers in West Africa (ROPPA). ROPPA is an initiative specifically for farmers' organisations and agricultural producers in West Africa. It comprises 13 national farmers' organisations from Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo and associated farmers' organisations (Cap-Green, Nigeria).

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A man wearing traditional attire and a purple hat stands outdoors in front of trees and a building.

"We have high expectations of the Kampala Declaration"

An Interview with Lawani Arouna

The rural population and vulnerable groups should be involved in the implementation of the African Union's Kampala Declaration on the transformation of agricultural and food systems. This is the demand of sociologist Lawani Arouna, Vice President of the Regional umbrella organisation of farmers' associations in West Africa (ROPPA).

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