Dr. MILLION BELAY

Dr.Million Belay coordinates the Alliance for Food Sovereignty for Africa, a network of major networks in Africa. He is a member of the International Panel of Experts on the Sustainable of Food Systems (IPES-Food) and an advisor the Barilla Centre for Food and Nutrition. Million is a founder of MELCA - Ethopia, an indigenous NGO working on issues of agro-ecology, intergenerational learning, advocacy and livehood improvement of local and indigenous people. Million has been working over two decades on the issues of intergenerational learning of bio-cultural diversity, sustainable agriculture, the right of local communities for seed and food sovereignty and forest issues. His main interest is now advocacy on food sovereignty, learning among generations, knowledge dialogues and the use of participatory mapping for social learning, identity building and mobilization of memory for resilience. He has PhD in environmental learning and MsC in tourism and conservation and BsC in Biology