A concise overview of PELUM Association and its continental network.
PELUM Association
A continental non-profit network promoting equitable and sustainable agriculture across Africa.
PELUM Association is a non-profit association with about thirty years of experience. It was created in 1995 by five leaders of civil society organizations from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, and South Africa. Its original headquarters were established in Lusaka, Zambia, and the General Secretariat now operates from Kampala, Uganda.
It is a pan-African network of civil society organizations working for the equitable development of sustainable agriculture in fourteen African countries. The Association strengthens the capacity of member organizations to promote agroecological, organic, and biological agriculture in support of small-scale farmers and livestock keepers.
The network works to improve socio-economic conditions through increased production and productivity, food and nutrition sovereignty, hunger eradication, poverty reduction, sustainable land management, restoration of degraded soils, and the promotion of a healthy environment.
PELUM DRC has been a member of PELUM Association since September 29, 2024.
Brief Presentation
A continental network for sustainable agriculture and natural resource management.
PELUM Association is a 30-year-old non-profit association created in 1995 by five leaders of civil society organizations from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and South Africa. Its headquarters were originally established in Lusaka, Zambia and later moved to Kampala, Uganda.
Continental Network
PELUM Association is a network of more than 350 pan-African civil society organizations working for the equitable development of sustainable agriculture in 14 African countries. It aims to strengthen the capacities of member organizations so they can more effectively promote agro-ecological, organic and biological agriculture (AEOB) and support small-scale farmers and livestock breeders.
Its mission is linked to food and nutritional sovereignty, the eradication of hunger, poverty reduction, sustainable land management and the restoration of degraded soils through the promotion of a healthy environment.
By the end of 2024, PELUM Association was present in Botswana, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Its General Secretariat now operates at Plot No. 9, Friendship Road, Ntinda, Kampala, Uganda. PELUM DRC has been a member of PELUM Association since September 29, 2024.