# 403 Million Belay - Why the USAID shutdown was a gift to agroecology in Africa

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Podcast: [Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food](https://stenobird.com/podcast/investing-in-regenerative-agriculture-and-food-327782)
Published: 2026-02-03T16:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://investinginregenerativeagriculture.com/million-belay
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The difference between agroecology and regenerative agriculture is the deep social change we need in the food and agriculture system. As Laura Ortiz Montemayor told us once "ecology without social justice is just gardening". Million Belay, who leads the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa, the largest social movement on the African continent, is very clear stop intervening with agriculture on the continent, stop imposing all kinds of rules, practices, seeds, inputs etc, which don’t serve ...

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