This Thursday, Charles Sturt University (CSU) will be the venue for a significant public event organised by ActionAid which will see Ugandan mother of 11, Ms Polly Apio speak about her life in Africa. According to ActionAid, one billion people will go to bed hungry tonight. Not because there’s not enough food to go around, but because the food system is broken. Ms Apio offers a solution. She grows crops on a small family plot producing enough for her family and a little extra to sell. Women like Ms Apio grow up to 90 per cent of the food in sub-Saharan Africa and, if they had access to the same support and services that their male counterparts have, could alleviate hunger among the most vulnerable people in the world. At the public discussion Ms Apio will cover food security in sub-Saharan Africa, the role of women farmers and why sustainable small scale agriculture is so important for Australia as well as Africa.