Throughout history, the progressive transformation of agricultural production has at its basis the struggle for… Read more →
Peasants and farm workers in Europe call it time to dismantle heteropatriarchy
“Often our agendas of demands and struggles target the outside world, thanks to which, we… Read more →
Human rights and peasants’ rights must prevail in the new Common Agricultural Policy: ECVC
Faced with the EU Bio-economy Strategy and the EU Presidency’s proposals on CAP reform that… Read more →
ECVC and Eco Ruralis are organising a series of events on Rights of Peasants this June. Here is a list.
The European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC), together with Eco Ruralis – the Romanian peasants association,… Read more →
Farmers’ right to seed is a matter of principle: NFU Canada
Last December the United Nations adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People… Read more →
LVC southern and eastern Africa region calls for a binding treaty on the responsibilities of TNCs
(Johannesburg, 3 April 2019) La Via Campesina Southern and Eastern Africa (LVC SEAf) along with… Read more →
South East and East Asia peasant organisations meet in Sakura, Japan
La Via Campesina South East and East Asia(LVC SEEA) held its annual regional meeting in… Read more →
Video: Settlers set fire to fields and attack Palestinian peasants
A video, shot on 17 May 2019 and published on 22 May by the human… Read more →
Peasants’ view of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming
Humanity, for thousands of years, has been able to adapt and domesticate seeds, which gave… Read more →
Social movements and Civil Society Organisations send an open letter to Ecuador on the Chevron case
The Chevron case in the Ecuadorian Amazon is paradigmatic in the struggle against corporate impunity.… Read more →
Via Campesina E-newsletter, April 2019
The April 2019 edition of La Via Campesina’s monthly newsletter out. Apart from capturing the… Read more →
European peasant movements present a 15 point demand ahead of the EU elections
Brussels, 15 May 2019 – In the wake of all the crises that have beset… Read more →
Thiès Declaration: In solidarity with young peasants around the world
We, the youth of La Via Campesina, gathered in Thiès, Senegal, from 25-28 April, express… Read more →
“Rights of peasants and Agrarian Reform is what the world needs urgently” | #17April2019 Global Actions
This April, scores of mobilizations and demonstrations around the world called for an urgent implementation… Read more →
PepsiCo faces major backlash in India, as farmers fight back
09 May 2019: PepsiCo India Holdings Private Limited (PIH), Indian subsidiary of the global giant… Read more →
“Put an EU food policy in place”, ECVC joins campaigners across Europe demanding an integrated food policy
The European Coordination Via Campesina with thirty-two leading campaign groups, farming organizations, and think tanks… Read more →
Agroecology: Real innovation from and for the people
The crisis in the industrial food system is impossible to ignore. For over a decade,… Read more →
Young Peasants of Via Campesina from around the world gather in Senegal
(Thiès, 25 April 2019) Under the auspices of the National Council of Consultation and Coordination… Read more →
17 April: Indonesian peasants call for the implementation of Peasants Rights Declaration
JAKARTA: At a public seminar organised by Serikat Petani Indonesia in Jakarta on 22 April,… Read more →
La Via Campesina supports the National Strike for Peace with Social Justice in Colombia
(Harare, 24 April 2019) La Vía Campesina stands in support of the organized sectors of… Read more →
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Our events
17 April, 2019: International Day of Peasant’s Struggle
Every year, during the week of 17th of April, the International Day of Peasant’s Struggle… Read more →
