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Farmers and agriculture workers in Bangladesh continue struggle for rights to land and food sovereignty

Bangladesh Agricultural Farm Labour Federation (BAFLF) Press Release Farmers and agriculture workers in Bangladesh continue their struggle for their rights to land, proper land reform and food sovereignty Today 17 April 2015, in memory of the massacre of 19 Brazilian landless peasants Bangladesh Agricultural Farm Labour Federation (BAFLF), Bangladesh Sramajibi Kendra (BSK) and Jatiyo Krishani-Shamik...

April 17th to put focus on farmers’ struggle against TTIP and “free” trade agreements

Press Release, 16 April 2015 To mark International Day of Farmer and Peasant Struggle tomorrow, farmers' movement Via Campesina, lobby watchdog Corporate Europe Observatory, and Belgian social alliance D19-20 areorganising a lobby tour around the Brussels EU district tohighlight the impact of trade agreements on small-scale agriculture.Starting at 11.30, the tour will highlight how trade...

On April 17, AMAP demands land ownership rights for land tillers

(Pakistan, Lahore, April 17, 2015) Anjuman-e-Muzareen Punjab, Pakistan (AMP) (A Movement of Landless peasants) organized a demonstration on “International Peasants’ Day” on Tuesday, the 17th of April 2015 at 3:30 pm, in front of the Lahore Press Club, Lahore. Its purpose is to have ownership rights to those who have been tilling almost a century....

On 17 April 2015, dairy intensification is not the way to a fair food future

April 17, 2015 (first published on http://www.australianfoodsovereigntyalliance.org/blog/) Community unites with farmers in resistance to dairy expansion in Bass Coast Shire The proposed multi-million dollar expansion of Kernot Dairy, owned by the Chinese corporation Ningbo, is raising the ire of farmers and local residents in Gippsland on a day that commemorates the struggle of small farmers...