La Via Campesina mobilises against the Food Crisis

Resources for the media

Background papers

• An Answer to the the global food crisis: Peasants and small farmers can feed the world
• Sustainable family farming can feed the world
• Small scale sustainable farmers are cooling down the earth
• Open Letter: Concrete measures are needed to strengthen peasant and farmer-based food production

More on www.viacampesina.org

Farmer’s leaders available for interviews (mobile phones)

• Ibrahim Coulibali, Mali + 2236761126 (en français)
• Alberto Gomez, Mexico + 525541777846 (en español)
• Dena Hof, United States +  1 406-939-1839 (in English)
• Paul Nicholson, Basque Country + 34636451566 (Español, English, Français)
• Henry Saragih, Indonesia + 628163144441 (Bahasa Indonesia, English)
• Chukki Najundaswamy, India + 919448241401 (in English)

  More on request, please write to us: viacampesina@viacampesina.org

Via Campesina farmer’s mobilisations

• « Peasant’s agriculture creates biodiversity » : mobilisation during the Convention on Biodiversity Conference meetings in Bonn, 19-30 May.
• « Food sovereignty can solve the food crisis» : mobilisation during the FAO conference conference on world food security: the challenges of climate change and bioenergy, Rome, 1-5 June.
• « Implement peasant’s rights to solve the food crisis”: International Via Campesina conference on peasant’s rights in Jakarta, 20-24 June.
• “G8 Governments: Stop corporate control over food, land and resources”, mobilisation during the G8 summit in Hokkaido, 7-9 July.
• For our media programme during those events, contact us: idelforge@viacampesina.org

Some external resources

• Annalyse critique des causes de la flambée des prix agricoles mondiaux
  (Jacques Berthelot, Solidarité)
• En la era del post –petrolera: Movilizándonos para rescatar nuestro sistema alimentario
  (Miguel A. Altieri, Alai-amalatina)
• Making a killing from hunger
  (Grain)