First published: Farming Matters | 32.2 | June 2016 Demand for foods based on traditional crops, with a clear link to local culture, is increasing in Zimbabwe. With this, Elizabeth Mpofu’s… Read more →
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Transforming the politics of food in Southern Africa, from the local to the global
Across the world, at least 821 million people suffer from hunger. Malnutrition and severe food insecurity appear to be increasing throughout nearly the entire African continent; this has been confirmed… Read more →
UN Human Rights Council passes a resolution adopting the peasant rights declaration in Geneva
Press Release (Geneva, September 28, 2018) Seventeen years of long and arduous negotiations later, peasants and other people working in rural areas are only a step away from having a… Read more →
African peasants demand Climate Justice to regional governments: “time of real solutions is Now”.
La Via Campesina Southern and Eastern Africa Press Statement Harare, May 17, 2018 – As Climate Change continues to suffocate rural communities in the Global South, the African peasantry is… Read more →
Elizabeth Mpofu speaks before 50,000 people at the “we are fed up” demonstration
(Berlin, Germany, January 20, 2015) Speech of Elizabeth Mpofu, General Coordinator of La Via Campesina, in front of 50000 people at the we are fed up demonstration My dear friends!… Read more →
Key notes from the transition Ceremony of La Via Campesina’s International Secretariat
On 30th November, La Via Campesina’s International Operative Secretariat (IOS) officially moved to Bagnolet, France, to be hosted by Confederation Paysanne on behalf of the European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC),… Read more →
Mozambique: “Agroecological farming came to stay in Marracuene” — say the farmers
LVC Africa News (Mozambique, Maputo, July 11, 2014) – the adopted agroecological farming methods are there to stay among the farmers in Marracuene, south Mozambique, says the farmers from Alfredo… Read more →
Celebrating 30 years of our struggles: Sharing and reflecting our struggles towards Food Sovereignty in the Southern and Eastern Africa
(Morogoro, May 19, 2022) “In today’s world where corporates are trying more and more to alienate peasants from their food systems, pushing them to depend on unsustainable programs like green… Read more →
Peasants’ rights are unique and require urgent protection, says Elizabeth Mpofu
Human Rights Council, 33rd Session, Item 5 – Human Rights bodies and mechanisms – General Debate on the Report of IGWG on rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas (A/HRC/33/59)… Read more →
La Via Campesina, Building an International Movement for Food and Seed Sovereignty
An Interview with General Coordinator Elizabeth Mpofu [1] February 2, 2016 By Simone Adler (Other Worlds) Who we are fighting for is every single peasant farmer – more than 200 million… Read more →