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Haiti: The struggle for Food Sovereignty amid political and systemic turmoil
The Papay Peasant Movement (MPP), one of Haiti’s largest peasant organizations, celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2023. With nearly 60,000 members, including peasant youth, women, and men, the MPP focuses on agroecology, popular education, environmental management, and gender issues. Operating in 13 communes and 35…
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Podcast: Peasant Agroecology Cools Down the Planet
Jesús Vázquez, General Coordinator of Organización Boricuá de Agricultura Ecológica and a member of La Via Campesina in Puerto Rico, spoke on the IFAD’s Foods-Farms-Future podcast about viewing agroecology not just as a set of practices, but as a social movement, a science, and a way of life. File Photo:…
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International Day of Peasant Struggles
On April 17th La Via Campesina reaffirmed its solidarity and its firm opposition to all violations of human and peasant rights. We continue our struggle against neo-colonialism, patriarchy and capitalism. We are unwaveringly committed to a just transition to peasant agroecology as a fundamental part of achieving climate justice. These are the fundamental principles we promote in our global struggle for Food Sovereignty.
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