La Via Campesina (LVC) is a global peasant movement of 182 small-scale food producer organisations from 81 countries around the world and one of the largest grass-roots movement of small-scale food producers comprising peasant, migrant, waged labour and indigenous peoples’ organisations. Every four years, La Via Campesina organises an international conference open to all its members. It brings together representatives of these different organisations from the continents of Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. These international conferences are spaces of rich cultural and linguistic diversity that also brings the lived realities of people from different contexts and regions.
The 8th International Conference of La Via Campesina is scheduled to take place in Bogota Colombia, from 1-8 December 2023.
A unique opportunity for journalists who report on food and agricultural issue.
If you are a journalist covering food, agriculture, climate justice and related issues, our conference offers an opportunity to understand the latest developments, debates and practices in over 80 countries around the world. Here, you will discover a diverse set of peasant-perspectives and analyses of the global politics of food production and consumption. You will also witness a wide range of initiatives in the field of peasant agroecology and diverse models of food production.
We invite our friends and allies in the media to browse through this press kit, where we elaborate all aspects of the conference, and also detail out a process for accreditation.
UPDATE: 16 November 2023.
THE REGISTRATION PROCESS FOR THE EVENT IS NOW CLOSED. WE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING ANY MORE REGISTRATIONS. ONLY ACCREDITED JOURNALISTS WILL BE GIVEN AN ENTRY INTO THE CONFERENCE. FOR QUERIES WRITE TO press@viacampesina.org
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If you wish to use our communications kit, follow this link.
