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Peasant Agroecology and Sustainable Land Use Practices Boost Biodiversity | IFAD Podcast (Episode 60)
26 June 2024
Chengeto Sandra Muzira, a young peasant from the Zimbabwe Smallholder Organic Farmers Forum (ZIMSOFF) and a member of the International Coordination Committee of La Via Campesina, recently spoke on IFAD’s Farms-Food-Future podcast. She highlighted the importance of sustainable land use in agroecological practices.
UK: The Landworkers’ Alliance’s Top Five Demands for the New Government
25 June 2024
The UK is due to hold a General Election on July 4th 2024. The Landworkers’ Alliance, as part of its efforts to push food and farming higher up the political agenda, has presented its top five demands for the upcoming government.
Webinar | Roles and mandates of the UN Working Group on Peasants’ Rights (UNDROP)
The UN Working Group was set up to facilitate a comprehensive understanding of these challenges and how peasants contribute to human rights enjoyment among rural and urban populations, advancing the realization of their rights in a holistic manner.
Harnessing diversity for agricultural resilience – IFAD Podcast (Episode 61)
24 June 2024
From Malawi to Brazil, hear from farmers who are rewriting the agricultural narrative. We also explore the importance of racial equity and food sovereignty in global food systems.
Uganda: Making a business case for agroecology and empowering small-scale farmers | Video
21 June 2024
In this video produced for ESAFF Uganda TV, members of the forum explain how the new Agroecology Business Hub (ABH) is helping tackle three key factors for small-scale food producers: Access to Credit, Linkages to Local Markets and Building Capacities.
ECVC to Policymakers: Address concerns about fair incomes and generational renewal
Policymakers must tackle the important social crises facing rural areas in particular and implement concrete policy to build solidarity and understanding between urban and rural areas and deconstruct the current polarizing rhetoric.
Sri Lanka: Social movements decry large-scale land grab in Kilinochchi for limestone excavation
20 June 2024
The movements allege that Tokyo Cement has commenced construction without formal approval, displacing over 3,100 families who rely on agriculture, fisheries, and animal husbandry in the Ponnavali and Kiranchi Gramaniladhari domains.
Nyéléni Newsletter: Challenging the financing behind green and blue grabbing
18 June 2024
This edition explores some of the varied and bewildering array of new schemes that financialize oceans, soils, seaweed, and forests.
International Planning Committee on Food Sovereignty (IPC) warns of retrogression in FAO’s relationship with stakeholders
11 June 2024
In a letter addressed to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which is meeting this week, the IPC warns that the participation of CSOs and Indigenous Peoples is not structured through clear mechanisms in the FAO.
Urgent Appeal to Save the Revolution and the Sudanese People
8 June 2024
In 2019, the Sudanese people rose up against the regime of President Omar al-Bashir in a peaceful revolution known as the “December Revolution.” The revolution succeeded in overthrowing al-Bashir after great sacrifice, but was unable to achieve the desired change, with the country still suffering from political and economic instability.
CLOC: VI Continental School of Women Extends Solidarity to the Haitian People
7 June 2024
The VI School of the Articulation of Women of CLOC – La Vía Campesina is a crucial space for the training and empowerment of peasant women in our struggle for social justice and human rights.
Regulate Markets and Prioritize Food Sovereignty in the CAP, Insists SLG Ahead of EU Elections
5 June 2024
representatives from the peasant-worker union Sindicato Labrego Galego (SLG)—members of the European Coordination Via Campesina—tabled the ECVC Policy Recommendations for the June 2024 European Parliament Elections and the Subsequent Legislature before the parliamentarians and the media.