BAFLF general secratery Abdul Mazid stated that the multinational companies have targeted Bangladesh as laboratory for the trail of their GM crops and using people and farmers as guinea-pigs for their own interest.
Transnational Companies and Agribusiness
End Corporate Impunity! How much is life worth? #Vale
La Via Campesina International stands in solidarity with the affected families and asserts its full support for the organized struggle of social movements, in this sad moment in Brazilian history.
Brazil: Movement of People Affected by Dams (MAB) calls out new crime by mining giant Vale
Once again history repeats itself as a tragedy. On one side, Vale SA, a major worldwide mining company, and on the other, the Brazilian people gathering bodies sunken in the mud of criminal enterprises.
Brazil: Do not drink coffee from those who expel peasants from the land! Join this campaign!
These companies buy coffee from one of the biggest coffee producers in Brazil, João Faria… Read more →
Farmers’ varieties are essential to the future of food says new ZIMSOFF case study
Summary: Increasing the availability of agro-biodiversity will become more and more important, not only in the… Read more →
No one can teach the farmers what is good for us or can talk on our behalf, especially on GMOs
MVIWATA Press release The Guardian Article titled ‘’New Push in Pipeline for acceptance of GMO… Read more →
Decision of the European Court of Justice on new GMOs: a historic victory for peasants and citizens of the EU
Brussels, July 25th 2018 – The European Court of Justice has issued its decision on… Read more →
At the National Meeting of Landless Children in Brazil, they debate cuts in education budget
This article by Rafael Tatemoto originally appeared on Brasil de Fato on 24 July 2018… Read more →
Gene Drive is a threat to people, country and even world’s food sovereignty: La Via Campesina in Montreal
Full text of the intervention made by Geneviève Lalumière of UNION PAYSANNE at the meeting… Read more →
La Via Campesina denounces corporate influence in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Canada
Harare, 29 June: The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will hold meetings of the XXII… Read more →
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Our events
Nov 25: International Day for the Elimination of all Forms of Violence against Women
On this Day of Struggle in #Nov25, we as La Via Campesina call on our… Read more →