Today, 17 December 2018, the 73 Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 73)… Read more →
Agroecology and Peasants’Seeds
Why the world is worried about this new biotechnology
This article by Richard Mahapatra first appeared on DownToEarth on 29 November 2018 With just… Read more →
The biotech industry is trying to block the UN Conference on Biodiversity, but it won’t block farmers
Despite lengthy negotiations, the 14th Conference of Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)… Read more →
Peasants demand moratoria on untested corporate technologies that threaten biodiversity, food sovereignty, and peasant’s rights at the Convention on Biodiversity COP in Egypt
At CBD COP 14, La Via Campesina joined our allies MAELA as part of the… Read more →
UNITED NATIONS: Third Committee approves the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas
PRESS RELEASE | LA VIA CAMPESINA 19 November. Monday, [NEW YORK] The Third Committee (Social,… 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 →
Agroecology as a Tool of Sovereignty and Resilience in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria
BY HEATHER GIES | First published in Civil Eats Even before Hurricane Maria devastated the island back… Read more →
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… Read more →
Global Action to Adopt a Seed: Explainer
It is impossible to think about agriculture without seeds, varieties and cuttings. And it is… Read more →
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Our events
08 March: International Women’s Day 2019
On this day, we, the women of La Via Campesina – peasants, indigenous women, Afro-descendants,… Read more →