The recent debate around the 2012 National Biotechnology and Biosafety Bill in Uganda and the… Read more →
What are we fighting for?
ZIMSOFF and the Shashe Agro-Ecology School in Zimbabwe
While it is now widely acknowledged that a smallholder-based, agro-ecological food production system is the… Read more →
El Salvador: Reforms to the Law Governing the Control of Pesticides, Fertilisers and Farming Products
The 5th September marks a milestone in Salvadoran agriculture after the Legislative Assembly implemented reforms… Read more →
The seed treaty must no longer allow the stealing of seeds from peasants
Press release of La Via Campesina (Oman, 24 September 2013). This week, from 24 to… Read more →
Farmers’ right over their seeds and knowledge
Side event organized during the seed treaty meeting in Muscat, Oman
Yet another UN report calls for support for peasant farming and agroecology: it’s time for action
Media release of La Via Campesina ∕ Grain ∕ ETC (Harare, 23 September 2013) La… Read more →
Tanzania : new study shows that large scale investment likely to disadavantage smallholder farmers
Morogoro, Tanzania – The co-existence of large scale and smallholder farmers in only possible, when… Read more →
Agroecology as a way of life
Organizations join forces to strengthen the fight for food sovereignty. “Food is not a commodity… Read more →
Colombia : International Call for Solidarity with the National Agrarian and Popular Strike
We – Farmer, Indigenous, Fishing, Women and Farmworker Organizations who are part of La Via… Read more →
Small Steps for Peasants Sovereignty
Kampong Lio, Sirnajaya Village, Warungkiara District, Sukabumi, West Java, Indonesia. This place can be described… Read more →