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New Plant Breeding Techniques – 12 reasons to regulate these ‘New GMOs’ | By European Coordination Via Campesina
GMOs are “organisms, with the exception of human beings, in which the genetic material has… Read more →
‘Serikat Petani Indonesia’ encourages peasant communities to take full control of their food systems through peasant cooperatives
“For people’s stomach to be filled, people’s sovereignty must be upheld. People go hungry not… Read more →
Transforming Society as Capitalism Crumbles: Lessons from Brazil’s Peasant Movement
(This article originally appeared in InTheseTimes on 14 September 2017). by Rafael Soriano and Débora Nunes… Read more →
NFU Urges MPs to support Bill C-262, United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
Media Release (September 12, 2017 – Saskatoon) – The National Farmers Union (NFU) supports and… Read more →
Over 300 peasant families in North-Eastern Sri Lanka face eviction and uncertain future as Yan Oya irrigation project inches closer to completion
Yan Oya, a mega-irrigation project in Trincomalee district of Sri Lanka has so far destroyed… Read more →
Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee condemns the imprisonment and continued ill-treatment of peasant leader Mehar Abdul Sattar
In a statement issued on August 23, the Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee, a member of… Read more →
Southern Africa: Communities and activists expose corporate abuse at the Permanent People´s Tribunal
When Helena Terra heard that ProSavana, a giant agribusiness project proposed for northern Mozambique would… Read more →
Agroecology is not just about how we work with the land, but also about how we work with each other as people: Peasant youth of La Via Campesina
Earlier this summer La Via Campesina celebrated its VIIth International Conference in Derio, Basque Country,… Read more →
Reclaiming the Food System: Experiences from the Instituto Agroecologico Latinoamericano (IALA), María Cano, Colombia
Industrial agriculture has been one of the key contributors to global warming and consequent climate… Read more →
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Olive Harvest Campaign 2017
Be a Palestinian farmer for a week or more this October It is no new… Read more →