La Via Campesina is calling all its members, allied social movements, civil society organizations, and friends in academia and policy spaces – including those in governments – to join them in this effort of building a framework that can help build a fair system of trade, rooted in principles of food sovereignty and social justice. […]
Webinar From Farm to Server? The EU data governance framework and what it means for farmers in Europe 7 March 2024, 15:00 – 16:30 CET Over the past few years, the EU has developed a legislative framework for data and digital technologies and services. However, the impact of this framework on food and agriculture in
“This is our idea in practice – giving full information to urban consumers and at the same time supporting small-scale farmers” – says Madina Sadirdinova from Agency for Development Initiatives from Kyrgyzstan in an interview with Barbara Kurek from Agro-Perma-Lab Foundation from Poland. Read the full interview
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“A good thing is that Ukrainian farmers became more visible, they are recognized and became heroes together with our soldiers. (…) No matter what, pandemia, war, nuclear attack or the end of the world – farmers need to work in the fields.” – says Anna Danyliak, a sustainable agriculture expert from Ecoaction in Ukraine during
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This report documents the first international gathering of the Grassroots Innovations Assembly from Oct 18-21 in Gallese, Italy. As food producers confront climate crises, corporate capture, and the new extractive technologies of AG 4.0, smallholders are organizing their own innovation networks for agroecological methods. The work of these networks demonstrates that peasant autonomy is possible
The Grassroot Innovation for Agroecology Assembly Visual Report, 2023. Read More »
Interview with Elene Shatberashvili (Elkana) by Paulina Jeziorek (Agro-Perma-Lab) “Our strength is in diversity, taste, flavour, quality, tradition and hospitality. That is why agroecology is so important for Georgia. If we develop an agroecological way, we maintain what is our strength. We will develop a way that will be ecologically sound and will keep us
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Interview with Ana Benoliel Coutinho (Gradina Moldovei) by Barbara Kurek (Agro-Perma-Lab) “It is not training in the classical sense. Our idea is that everybody has the knowledge and lots of agriculture and permaculture knowledge is very intuitive. So, our purpose is to create favourable conditions or an. environment, where everybody can hone and develop their
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See here in PDF a compilation of Stories from Bilim agroecology alliance in Europe and Central Asia. Agroecology and interconnectedness of things (Tadjikistan). An interview with Rano Jumaeva, Tomiris, by AgroPermaLab Restoring peasant dignity (Georgia). An interview with Elene Shatberashvili, Elkana, by AgroPermaLab “Seed Library” and its interconnected initiatives by EKODER in Türkiye. Text by
