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Dear Friends and partners of Gaza Urban & Peri-urban Agriculture Platform (GUPAP), Our local food system in Gaza has long-suffered from the state of high vulnerability and fragility, imposed by more than 14 years of the blockage that has cut us off from the rest of the world. This situation has now been radically accelerated […]

Corporations have stepped beyond lobbying governments. They are integrating in policy-making at the national and international levels. From agriculture to technology, decisions historically made by governments are increasingly made by secretive unaccountable bodies run by corporations. Authors Nick Buxton, Lynn Fries Published at GPEnewsdocs.com Programmes Corporate Power TRANSCRIPT LYNN FRIES: Hello and welcome. I’m Lynn

Press release                                                                             29 April 2021, Brussels “The European Commission today published a study, commissioned by the Council of the EU, on “new genomic techniques“, in which it suggests that current GMO legislation is not “adapted to the scientific and technological progress” of new genetic modification techniques. ECVC denounces this attempt by the European Commission to

Rome, 20 April 2021 – Civil society and Indigenous Peoples’ organisations share with deep regret their collective and critical assessment of the Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition (VGFSyN). The final VGFSyN present a lost opportunity to guide a much-needed radical transformation of food systems around the globe and effectively tackle the root causes

  Press release                                                                             16 April 2021, Brussels Today, in a letter to the European Commission and CAP legislators, signed by farmers’ organisations, environmental organisations, NGOs, unions, and researchers, European Coordination Via Campesina underlines the key role of small and medium-sized farmers in the resolution of current social, environmental, and food-related crises. It demands that EU

#SmartFarming destroys farmers’ work, no #CEMASummit #SmartTechnologies are everything but smart. Disposable, not sustainable. #StopCEMA #NoHighTechDependency #FoodSovereigntyNow www.bit.ly/32eDlqa @EUgreendeal @EIPAGRI_SP @EUAgri @CEMAAgri

Organizations from 7 countries of West Africa, members of the ROPPA (Réseau des organisations paysannes et de producteurs de l’Afrique de l’Ouest), met for a 3-days gathering to push for regulations that protect peasant seeds from companies that extract genetic material for commercial purpose. In this audio doc, Ibrahima Coulibaly (CNOP Mali / ROPPA) explains

By Michael Fakhri, Hilal Elver and Olivier De Schutter From: http://www.ipsnews.net/2021/03/un-food-systems-summit-not-respond-urgency-reform/ At a critical juncture on the road to the UN Food Systems Summit, three UN rights experts warn that it will fail to be a ‘people’s summit’ unless it is urgently rethought. NEW YORK, Mar 22 2021 (IPS) – Global food systems have been