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 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
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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
On 12 December 2023, Kyiv hosted under difficult war conditions the International Forum for the Protection of Peasants’ Rights “SMALL PRODUCERS ON THE GUARD of FOOD SECURITY: The UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas”, initiated by academia, civil society organisations, farmers and private landowners with the participation
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On 12 December 2023, Ukraine will host the International Forum “SMALL PRODUCERS ON THE GUARD OF FOOD SECURITY: UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas”. The Forum will take place in the National Academy of Science of Ukraine in Kyiv and is being organised by the Ukrainian Rural
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On October 11, 2023, members of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva unanimously voted in favor of establishing a Working Group dedicated to overseeing the implementation of rights enshrined in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP). Protecting the rights of peasants and
Today, key agricultural actors called to ensure land regulation is a priority on the EU agenda as part of a public event on access to land, generational renewal and soil health organised by ECVC. Representatives from diverse organisations including the European Commission, Parliament, Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions,
