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ECVC expresses its deep solidarity with Ukrainian people and calls for human rights to be respected   ECVC expresses its deep solidarity with Ukrainian people and calls for human rights to be respected European Coordination Via Campesina, as a European grassroots organisation that currently brings togetehr 31 national and regional organisations of farmers, agricultural workers […]

Download in PDF European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides, European Commissioner for the Environment Virginijus Sinkevičius, European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski, Dear Members of the European Parliament, Dear Representatives of the Member States to the European Union, As peasants’, environmental and civil society organisations, we would like to once again raise

HLPE report on Data collection and analysis tools for food security and nutrition should consider the following: Data collection and analysis feeds a model of society. Neutral data does not exist. Collection of data for food security and nutrition (FSN) has therefore to be determined by the model of FSN that we seek to advance.

Rome, Italy. 6 December 2021 – Hundreds of organizations grouped under the umbrella of the Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Mechanism (CSM) are criticising the lack of ambition of the Policy Recommendations on Agroecological and other Innovative Approaches which were recently approved by the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS). After an internal and

Which countries use free trade deals to push corporate control over seeds? Which countries are under attack from these deals? In the early 1990s, through the World Trade Organisation (WTO), seed corporations successfully lobbied governments to give up sovereignty over their seeds and give in to the system of intellectual property rights on plant varieties.

Source: DevelopmentAid 30 November 2021 By Ana Benoliel Coutinho Healthy nutritious food is a basic need for all but it is of even higher importance for children. Schools, which play an important role in children’s nutrition and in the development of their food habits, are often limited in the resources available for healthier diets. In an

18 October 2021 Original source: DevelopmentAid By Ana Benoliel Coutinho The global community celebrated World Food Day on 16 October. The theme this year was the four betters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations which refer to better production, better nutrition, better environment, and better life. Land is a primary resource

A great work from our partners in ECA region enabled the publication of FAO Report on monitoring schemes and data collection on biodiversity for food and agriculture in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. “The report examines the existence of data collection, monitoring systems, and conservation initiatives as well as legislation and policies related to BFA in