Via Campesina

Jake Miller — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:29:20 +0000

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English Name

Local Language Name

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Global Partnerships

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The Via Campesina website

Demise of Doha Negotiations a Cause for Celebration

Carol Schachet — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:21:57 +0000

Grassroots International ally and grantee, the National Family Farm Coalition (a member of Grassroots' partner the Via Campesina), celebrated the demise of the recent Doha Round of negotiations at the World Trade Organization in Geneva. Grassroots supports the NFFC's and Via's demand for the WTO to "get out of agriculture" as this is imperative to realizing food sovereignty. The disastrous neoliberal trade policies pursued by the WTO benefit the "industrial agricultural complex" while harming family farmers, peasants and farm workers worldwide.

Via Campesina Central America Appreciates Prompt Calls for Action

Saulo Araujo — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:10:09 +0000

"Life in Silin community in Honduras is coming back to normal," said Wendy Cruz, an advisor for Via Campesina Central America based in Honduras. In a telephone call yesterday, Cruz expressed gratitude for the prompt actions taken by allies: "Thanks for your support and solidarity. We received hundreds of emails and calls from friends worldwide. Your rapid response and caring gives strength to continue our struggle for land rights in Honduras."

Support to Youth National Conference in Brazil

Carol Schachet — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:42:38 +0000

Grassroots International is pleased to announce our support to Via Campesina-Brazil's Youth Collective. The Youth Collective is a broad coalition of rural and urban working class youth dedicated to support training and networking between young people organizing for social justice in Brazil. Via Campesina-Brazil, formed by seven peasant, indigenous, women and youth organizations, is leading several initiatives through the Youth Collective to educate young people about the impacts of neo-liberalism and globalization, empower new generations of organizers through learning exchange and establish new alliances with counterpart organizations in urban areas.

Livelihood Rights: The Right to Exist

Saulo Araujo — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:47:12 +0000

Members of Grassroots International's partner La Via Campesina -- an international network of peasants, indigenous peoples, fishers, pastoralists, women, and youth -- gathered in late June in Jakarta, Indonesia to defend their right to exist, and called for a UN Convention on the Rights of Peasants. (Below, see their final declaration)

Under intense threat from the expansion of agro-fuels in South America and Indonesia, militarization in Colombia and South Korea, and increasing food prices, rural families are voicing a predicament that affects all communities.

The Hidden Face of the Global Food Crisis

Paul Venuti — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:22:54 +0000

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Massive Farmers' Rights Violations

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Via Campesina

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The Hidden Face of the Global Food Crisis: Massive Farmers Rights Violations

Farmers bringing message to the Food Crisis Summit in Rome expelled

Nikhil Aziz — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:33:37 +0000

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"Stop corporate control over food!"

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Via Campesina

Outside Link

Civil Society forum calls for Rethinking of the Global Food System

Nikhil Aziz — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:29:25 +0000

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Via Campesina

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The Time has Come for La Via Campesina and Food Sovereignty

Nikhil Aziz — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:56:22 +0000

Around the world it seems more and more that the time has come for La Via Campesina. The global alliance of peasant and family farm organizations has spent the past decade perfecting an alternative proposal for how to structure a country's food system, called Food Sovereignty. It was clear at the World Forum for Food Sovereignty, held last year in Mali, that this proposal has been gaining ground with other social movements, including those of indigenous peoples, women, consumers, environmentalists, some trade unions, and others. Though when it comes to governments and international agencies, it has until recently been met with mostly deaf ears. But now things have changed. The global crisis of rising food prices, which has already

An Answer to the Global Food Crisis: Peasants and small farmers can feed the world

Wed, 07 May 2008 21:54:47 +0000

By La Via Campesina

Prices on the world market for cereals are rising. Wheat prices increased by 130% in the period between March 2007-March 2008. Rice prices increased by almost 80% in the period up to 2008. Maize prices increased by 35% between March 2007 and March 2008 (1). In countries that depend heavily on food imports some prices have gone up dramatically. Poor families see their food bills go up and can no longer afford to buy the minimum needed.