Popular Peasant Movement (MCP)

The Popular Peasant Movement (MCP) is a grassroots organization that engages peasant families through organizing and through implementation of sustainable agriculture practices that are environmentally friendly and economically viable. MCP has been a leading voice in Goiás against the expansion of large-scale industrial plantations for the production of agrofuels and the dissemination of genetically modified seeds.

Based on a farmer-to-farmer methodology, MCP provides training in low cost and sustainable agriculture practices that help farmers in the unfair competition against large agribusinesses. Using sustainable methods, farmers are less dependent on commercial seeds and tools, and learn to value local knowledge.

MCP’s Creole Seeds Program is an example of successful organizing tool that encourages the production of local seeds and brings farmers together around sustainable farming. Through the dissemination of Creole seeds and sustainable farming, MCP preserves local genetic materials and strengthens families’ resilience to the rapid expansion of agro-fuels in Goiás.