The world’s small farmers to meet in Thailand to promote agroecology
Small farmers can feed the world and cool down the planet! (Jakarta, November 5, 2012) - The global peasants movement, La Via Campesina (LVC) will hold a global encounter of agroecology trainers and...
View ArticleLa Via Campesina Condemns UN Climate Conference Doha Outcomes
Governments produce blank pages in Doha for planet’s future; La Via Campesina farmers are cooling the planet (Jakarta, 6 December 2012) – As the climate negotiations come to a close, the industrialized...
View ArticleBig landowners block rural development law in Guatemala
By Danilo Valladares, December 18, 2012. Source: Inter Press Service An “integral rural development law” to promote access to land, employment and other rights for small farmers is bogged down in the...
View ArticleNew seed legislation spells disaster for small farmers in Africa
April 3 2013. Source: African Center for Biodiversity Civil society organisations from the South African Development Community (SADC) region, and around the world have condemned the SADC draft...
View ArticleClimate Summit: Don’t turn farmers into ‘climate smart’ carbon traders!
7 November 2013. Source: La Via Campesina Farmers produce food, not carbon. Yet, if some of the governments and corporate lobbies negotiating at the UN climate change conference to be held in Warsaw...
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