La Via Campesina | e-newsletter | June 2018
by La Via Campesina
La Via Campesina | e-newsletter | June 2018
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A HANDFUL OF COUNTRIES LEGITIMISING CLAIMS MADE BY AGRO-INDUSTRY,
DIMINISHING THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE TO SEEDS
Convention on Biological Diversity - twenty-second meeting of the
SUBSIDIARY BODY ON SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL, AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVICE
(SBSTTA) - Montréal, Canada, July 2nd-7th, 2018
Read the press release from La Via Campesina [3]
FEATURED ARTICLES FROM JUNE 2018
ALL UNITED WITH USB AND THE STRUGGLE OF MIGRANT RURAL WORKERS IN LIGHT
OF THE MURDER OF SOUMAILA SACKO!
Together with our comrades of USB and our Italian member ARI, in deep
condolences of Soumaila's family, we will not allow Italy's and Europe's
racist doctrine to have the last word. Read More [4]
TERRITORIAL MARKETS: VIA CAMPESINA MEMBERS AND ALLIES PARTICIPATE IN THE
WORKSHOP IN ROME
Members of La Via Campesina from Asia, Africa, Europe, South America
participated in the meeting to build participatory methodology of
research on territorial markets around the world, together with
researchers, FAO, allies like ROPPA and other civil society
organisations. Read More [5]
SMALL–SCALE FARMERS OF AFRICA AND DENMARK REJECT FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
Danish and African small-scale farmers share a strong interest in
mitigating climate change and preventing the dumping of European (and
North American) farm products into food markets of countries of the
Global South. Read More [6]
LVC SOUTHERN & EASTERN AFRICA AND ALLIES WRITE OPEN LETTER TO THE
REGIONAL MEMBER STATES DEMANDING CLIMATE JUSTICE
The Open Letter moves on to make concrete demands for actions to be
adopted by governments, civil society organizations and other key
stakeholders, and proposals that should inform national, regional and
global policies. Read More [7]
PAKISTAN: STRUGGLES OF TENANT FARMERS IN OKARA MILITARY FARMS
British colonialists bestowed vast tracts of land mainly to the revenue
collectors (zemindars) in order to raise land revenue. This grafted
native Indians onto the British structure, insuring their loyalty to
British authority. After partition this class, along with the comprador
bourgeoisie, became Pakistan's hybrid ruling class.Farooq Tariq, General
Secretary, Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee writes Read More [8]
A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH IN SCALING UP AGROECOLOGICAL FARMING IN KARNATAKA,
INDIA
In the announcement made at the meeting with social movements, the
government of Karnataka has agreed to start a pilot project and set up
teams who will work in 10 agro-climatic zones of the state to scale up
this model in a systematic way. Read More [9]
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS
LA VIA CAMPESINA - 2017 ANNUAL REPORT IS OUT!
The 2017 annual report highlights selected struggles towards
strengthening the international movement and the VIIth La Via Campesina
International Conference deliberations and celebrations. This gathering
and the various struggles throughout 2017 were moments of renewal of the
spirit of peoples' resistances, building solidarity and exchanging the
tales of struggle from our territories with each other.
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_'BACK DOWN TO EARTH' – A REFLECTION PAPER ON NEW ENTRANTS IN
AGRICULTURE BY ECVC_
The Common Agricultural Policy does not support these new farms and new
entrants. Given the current situation in which citizens demand more and
more high-quality, locally-sourced food, the time has come to encourage
and support farms and small-scale farmers that are trying to rebuild the
fractured local markets in Europe and pave the way for a new generation
of food producers.
Download your copy here [11]
FEATURED VIDEOS
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Why is the proposed _UN Declaration for Rights of Peasants and Other
People working in Rural Areas _important? In this video Henry Saragih of
La Via Campesina explains the history and the importance of this
proposed declaration and why is it important for members and allies to
mobilise in support of it. Watch Video [13]
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La Via Campesina: 2017 Annual report is out!
by La Via Campesina
LA VIA CAMPESINA: 2017 ANNUAL REPORT IS OUT!
TITLE: La Via Campesina. 2017 Annual report
YEAR: May 2017
LANGUAGE: English (also available in French and Spanish)
Summary: The 2017 annual report highlights selected struggles towards
strengthening the international movement and the VIIth La Via Campesina
International Conference deliberations and celebrations. The conference
whose theme was _"We feed our peoples and build the movement to change
the world"_ signified the collective processes to develop ideas,
proposals, joint struggles and alternative projects to confront
neoliberal agenda as well as the rise of right-wing politics. This
gathering and the various struggles throughout 2017 were moments of
renewal of the spirit of peoples' resistances, building solidarity and
exchanging the tales of struggle from our territories with each other,
presenting new opportunities and challenges to "Globalizing the
Struggle, [and] Globalising Hope". A major effort was made in 2017 to
bolster women and the youth to have a stronger voice within La Via
Campesina to effectively shape the decisions and build a movement based
on equality through removing barriers to their participation and
continuing to implement the campaign to end all forms of violence
against women.
EDITION: La Via Campesina
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