La Via Campesina | e-newsletter| Oct-Dec 2019
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La Via Campesina | e-newsletter | Oct-Dec 2019
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MOBILISATIONS TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
>From 25 to 30 November 2019, on the _INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE
ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN_, La Via Campesina mobilised
several of its members and allies to unite with all those women and
people of diverse identities who resist, organise and struggle for a
fair and egalitarian society that works in solidarity, by keeping love
and respect at its core. Through demonstrations, seminars and fairs,
members of the peasant movement denounced the capitalist, patriarchal,
racist and colonising system that exploits, oppresses and attacks the
lives of women and humanity in general.
FEATURED ARTICLES
ONE YEAR SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE PEASANTS' RIGHTS DECLARATION
On the first anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants
and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP) in December last year,
we call on governments, social movements, allies and activists to step
up efforts globally to ensure that the member states of United Nations
are committed to implementing this important instrument.
Read more → [3]
IT IS POSSIBLE TO PRODUCE FOOD WITHOUT AGROTOXICS!
The peasant movement took up the Campaign in defense of life and against
Agrotoxics, which seeks to denounce the close connection between the use
of agrotoxics, the intervention of the production and marketing
companies, and the different contradictions of agribusiness and their
impact in the health of the population.
Read more → [4]
DECLARATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FOOD SOVEREIGNTY: COLONY
AND FRONTIERS
Read the full text of the Declaration from the "_Food Sovereignty:
Colonies and Frontiers" international conference_ held in Ramallah,
organized by the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC), the
Social and Economic Policies Monitor (Marsad), and La Via Campesina
(LVC).
Read more → [5]
COP 25: WE WILL CONTINUE BUILDING SOCIAL AND CLIMATE JUSTICE!
La Via Campesina categorically rejects all false solutions to the
climate crisis, including carbon markets (especially on farmlands), REDD
and REDD+, agrofuels, GMOs and the so-called 'climate-smart
agriculture', not to speak of the extremely dangerous geoengineering.
Read more → [6]
LA VIA CAMPESINA DENOUNCES THE COUP D'ÉTAT IN BOLIVIA
As an international peasant movement, La Via Campesina expresses our
deepest solidarity with the people of Bolivia and condemn the racist,
class-based and misogynist coup d'État orchestrated by US imperialism
and local conservative oligarchs.
Read more → [7]
DON'T GIVE UP THE INTERNATIONAL SEED TREATY TO THE NEW GENETIC
BIOPIRACY!
At the eighth meeting of its Governing Body - held from November 11 to
16 in Rome - in which a delegation of La Via Campesina participated
along with other peasant organizations, members of the IPC
(International Committee on Food Sovereignty) - the International Seed
Treaty (1) is totally paralyzed by the greed of the biotech industry and
the richest countries.
Read more → [8]
FEATURED PUBLICATION
PEASANT SEEDS, THE HEART OF THE STRUGGLE FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY
In this edition of the newsletter we are inviting you to return to the
debate on Peasant seeds - the heart of the struggle for Food
Sovereignty, which guarantee full Peasants' Rights.
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5 years
Peasant seeds, the heart of the struggle for Food Sovereignty -The new edition of the Nyéléni Newsletter is now online!
by La Via Campesina
PEASANT SEEDS, THE HEART OF THE STRUGGLE FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY
10 DECEMBER 2019 AGROECOLOGY AND PEASANTS'SEEDS [1], MEDIA AND
PUBLICATIONS [2], NYÉLÉNI NEWSLETTERS [3]
THE NEW EDITION OF THE NYÉLÉNI NEWSLETTER IS NOW ONLINE [4]!
In 2018 the United Nations (UN) adopted the Declaration on the Rights of
Peasants [5], recognising at the highest level of international
governance the strategic role played by the peasants of the world. (...)
The Declaration highlights the role of peasant seeds in achieving Food
Sovereignty, and in developing agrarian policies which favour peasant
farmers.
(...) It is vital to guarantee the right of peoples to "_Maintain,
control, protect and develop their own seeds and traditional knowledge".
_(...) In this edition of the newsletter, we are inviting you to return
to the debate on _PEASANT SEEDS, THE HEART OF THE STRUGGLE FOR FOOD
SOVEREIGNTY_, which guarantees full Peasant Rights. We are sharing a
series of articles which seek to raise awareness and improve
organisation for Peasant Seeds in all territories and providing
information about how to join the "Adopt a Seed" action. You will also
find testimonies of the actions of resistance people are engaged in to
keep peasant seeds in the hands of those who feed populations in a fair
and healthy way.
_Click here to download the English edition [4]_ or read it directly on
the website at www.nyeleni.org [6] ! For any further information, please
contact info(a)nyeleni.org PLEASE CIRCULATE IT TO YOUR CONTACTS!
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5 years
It is possible to produce food without agrotoxics, peasant agroecology is the way!
by La Via Campesina
IT IS POSSIBLE TO PRODUCE FOOD WITHOUT AGROTOXICS, PEASANT AGROECOLOGY
IS THE WAY!
3 DECEMBER 2019 CAMPAIGN AGAINST AGROTOXICS [1], FOOD SOVEREIGNTY [2],
GENERAL [3], TRANSNATIONAL COMPANIES AND AGRIBUSINESS [4]
A CAMPAIGN IN DEFENSE OF LIFE AND AGAINST AGROTOXICS!
(Harare, December 3, 2019) During the VI International Conference of "La
Vía Campesina" held in Indonesia 6 years ago, the peasant movement took
up the _CAMPAIGN IN DEFENSE OF LIFE AND AGAINST AGROTOXICS, WHICH SEEKS
TO DENOUNCE THE CLOSE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE USE OF AGROTOXICS, THE
INTERVENTION OF THE PRODUCTION AND MARKETING COMPANIES, AND THE
DIFFERENT CONTRADICTIONS OF AGRIBUSINESS AND THEIR IMPACT IN THE HEALTH
OF THE POPULATION, IN THE CONTAMINATION OF NATURE AND IN ECONOMIC
DEPENDENCE. FURTHERMORE, WITH THIS CAMPAIGN,_ we promote peasant
agroecology as the model of healthy food production, which guarantees
Food Sovereignty and prioritizes the defense of life, for the survival
of our planet and humanity.
Currently, there is concrete evidence of the damages caused by the
overuse of agrotoxics, both for those who apply them in production and
also for those who consume the contaminated food. At the same time,
millions of peasants, indigenous peoples and small farmers worldwide
embrace agroecology as a way for life against the agribusiness model,
producing healthy food with a high level of efficiency, enough to feed
the people with fair prices and in culturally appropriate ways and also
ensuring resilience to disasters.
The use of agrotoxics is one of the main pillars of agribusiness
together with transgenic (genetically modified) seeds. The production
and marketing of agrotoxics is monopolized by 4 large transnational
companies that recently merged and have, working with and through
subsidiaries and representative companies, full control of the world
agricultural input market: Monsanto-Bayer, DowDupond, Syngenta-ChemChina
and BASF.
With this campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of agrotoxics, La
Via Campesina also intensifies its struggle against transnationals,
putting forward a different model of agricultural development for an
agriculture based on peasant agroecology instead of agrotoxics and
transgenics, centering peasants as the historical subject that feeds the
people instead of agribusinesses that value profit over life.
The use of agrotoxics is no longer an issue solely related to
agricultural production, but rather it's becoming a hazard for public
health and for the preservation of nature. Several European countries
have already banned and punish the use of GMOs and agrotoxics due to
their dangerous side effects.
On this path of resistance, La Via Campesina along with its allies are
calling to build unity between organizations in urban and rural areas,
producers, consumers, environmentalists, students and researchers for
life and Food Sovereignty. For all these reasons, this is a permanent
campaign focused on training, information sharing, mobilization and
articulation.
Join this collective struggle on December 3 and help us bring this
campaign to every territory!
Send your information to lvcweb(a)viacampesina.org
AGROECOLOGY IS LIFE, AGROTOXICS KILL!
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