Edition: August 2024

La Via Campesina's 'PEASANT STRUGGLES' brings to you a monthly synthesis of articles and videos from our website and multimedia library.
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International Day of Action Against the WTO and Free Trade Agreements: Call to Action!

It is high time for the world to follow a different economic trajectory, vastly different from the dominant model guided by neoliberal principles. La Via Campesina is calling upon all our social movement allies everywhere to organize and agitate for a new economic framework for the world.

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Colombia: Declaration from the Peasants' Summit as preparations for Biodiversity COP16 gather pace

On 29 and 30 August, in the run-up to the 16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16), to be held in Cali later this year, a delegation from La Via Campesina was present at the Peasant Summit in Fusagasugá, Cudinamarca, Colombia. We produce below the full text of the Declaration from the Summit.

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Haiti: The struggle for Food Sovereignty amid political and systemic turmoil

Since the 1980s, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and institutions like the International Monetary Fund have imposed economic reforms that undermined domestic food production and increased reliance on US food imports.

Parity Pricing, Supply Management and Fair Income for Family Farms: A note from the United States

The U.S. experience makes it abundantly clear that "supply management" is unworkable without a guaranteed minimum price adjusted for inflation. The first essential element is the price support. A price support is a minimum price that the buyer must pay to obtain the commodity.

Portugal: Winegrowers' Demonstration in Régua to Defend the Douro

In the Douro Demarcated Region, farmers face very low prices for grape and wine production (the same as 25 years ago), enormous difficulties in selling their produce, with major processing and trading agents threatening not to buy their grapes for the 2024 harvest, and extremely high production costs.

Food Sovereignty as a Constitutional Right in Nepal – Evolution and Challenges

In a two-part series written for the digital publication Roots, the All Nepal Peasants' Federation (ANPFa) has elaborated on the processes and campaigns that led to the adoption of Food Sovereignty as a Constitutional right in Nepal

ARNA: Solidarity with Sudanese Peasants Amidst Civil War

UAWC Palestine: 300 Days of Genocide

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FEATURED PODCASTS

Jesús Vázquez, General Coordinator of Organización Boricuá de Agricultura Ecológica and a member of La Via Campesina in Puerto Rico, spoke on the IFAD's Foods-Farms-Future podcast about viewing agroecology not just as a set of practices, but as a social movement, a science, and a way of life. Listen Now

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Depth of Field is a series of 40 short documentaries produced and presented by the National Farmers Union (Canada) and March Forth Creative. These films highlight Canadian farmers and farm workers, focusing on their sustainable farming practices both on and off the land. Featuring topics such as rotational grazing, seed saving, soil health, and social justice, each farmer shares their unique priorities. Together, these unscripted films tell the story of farming practices that can help create the food system we all desire.To access the complete library, click here.

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