La Via Campesina : International Peasant Movement

This September, as part of the Global Day of Action Against WTO and Free Trade Agreements, La Via Campesina hosted a global webinar featuring a lecture by renowned author, academic, and activist Raj Patel.

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Agrarian reform is historical reparation. It is not only about economic restitution, although that is also important. We want the right to access land to be guaranteed.

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According to AOP, these negotiations could pave the way for amendments to laws that would facilitate accession to the 1991 International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV 1991).

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Omnibus X is a legislative package which, under the usual pretext of simplification to streamline the pesticide approval system, weakens the precautionary principle at the heart of European pesticide regulation.

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The event brought together peasant union leaders, researchers and lawyers from five South Asian countries to discuss the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants (UNDROP) and its implementation nearly eight years after adoption.

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It was during the dictatorship of François and Jean-Claude Duvalier, from 1956 to 1986, that Tèt Kole took shape, long before its official birth.

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We call upon our member organizations and allies to mobilize against the damaging role that global financial institutions, including the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), play in undermining democracy and food sovereignty.

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'Bartolina Sisa' reaffirms their commitment to continuing the struggle as socio-economic and political challenges persist, rejecting the IMF loan, which they argue is plunging Bolivians deeper into debt.

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This law marks a new chapter and brings new hope for the implementation of agrarian reform - a long-awaited step toward achieving a fairer restructuring of agrarian relations that favors farmers and the people

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The return of the natural climate phenomenon is worsening the food crisis in Central America and on the African continent. This event could become the most powerful ever recorded.

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During the military dictatorships, Mejía faced political persecution because of her trade-union and organizational activities. She died on August 29, 2026, at the age of 77.

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Within the framework of the Mesoamerican Youth Camp "Monsignor Óscar Arnulfo Romero," we, the youth of the countryside, the forests, the coasts, and the rivers of the Mesoamerican region, raise our firm and unified voice...

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Relief materials have been distributed in Kalika Rural Municipality of Rasuwa, and support has also been extended to the families of the deceased and the missing.

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Culture has a central place as a means of communicating, of creating links between cultures and of struggling.

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The drought hits hardest peasant farmers practicing subsistence agriculture who were forced onto marginal lands after being stripped of their ancestral territories.

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Without a dedicated Special Procedure, implementation of UNDROP risks becoming fragmented and inconsistent.

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"The National Land Agency, cannot become an institution that renders invisible the main subject of agrarian policy: the Colombian peasantry.", says FENSUAGRO

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Renewing the mandate is not simply about maintaining a UN mechanism but ensuring that the voices, rights and struggles of peasants remain visible and recognised.

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Imports from the occupied Palestinian territories, which are not covered by the EU-Israel agreement, have entered the European market incorrectly labelled as Israeli products. This constitutes a fraud.

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For several decades, IMF's financing has often been conditional on adjustment measures and economic reforms that profoundly transforms the way a country produces, trades and consumes its food.

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