Peasant and other small-scale food producing communities engaged in struggles for territories and #foodsovereignty often face various forms of repression. Stop SLAPP cases on peasants and activists #17April

✊👨‍🌾Today on #17April , International Day of Peasant Struggles, ECVC demands the priorities of farmers and demands from the farmers' protest are put on the political agenda for the European elections and next political mandate!

Read our position paper: shorturl.at/APQW6

This International Day of #PeasantStruggles we celebrate farmers around the world and recognize the peasants and Indigenous peoples creating true systems change. Agroecology Fund advisor Lim Li Ching shares about the essential need for protecting Indigenous peoples rights ⬇️

Incredible to see so many grantee partners around the world come together in solidarity this week for International Day of Peasant Struggles

Building power together to transform food systems

#17April Latest Peasant Voices edition highlights the urgent call to integrate #UNDROP into national legislation. It also explores an alternative global trade framework amid peasant discontent over rising costs and debts. Listen in! La Via Campesina SEAf La Via Campesina South Asia twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

European Coordination Via Campesina La Via Campesina SEAf La Via Campesina SEEA La Via Campesina South Asia La Via Campesina South East and East Asia MVIWATA Kenyan Peasants League SPI NFFC AbL_eV GRAIN FIAN International Friends of the Earth International JPS CETIM Geneva Academy of IHL and Human Rights Union of Agricultural Work Committees Assembly Of the Poor #สมัชชาคนจน AFSA #17April : Latest 'Peasant Voices' edition highlights the urgent call to integrate #UNDROP into national legislation. It also explores an alternative global trade framework amid peasant discontent over rising costs and debts. Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/4S4EPR…

Day 2 began with a mystic led by migori clusters showcasing how peasant farmers distribute farm labor about for collective production and the role of traditional songs in FPAs
#SS24 #Food #peasantAgroecologyNow

On this 17th April, we proudly join the world in commemorating the International Day of Peasant Struggles, a day that honors the resilience & sacrifices of small-scale farmers.

Read our statement here: esaffuganda.org/post/press-rel…

#PeasantsRightsNow
#FoodSovereigntyNow
#17April

ESAFF Uganda La Via Campesina SEAf Kenyan Peasants League MVIWATA Small-scale farmers are the backbone of our nation, contributing immensely to both local food security and regional stability. Despite accounting for over half of the poorest population in Uganda, small-scale farmers cultivate 90% of the food consumed in the country.

ESAFF Uganda La Via Campesina SEAf Kenyan Peasants League MVIWATA However, small-scale farmers’ noble efforts are increasingly threatened by a myriad of challenges including encroachment by large-scale investors, the harsh realities of climate change, limited market access, exploitation by the private sector, and unfavorable policies.

ANAMURI, the peasant and indigenous women's organisation of #Chile , share an insightful account of how a government might try to promote #peasant #seeds - and their own positioning when it goes wrong. English: biodiversidadla.org/Campanas-y-Acc… Anamuri AG La Via Campesina (Official EN)

🚨 The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana is calling on the Government of Ghana to halt all activities geared towards the introduction of genetically modified ( #GMO ) products onto the Ghanaian market.
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Full support to Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana and Ghana allies...No to #GMO in Ghana ! Nnimmo CIKOD #TV3GH Modern Ghana Oxfam in Ghana A Rocha Ghana Ghana Youth Environmental Movement (GYEM) Agroecology Fund Kenyan Peasants League MVIWATA Blondel Silenou Djibny 🌍🇸🇳🌳 YVE GHANA LCOY Ghana FoN Ghana AFSA

A national event to conclude the commemoration of #8M24 was organized at MVIWATA training centre in Manyara region.
About 300 MVIWATA members (women, men and youth) attended through discussions and chatering deliberations to end violence against peasant women.
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In 2023, the Agroecology Fund granted a total of $5,432,243 through 152 grants for implementation in 61 countries—our largest year yet. Learn more in our Grantmaking Fact Sheet ⬇️

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#Ghana approves the commercialisation of 14 GMOs - 13 of them belonging to Bayer/Monsanto and 1 to Syngenta. A mix of both maize and soybean varieties, half of them are engineered to be sprayed with toxic pesticides.
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Unaweza kufatilia makala hizi za Prof. Issa Shivji zenye kichwa “BARUA YA WIKI KWA MPENDWA WANGU AZIMIO.” hapa

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