A German documentary shown on TV last night addresses the issue of land grabbing in Romania, and documents the business that is being done to secure fertile land.
The film demonstrates the attractiveness of the land for foreign investors as well as the effects the process is having for the local population and small farmers. The documentary speaks in depth to ARC correspondent for Romania – Attila Szocs.
Written By: Stella Beghini, Agrobiodiversity Campaign Intern for Eco Ruralis At the recent International Forum on Agroecology held in Mali, delegates of peasants and many other groups from all over the world strongly addressed the roots of the crisis concerning our natural and social systems. They claimed agroecology as the real solution to reach environmental justice. The challenges and opportunities of how agroecology can be achieved in Eastern Europe is essential to growing this international movement. The Nyéléni Center in the Malian village of Sélingué held its first Forum in 2007 where food sovereignty was first conceptualized as a holistic approach and vision to agrarian justice. Fast forward to 2015, another meeting of diverse and united groups of peasants, indigenous people, fisherman, agricultural workers and others was held to work on reaffirming agroecology as the solution to mend our broken food and social systems. The delegates pointed out the many challenges that peasants around the world are facing nowadays: the loss of control over natural resources, land and whole knowledge systems that are the basis of our traditions and […]