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HomeAuthorsAttila Szocs

Articles by Attila Szocs

About Attila Szocs

Attila Szocs is based in Romania. He works with Eco Ruralis, a grassroots peasants association. Eco Ruralis is a member of Via Campesina, currently made up of 500 members from all regions of Romania, who practice organic and traditional farming based on environmentally conscious principles. Urban and rural gardeners as well as conscious consumers are also involved.

Main stories

No more neighbours: Rural Romanian landgrabs.

February 9, 2015 Attila Szocs

Land acquisitions in Romania are turning rural areas into socio-cultural deserts.And more. With Attila Szocs of Eco Ruralis. […]

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Land laws might change but the issue stays the same

February 26, 2014 Attila Szocs

Invasions can be two way things. […]

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The EU Seed Market Myth

February 20, 2014 Attila Szocs

According to a new report, the EU seed market seriously lacks diversity, yet seed lobbyists claim that there are currently 7000 small and medium-sized seed companies in the EU. […]

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EU seed legislation, a turning point for peasant agriculture

February 10, 2014 Attila Szocs

A play-by-play of the proposed new legislation on the marketing of seeds. […]

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TTIP = Bad Deal for Romania

February 5, 2014 Attila Szocs

The threats the secretive EU-U.S. Free Trade negotiations pose to Romanian peasants and farmers. […]

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Gardening rEvolution: How to pinpoint new food producers?

February 4, 2014 Attila Szocs

The five types of gardener, and how knowing them could lead to more sustainable food production […]

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Romania Plans to Spend E8.15 billion on Rural Development

December 19, 2013 Attila Szocs

What is Romania planning to spend its Rural Development money on, and what sort of effect will this have on its countryside and environment? […]

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2014: Year of Family Farming launched in Brussels

December 6, 2013 Attila Szocs

Family farming: a contested notion… […]

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Who will buy Romanian farmland? Landowners speculate on NYE.

December 4, 2013 Attila Szocs

As the liberalisation date looms, there are ominous signs on the ground… […]

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Quest for Gas: a Story of Peasant Resistance

November 20, 2013 Attila Szocs

Fracking Companies dodgy behaviour in Romania is igniting people’s the fighting spirit […]

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Basescu – morning gardener, daytime agri-industrialist

October 30, 2013 Attila Szocs

Did you know it is possible to be a small scale gardener before breakfast and a destroyer of small scale production in work? Meet Traian Basescu. […]

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Moratoriums on land sale: member states battle EU

October 27, 2013 Attila Szocs

How have the European Union’s newest members protected its land? Have land moratoriums worked? […]

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Hungarian response to CAP: how has the rhetoric changed?

October 18, 2013 Attila Szocs

Exploring the gap between the rhetoric and the reality in Hungary on CAP refrom […]

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Royal lobby for the Romanian family farm

October 15, 2013 Attila Szocs

Saving the Romanian countryside or meddling in another country’s affairs? Prince Charles generates highland subprogramme for Romania […]

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Romanian land markets open

October 8, 2013 Attila Szocs

Romanian land markets are becoming more open for companies than individuals. What’s going on? […]

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CAP Strategic Plans: Reforming the CAP in Wartime

ARC launches a report summarising the key aspects of the CAP Strategic Plans approval process that started a year ago. Take a look here.

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