
Farm Succession in Romania – where are the new custodians?
How will sustainable agroecological methods get to get passed on, as peasant farmers age? […]
How will sustainable agroecological methods get to get passed on, as peasant farmers age? […]
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 […]
Simplification should work for peasant farmers and not to generate fund-grabbing by the corporate sector, as Maria Rodriguez Beperet explains. […]
Written By: Derek Freitas, Food Chains Campaign Coordinator for Eco Ruralis General Context The word “peasant” is used in all sorts of ways to mean different things by many groups of people across the world. It is indeed very hard to define. This is particularly problematic due to the fact that the majority of decision-makers related to establishing agricultural policy at the national, EU and global levels don’t have an accepted reference point for understanding one another in a basic sense. Often, the only time when self-ascribed “peasants” feel that they are accurately portrayed is when they explain what that word means to them. But, again, even they disagree based on cultural, historical, geographical and individual differences. Global Context The international peasant movement, La Via Campesina, calls for an International Convention on the Rights of Peasants and states the following in Article I of its own “Declaration on the Rights of Peasants – Women and Men”: “A peasant is a man or woman of the land, who has a direct and special relationship […]
Derek Freitas, Food Sovereignty Campaign Coordinator for Eco Ruralis, reports on another way for producers and consumers to connect […]
EcoRuralis’ Derek Freitas reveals peasant power fighting back against the forces of capital. […]
Every year since 2004, Roşia Montană has hosted the FânFest (The Hay Festival). […]
An inspiring ‘development’ were 2500 peasants prevented Europe’s largest gold mine. […]
The FAO European Regional Conference gave a perfect opportunity for debate as the major topic was “Food losses and waste in Europe and Central Asia”. […]
The Regional Conference for Europe needs to be the event where small-scale family farmers start receiving recognition for their invaluable contribution. […]
More taxation but no represeantation […]
Romania’s presence during Berlin’s Green Week […]
The vision of the Romanian National Bank: a country without land and a countryside without peasants […]
Good Food March demonstration in Bucharest: seed exchange, brunch and discussion on GMOs […]
Leading agroecologist highlights links between economic, energy and ecological crises […]
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