La Via Campesina : International Peasant Movement

Article: Support price offered by Indian government to farmers inadequate

Details: Published on Wednesday, 08 June 2016 13:14

Originally published by The Wire on 07 June 2016

The article is written by Kannaiyan, a farmer who is also the General Secretary of the South Indian Coordination Committee of Farmers Movements (SICCFM) and a member La Via Campesina.

In July 2014, barely 60 days into his new role as the prime minister of India, Narendra Modi was addressing a group of agricultural researchers and scientists in New Delhi on the occasion of the 86th foundation day of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. It was also his first public event as a newly-elected prime minister.

UAWC Statement on World Environment Day

Details: Published on Monday, 06 June 2016 14:52

A statement issued by the Union of Agricultural Work Committees On the occasion of World Environment Day and the anniversary of the 1967 occupation

(Ramallah, June 5, 2016) - Coinciding with the 49^th anniversary of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Sinai, and the Golan Heights, the World today reviving the World Environment Day; World Environment Day was first established to be celebrated every year by running some effective campaigns by the United Nations General Assembly and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in the conference on Human Environment in Swedish capital Stockholm in 1972.

The World Environment Day works as true inspiration for many countries, institutions and individuals around the world to start true activities to prevent the escalation of damage to the natural systems. In essence, the United Nations used to revive the World Environment Day under a slogan that works as a central theme of all conferences, seminars and workshops that concerned about creating a suitable world for the Human.

NFU at Canadian Milk Matters Rallies on Parliament Hill and in PEI

Details: Published on Friday, 03 June 2016 17:25

Media Release: NFU at Canadian Milk Matters Rally

(Ottawa – June 2, 2016) - Today, members of the National Farmers Union (NFU) join in solidarity with dairy farmers in concurrent rallies on Parliament Hill and in federal Agriculture Minister MacAulay's constituency, to celebrate International Milk Day, because "Canadian Milk Matters".

Farmers will call upon the federal government to take action to ensure a sustainable and prosperous dairy sector in Canada. They are asking the federal government to enforce existing rules governing supply management. The NFU is particularly concerned about diafiltered milk imports undermining our supply management system.

CAP 2020: More deregulation will not solve the problems

Details: Published on Friday, 03 June 2016 17:13

Press Release

Brussels, 1 June 2016

CAP 2020: More deregulation will not solve the problems... caused by deregulation and short-sighted decision-makers

Following the European agricultural ministers' informal Council meeting on 30 and 31 May in the Netherlands, the European Coordination Via Campesina¹ examined the document "Food for the future - the future of food" proposed by the Dutch EU Presidency to kick-off discussions on the future of the CAP after 2020, as well as the Council's discussions.

Despite its announced openness to the food issue, ultimately, it is a very partial view of the problem that has emerged. The notion of "demand", centered on the needs of affluent consumers in terms of transparency, omits the issue of access to quality food for millions of poor people in Europe, and the health problems related to industrial food. The attention given to "production" disappointed as well, since it only concerns modernized farmers or those following that approach, as expressed in the passage on new ICTs.