Food and Agriculture

Multimedia Publication: Towards food sovereignty: Reclaiming autonomous food systems

Towards Food Sovereignty is an online book with linked video and audio files. The first 6 chapters, available here, begin to describe the ecological basis of food and agriculture, the social and environmental costs of modern food systems, and the policy reversals needed to democratize food systems. The video and audio clips show farmers, indigenous peoples and consumers all working to promote food sovereignty, it highlights the importance of locally controlled food systems to sustain both people and nature.
 

Protecting community rights over traditional knowledge

News: Protecting Community Rights over Traditional Knowledge: Key findings, recommendations and case studies, 2005-09 Project Folder: Now available

Peasant Seeds: the foundation of food sovereignty in Africa

A multimedia publication released in Bamako today, 11th December 2008, captures the deep concern among West African farmers about the privatisation of seeds and knowledge.

Sustaining local food systems, agricultural biodiversity and livelihoods

Update: Read the Open Letter of the Peoples of Cusco (PDF) to the FAO Director General, Feb. 10.

On 26 February 2010, Peruvian indigenous organizations, local government bodies and civil society organizations in Cusco, Peru, held a meeting to formulate a strategic response to a FAO ABCD10 starting on 1 March that will push for greater use of genetically modified organisms. A demonstration through the ancient Inca streets followed up this multi-stakeholder gathering. The meeting produced a Declaration which underlines that the FAO agenda does not represent the best approach for tackling agricultural challenges, including those brought by climate change.

West African citizens to give verdict on food and agriculture research

Submitted by Mike on Mon, 11/01/2010 - 09:46

Farmers, pastoralists and fisher-folk from Mali, Benin, Senegal and Burkina Faso will have their say on the future of food and agriculture research during two forthcoming citizens' juries, which have been welcomed by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food.

CBD Working Group on Access and Benefit-Sharing

Date
Monday, 9 November, 2009 - Sunday, 15 November, 2009

Governments to negotiate an International Regime on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing, Montreal, 9-13 November

 

Farmers and scientists from Ethiopia and Peru demand indigenous approach to conservation

Submitted by Mike on Thu, 01/10/2009 - 15:42

Farmers and scientists from Ethiopia and Peru urges policymakers to establish indigenous bio-cultural territories as areas for conserving agricultural biodiversity.

Seed industry ignores farmers' rights to adapt to climate change

Submitted by Mike on Mon, 07/09/2009 - 08:11

Growing corporate control of seed diversity will limit the ability of farms to adapt to climate change, say researchers.

Strengthening local voices in the governance of food systems, land use and the environment

The aim of this action research is to identify and support processes that can help democratise the governance of food systems, land use and the environment. It seeks to find more equitable ways of including citizens in policy making and in the design of technologies and institutions that shape food systems and the environment.

Strengthening local voices policy debates on climate change, agro-fuels and the food-energy nexus

National and global debates on climate change strategies around agrofuels and agricultural development have had little input from civil society, particularly from groups traditionally excluded from policy processes such as women and indigenous people.

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