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PRESS RELEASE | June 5, 2021   On the occasion of World Environment Day, June 5, people’s movements and civil society organizations around the globe today launched the Global People’s Summit (GPS) on Food Systems, a counter-summit to the UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) slated to be held later this year. Organisers of the GPS are […]

Esteemed CFS participants, We are speaking here to share with you some initial thoughts on the CFS policy recommendations on agroecological and other innovative approaches that we just concluded. First, the CSM is not in the position at this moment to announce its formal position on the final document. We request that this can be

From CSM website Background The Pre-Summit of the UN Food Systems summit to be held in a hybrid format in Rome from 26 to 28 July will be decisive for the final direction and outcomes of the summit. The liaison group of the autonomous people`s response to the UN Food Systems Summit for transforming corporate

Dear Friends and partners of Gaza Urban & Peri-urban Agriculture Platform (GUPAP), Our local food system in Gaza has long-suffered from the state of high vulnerability and fragility, imposed by more than 14 years of the blockage that has cut us off from the rest of the world. This situation has now been radically accelerated

Corporations have stepped beyond lobbying governments. They are integrating in policy-making at the national and international levels. From agriculture to technology, decisions historically made by governments are increasingly made by secretive unaccountable bodies run by corporations. Authors Nick Buxton, Lynn Fries Published at GPEnewsdocs.com Programmes Corporate Power TRANSCRIPT LYNN FRIES: Hello and welcome. I’m Lynn

Press release                                                                             29 April 2021, Brussels “The European Commission today published a study, commissioned by the Council of the EU, on “new genomic techniques“, in which it suggests that current GMO legislation is not “adapted to the scientific and technological progress” of new genetic modification techniques. ECVC denounces this attempt by the European Commission to

Rome, 20 April 2021 – Civil society and Indigenous Peoples’ organisations share with deep regret their collective and critical assessment of the Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition (VGFSyN). The final VGFSyN present a lost opportunity to guide a much-needed radical transformation of food systems around the globe and effectively tackle the root causes

  Press release                                                                             16 April 2021, Brussels Today, in a letter to the European Commission and CAP legislators, signed by farmers’ organisations, environmental organisations, NGOs, unions, and researchers, European Coordination Via Campesina underlines the key role of small and medium-sized farmers in the resolution of current social, environmental, and food-related crises. It demands that EU