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Open Call for Engagement to Respond to the UN Food Systems Summit
The call is promoted by the Peoples and organizations participating in the Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Mechanism for relations with the CFS Dear all,
Nyeleni newsletter: beyond land – Territory and Food sovereignty
The new edition of the Nyéléni Newsletter is now online! Land has always been a highly contested good. Control over land and related resources
21-23 Oct. 2020 – CSO Consultation X FAO Regional Conference for Europe (ERC)
The FAO Regional Conference for Europe (ERC) is to be held on November 2-4. Prior to the ERC, Nyéléni Europe and Central Asia Food Sovereignty
Bio-district della Via Amerina e delle Forre – an Agroecological innovative territory for sustainable local development
Italy’s bio-districts represent clearly defined territories that encompass organic agriculture and food production, promotion of local community initiatives, cultural heritage, and traditional crafts. Bio-districts foster
Testing the Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE) in European and Central Asian contexts
The Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE) is an innovative framework to evaluate the performance of agricultural systems and create global evidence on how agroecology
Our contribution to the FSN forum discussion on COVID-19: support family farming
Check here the page of the FSN forum discussion “Responding to the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on food value chains through efficient logistics” The
There are 1.5 billion peasant farmers and food producers in the world (the largest sector in the world) and they represent a pillar of economic democracy. Indeed, small-scale food producers make food and agriculture the unique sector of the economy which is not dominated by oligopolies (Internet is in the hands of 10 companies, the world energy market is possibly in the hands of 20, and most economic sectors are experiencing unprecedented concentration). Despite the large number of concentration processes currently ongoing, food and agriculture represents the only sector where there are still 1.5 billion food producers. Hence, a rights-based social and economic model built on a strong sector of food producers, peasant farmers, small-scale fishers and pastoralists, and not on the arrogant force of a few.
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Schola Campesina is an international Agroecology school, based in an italian biodistrict, seeking to strengthen food producers’ organizations worldwide in their struggle for Food sovereignty and Agroecology. Through knowledge sharing processes (trainings, videos, webinars, posts), we seek to facilitate the understanding of -and actions within- the global governance of food and agriculture (Rome process).
Based on Nyéléni International Forum for Agroecology (2015) and on the principles of Dialogo de saberes and Popular Education; Schola Campesina seeks to develop the dialogue among peasant, academical and activist knowledge.