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UKRAINE: Public farmer forum. Nov. 15-16, 2022
This Public Forum is organized by Association of Farmers and Private Landowners (AFLU), the academic community, and the civil society of Ukraine and Europe, with
WEBINAR November 3d, 2022. Agroecology for Women’s Economic Empowerment and Strengthening their Autonomy
Experiences from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Türkiye Evidence on gender-based inequalities and their importance for sustainable and inclusive agri-food systems (Anna Jenderedjian, FAO REU) Tracking information
Training in Sakarya (Turkey) on Agroecology with Central Asian and Turkish partners (With Çiftçi-Sen & ADI)
During the week of the 30th of May, Schola Campesina Aps (Italy), ADI (Kyrgyzstan), and Çiftçi-sen (Turkey), with the financial support of FAO, hosted agroecology
Ukraine helps feed the world – but its farmers, seeds and future are in danger – Michael Fakhri and Sofia Monsalve
Retrieved from: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/13/ukraine-farmers-seed-food-crisis?CMP=share_btn_fb&fbclid=IwAR21fri1ak63OXSkVu5HkBa2WIX1L-y5-x7quI0tOLWlAW9ScJUw9bw4Ow0 Photo caption: Wheat grain is pictured at a warehouse in Bashtanka, Mykolaiv region, as Russia’s attacks on Ukraine continue. Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters
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ТЭЙП в Кыргызстане – TAPE in Kyrgyzstan – Agency of Development Initiatives (ADI) (CoP 3d meeting – 4/10/2021)
Аудио на английском, а видео на русском The audio document is in English, while the video below is in Russian (of the same presentation). If
TAPE in Albania – ТЭЙП в Албании – ANDR (CoP 3d meeting – 4/10/2021)
In this brief video, Desjana (Albanian Network for rural development – ANDR) highlights that in Albania also farmers practice agroecology without knowing the word agroecology.
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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.