La Via Campesina : International Peasant Movement

No reform can transform the WTO into an institution that serves the people. The time has come to build a new system that prioritizes dignity, sovereignty, and the well-being of all peoples.

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"The effects on farmers, livestock and crops have been catastrophic. The AGRIFISH Council, which is due to meet on 13 July 2026, must include measures to tackle this situation."

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These technologies represent a new offensive by corporations to commodify life, seize control of seeds, and disregard the rights of the peoples who have protected biodiversity for millennia.

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Given the volume of important developments in South Asia this month, and their relevance for La Via Campesina readers around the world, we’re sharing a summarized digest.

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The resolution would open doors to speculative trade on seeds, making it prohibitively expensive for peasant farmers and Indigenous peoples who feed the territories.

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More than half of the 41 Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) registered for use in Uganda are currently banned in the European Union. Despite this, they remain on Ugandan shelves and in Ugandan fields.

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"If we want more farmers, policies for generational renewal must be based on principles of justice rather than profit-making." ECVC

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La Via Campesina Honduras has emphatically denounced the law which it says not only orders eviction but also legally shields those lands against any future agrarian reform claim.

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Across every region, member organizations mobilized to defend land, agroecology, rural communities, and social justice while resisting corporate control, violence, and environmental destruction.

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Olive trees that took three generations to raise are burned in an afternoon. Wells are fouled. Animals are killed where they stand, or left behind when their owners are ordered out within the hour.

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EU parliament's recent decision to authorize the commercialization of plants derived from New Genomic Techniques marks a turning point for EU agriculture, and paves the way for new GMOs to enter the market as early as 2027.

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In Pakistan, small-scale farmers allege that International Monetary Fund (IMF)-driven policies are dismantling the support structures that sustained them. Women bear specific weight in this crisis.

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