Via Campesina

It is clear that land-grabbing is an inherent part of the agribusiness model promoted by institutions such as the World Bank, the IMF, IFAD, the FAO or the EU.

Representantes de agricultores de África y Asia y América Latina se congregaron en Roma para pedir a la comunidad internacional que cese el acaparamiento de tierras por parte de inversionistas privados y países que buscan aprovisionarse de materias primas y alimentos.

Farmers from the developing world called on governments this week to curb a global land rush in which millions of hectares of their terrain are being taken over by foreign private investors.

Translation of Document：Why We Oppose the Principles for Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI)

La réunion de la FAO doit « proposer des mesures concrètes » pour freiner l'accaparement des terres, a demandé le mouvement paysan Via Campesina.

Farmers from La Via Campesina will be at meeting of the FAO Committee on World Food Security next week to demand concrete measures to tackle the problem of land-grabbing.

El primer número del Boletín Nyeleni contiene una edición especial sobre el tema de la tierra

Ce bulletin entend apporter une petite pierre à l’édifice de résistance qui sera bâti pour faire échec à aux multinationales, à la banque mondiale et leurs alliés. Nous encourageons toutes les organisations et tous les mouvements engagés pour la souveraineté alimentaire à s'embarquer avec nous pour ce grand voyage.

This newsletter aims to bring a small stone to the edifice of resistance that will be built to counteract transnational corporations, the World Bank and their allies. We urge all organizations and all movements committed to the struggle for food sovereignty to embark with us on this journey.

The agenda of the upcoming session of the FAO Committee on World Food Security, on 11-14 October 2010, includes a policy roundtable on land tenure and international investment in agriculture.

There are plenty of examples in the world of countries that can no longer feed themselves because somebody decided it was cheaper or more intelligent to buy all their food from somebody else.

Instead of providing land to big corporations, the Indonesian government has a better choice: to redistribute land to the millions of landless and peasant families so they can work again to feed their family.