European Coordination Via Campesina

CETA & Co.: an assault on the rights of farmers and workers

Article Brussels, 16 Jan 2019

In Europe, as in most of the world, free trade agreements (FTAs) have become the vessel by excellence through which multinational corporations and big business expand their conquest of new markets. Promoted as a panacea […] Continue reading

Finally, UN General Assembly adopts Peasant Rights declaration! Now focus is on its implementation

Press release Brussels, 18 Dec 2018

The 73 Session of the United Nations General Assembly adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants. Now that the declaration is an international legal instrument, La Via Campesina will mobilise to support regional […] Continue reading

Amendments to EU Parliament CAP report: ECVC reiterates need to change agricultural model before EU institutions

Press release Brussels, 28 Nov 2018

Less than a week before finalizing the amendments to the European Parliament reports on the CAP post 2020, which will be delivered on 3 December by COMAGRI, the European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC) has mobilised […] Continue reading

The trouble with soy

Publication Brussels, 31 Aug 2018

Given the troubled history of commodity soybean production in Latin America, this has raised alarm bells for peasant farmers and those that believe in a more equitable and sustainable food system rooted in aroecology. Whilst […] Continue reading