European Coordination Via Campesina

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

Agricultural policy European Union
UNITED NATIONS: Third Committee approves the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas

Press release Brussels, 20 Nov 2018

Yesterday the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) of the UN General Assembly voted in favour of the UN Declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas. Continue reading

Peasants' rights
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

Eastern Europe Food sovereignty & trade Romania

European Coordination
Via Campesina

Rooted on the right to Food Sovereignty, our main objective is the defence of farmers’ and field workers’ rights as well as the promotion of diverse and sustainable family and peasant farming. These principles in turn, demand food and agricultural policies in Europe based on legitimacy, fairness, solidarity and sustainability. More info