More farmers, better food
On the occasion of the release of its new publication, Incorporating Peasants’ Rights to Seeds in EU law, the European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC) is pleased to organize an online event on the implementation of […] Continue reading
ECVC invites journalists at European and national levels to participate in a press conference to better understand the position of small-scale farmers ahead of the upcoming crucial CAP reform negotiations in late June. Continue reading
On 14 June, ECVC members from the Iberian peninsula and beyond will participate in a demonstration in Lisbon, organised by Portuguese member CNA, to defend the interests and rights of small-scale farming and voice their […] Continue reading
17 April is International Day of Peasant Struggles and this year, we are organising a week-long campaign to underline that "Europe needs more farmers". #17April2021 #NoFutureWithoutFoodSovereigntY Continue reading
Register and join the new Land webinar for the launch of the policy report : "Roots of Resilience: How CAP, Farm to Fork, and land policies can support an agroecological transition in Europe" | 25/2/21, […] Continue reading
This event aims to bring representatives of peasant organizations, seed networks, parlementarians, academics and experts from Europe, in order to discuss how Article 19 of the United Nations Declaration on the rights of peasants, which […] Continue reading
During this third webinar, ECVC's members from Toekomstboeren (Netherlands) and Uniterre (Switzerland) will share their experience on access to land issues and solutions for young farmers. Continue reading
European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC), as the only European organisation that represents small and medium-scale farmers, peasant farmers and agricultural workers, together with its allies thinks that this is time to relaunch a different political […] Continue reading
During this webinar, speakers from the Ecological Land Cooperative (UK), Confédération paysanne (France) and Ampi (Czech Republic) will share their experience of working land issues with local communities. Continue reading
The Nyéléni Europe and Central Asia Food Sovereignty Network (Nyéléni ECA) launches a practical tool to support and strengthen land struggles for small and medium-scale food producers and local communities. Continue reading
ECVC is organising an event to explore how patents on seeds are negatively impacting small and medium seed enterprises and Peasants Rights to seeds: will the European Union take advantage of the lessons learnt? Continue reading
The event aims to bring together representatives of UN agencies, European Union institutions, academics, experts and peasants from Europe in an exchange of views to promote the implementation of the UNDROP in Europe. Continue reading
International events in Romania for the Rights of Peasants and a humane Common Agricultural Policy. ECVC, together with Eco Ruralis – the Romanian peasants association, together with partners, are proud to announce the organization of […] Continue reading
The presence of labour intermediaries is principally linked to production methods and the interests of the agroindustry. The latter, supported by the system of generalised competition in agri-food markets, requires an ever increasing need for […] Continue reading
On the 29 January the ECJ will render its decision on the compatibility of the ICS with EU law. Against this backdrop, we, the European peasant movement, want to, once again, send a strong signal […] Continue reading
With cooking pots and spoons we are going to get loud on September 25th and to remind the ministers that it is our future they decide on. Continue reading
In this international day of peasant struggles, commemorating the resistance and in defense of peasants persecuted across the world, farmer organisations from Belgium, France, Spain and even as far as Canada, converged with other social […] Continue reading
The CSOs Consultation prior to the FAO 31st Regional Conference in Europe and Central Asia in Budapest, 26-27 April 2018, is an opportunity for organisations across Europe and Central Asia to discuss recognition and protection […] Continue reading
MERCOSUR, CETA, JEFTA ARE A DEATHBLOW - DEMONSTRATION - Tuesday, April 17, 9:00 a.m. Schuman Roundabout - Brussels. Livestock farmers, peasants, citizens, let us unite in Brussels this Tuesday 17/04 against the EU-Mercosur and other […] Continue reading
In the context of the CAP reform, ECVC is pleased to invite you to its conference "A CAP for small farmers & citizens", organized at the European Parliament on the 23rd of May 2018. With […] Continue reading
The International Conference of La Via Campesina (LVC), held every four years, is the highest forum gathering representatives from member organisations from all over the world. Collectively representing over 200 million people, these delegates will […] Continue reading
Updates on the week-long negotiations and interventions in Geneva of the international peasant delegation of La Via Campesina and its allies for the 4th session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on a UN Declaration on […] Continue reading
The international peasant’s movement La Via Campesina invites journalists from around the world to cover our VIIth International Conference, which will be held in Derio, Bizkaia (Basque Country), 16th – 24th July 2017. This will […] Continue reading
Peasants Rights, Human Rights! Advance toward UN Declaration on Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas! Continue reading
ECVC co-organised an event to discuss the problems of access to land in Europe. The conference took place in Brussels on 7 December 2016. The full report of the conference in now available. Continue reading
All together this 25 MARCH for a CAP that serves the Peoples! We call on ECVC's member organizations, allied groups, grassroots networks, and the whole peasant and food sovereignty movement in Europe to mobilize this […] Continue reading
Registrations to participate in the International Congress on Global Peasants' Rights are now open. The event - co-organized by ECVC along with the Haus der Bauern, FIAN and other civil society organizations- will be held […] Continue reading
Hosted by the European United Left/Nordic Green Left, the hearing "Food Sovereignty within a new Agricultural Policy" in the EU Parliament this morning in Brussels moved discussions regarding the coming reform of the CAP beyond […] Continue reading
Invitation to a breakfast discussion with representatives from Friends of the Earth, ECVC, the EU Commission and the US's Center for Food Safety on the impacts the TTIP could have on farming and food production […] Continue reading
Given the continued intensification of the dairy crisis and pushed by producers, an extraordinary meeting will be held in Brussels on May 25 gathering representatives from the main European institutions, political parties, as well as […] Continue reading
Over a 1000 people visited Wageningen on February 12th and 13th 2016, for the second edition of the Voedsel Anders Conference. The two-day event addressed the transition to fair and sustainable food systems. Continue reading
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