Coverage / People’s Food Sovereignty Now!
Civil Society Forum parallel to the World Food Summit on Food Sovereignty
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24 November 2009 | Interviews
Paving the way
Interview with Martha Robbins of La Via Campesina Canada and the struggle for food sovereignty to come
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The National Farmers Union of Canada, a member of La Via Campesina, participated in the Forum: Peoples Sovereignty Now!, held in parallel to the FAO’s Summit in Rome, last week.
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20 November 2009 | News | Food Sovereignty
A Model that Works
Andrea Ferrante, head of AIAB, on the food alternative they propose
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Food producers, peasants, small farmers, fisherfolks, pastoralists, native peoples, women and youth organizations were present in the Civil Society forum parallel to the World Summit on Food Security of the FAO which came to an end this week in Rome. Andrea Ferrante, head of the Italian Association for Biological Agriculture (AIAB), a group member of La Via Campesina, was interviewed by Real World Radio.
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20 November 2009 | Interviews | Food Sovereignty
The Fox in the Henhouse
Paul Nicholson discusses the role of social movements against transnational corporations and the World Bank.
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“It was a good forum”, was Paul Nicholson´s answer –member of agricultural union EHNE from the Basque Country, and spokesperson in Europe for La Via Campesina – to Real World Radio when he was asked about the Peoples´ Food Sovereignty Now! Forum. This forum was held from November 14th -17th in Rome, parallel to the World Summit on Food Security of the FAO.
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18 November 2009 | Video | Food Sovereignty
A view of Rome
Testimonies from the Peoples´ Food Sovereignty Forum at the Italian capital city
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Real World Radio shares a video produced by the press team of Peoples´ Food Sovereignty Now! of the mobilization of peasants, indigenous peoples, and activists for food sovereignty from all parts of the world outside the building of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN in Rome.
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18 November 2009 | Interviews | Food Sovereignty
It´s All About Action
Interview with Olegario Carrillo Mesa, from Unorca Mexico, and the social movement´s proposals of a new agriculture model
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The main struggle of the National Union of Regional Peasant Autonomous Organizations of Mexico (UNORCA) is to recover the peasant and rural network of a country whose countryside has been devastated by agribusiness and trade agreements.
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18 November 2009 | Video | Food Sovereignty
We are feeding the World
Interviews in the People’s Food Sovereignty Forum
Real World Radio shares a short video on the Civil Society’s parallel Forum to the FAO summit in Rome as part of our coverage of this event. The video features an interview with Andrea Ferrante, of AIAB-La Via Campesina, and the public statement of FAO’s Director General, Jacques Diouf.
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