Carlos Carballo is an agricultural engineer who graduated from the Faculty of Agronomy of the University of Buenos Aires (FAUBA); he is a teacher and researcher.
The article traces the historical significance of April 17th , from the 1996 Eldorado dos Carajás massacre to the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants (UNDROP) in 2018.
In Antímano, a suburb of Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, a community has found the formula to become a benchmark in civil self-construction: popular organisation and feminism. This was the key that enabled 54 families to build a low-income housing block literally from scratch.
Okon says that these companies must prioritise ecosystem restoration before any divestment takes place.
As a strategic region with a rich natural heritage, where Indigenous and peasants maintain a profound relationship with the land, Mesoamerica has suffered oppression and exploitation by the transnational corporations for more than two centuries.
Ana Maria Primavesi was a Brazilian agronomist and pioneer in the understanding of soil as a living organism, and a world reference for agroecology.
In dialogue with ROOTS, leaders from peasant organisations shared their insights about 2025 struggles regarding food sovereignty and climate justice.
In this article, the author explores the agrarian reform processes in Cuba since 1959, analyzing the changes in the structure of land ownership and tenure, land use, the organization of agricultural production, science and technology, the agrarian economy, and rural development.
In this article indigenous activists Claire Charlo and Shyrlene Huni Kui from Brazil, discuss global challenges faced by Indigenous communities and their critical role in conservation.
The Bioinputs International School (BIS) is an initiative of the International Association for Popular Cooperation BAOBAB, whose objective is to create a space for technical consolidation, political-organisational training and proposals related to bioinputs, between countries and organisations of the Global South.
The fires are not just a natural disaster but a symptom of a larger issue. The advance of agribusiness, supported by public policies and lack of regulation, have enabled the destruction of forests to make way for soybean plantations, cattle ranches, and other agricultural activities.
To achieve Food Sovereignty, it is necessary to transform the food production and distribution chain, which is concentrated in the hands of large companies that only seek profit. The solution lies in agroecology and territorial markets!
The article is a synthesis of the seminar “Socialise Care Work: Feminist Experiences and Struggles”. It emphasises the importance of recognizing and redistributing care work, which is often feminised and undervalued.
Agroecological buildings are built with materials that can be produced locally, with quality, that are accessible both economically and locally and that have a low environmental impact compared to the modern/conventional buildings that capital, together with construction companies and developers, advocates.
This article provides a thorough analysis of the historical background of the constitutionalization of Food Sovereignty, the geopolitical and historical setting of the peasant movement in Nepal as well as the impact of Food sovereignty law on National policies and programs.
In 1996, peasant organisations and social movements like La Via Campesina introduced the concept of Food Sovereignty into the global policy circle.
Nepal’s 2015 constitution mandates scientific land reforms for peasants, but issues still persist.
The emergence and consolidation in Venezuela of a political management proposal led by the segregated sectors of the cities and the rural population,
This century’s environmental crisis is directly connected to the agribusiness model based on large rural properties and single-commodity crops.
For the first time, a delegation of rural popular organisations participated with a delegation that travelled to China within the framework of the Sino-Brazilian High Level Commission for Concertation and Cooperation (Cosban).
The economic centrality of many developing countries is neoextractivism, which is characterised by the export of commodities, especially grains, meat, cellulose, ethanol, ores and oil.
This book was written by educators, farmers and ENA technicians, in order to comprise technical, understandable and concrete reference material for the promotion and support of agroecological transition processes in the territories.
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants (UNDROP) was adopted in 2018.
Africa is considered the new frontier in business, which is evidenced by the existence of numerous transnational companies registered in the Global North with operations on the African continent.
Latin America holds 60% of the world's reserves of lithium, an ore known as "white gold", widely used in mobile devices, batteries and electric cars, which are fundamental in the energy transition to a new green economy.
Palestinian women are crucial in the struggle for land rights and territorial sovereignty, as their bond with the land is essential for human societies' development and continuity.
During an interview in Argentina, the Colombian agronomist Jairo Restrepo, true to his style, combines these key concepts to broadly address the understanding of this form of food production.
Home gardens are an important consideration in terms of household socio-economics and have become one major contributor to urban greenery, yet their significance is often unrecognized. This is particularly relevant in wet-sub equatorial regions such as Ghana, as home gardens have been a way of life for communities in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
The National School of Agroecology (ENA) is a pedagogical tool built by the Rural Federation for Production and Rooting (Argentina), whose objective focuses on the “Training of Trainers” in agroecology, that is, producers who can teach and extend agroecology in their territories.
The history of agroecology is interwoven with the development of agriculture and the domestication of plants and animals. According to Alteri (1995) [1], agroecology is practised globally using indigenous tribal knowledge close to nature. Some have long associated agroecology with conventional farming practices, however, these positions are imperfect. In my opinion, it is built on indigenous tribal wisdom and integrates all the knowledge that has been collected since the beginning of agriculture, nearly 10,000 years.
This publication corresponds to the second part of an article where the authors reflect on the relationships between microbial life, culture, knowledge development, food and agriculture. You can find the first part of the article here. Continuing with the ideas laid out so far, the authors present concrete experiences in the elaboration and use of bioinputs at different scales and types of production, with a special focus on the local production of bioferments for soil regeneration. Finally, they draw some conclusions about how the management of microorganisms in peasant hands, within the framework of collective processes, is central to achieving food sovereignty and autonomy.
In this article, the authors analyse the relationship between microbial life, culture, food and agriculture, reviewing conceptual aspects but above all popular proposals for soil, seed and food management, linked to the management and understanding of microbial life.
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the centrality of food and production linked to family, peasant and indigenous agriculture. Access to healthy food and the organisational framework around food supply are long-standing concerns, but in recent years they have taken on a new impulse in the public arena. In this article, Tamara Perelmuter addresses the debate on food sovereignty and links it to the dispute over the sovereignty of seeds in Argentina, a key link in the agri-food chain.
In a second part of reviews of the book “Agrarian Reforms in Latin America in the 20th Century” (coordinated by J.P. Stédile), we present a review of the chapter written by Sergio Gómez E., which presents the Agrarian Reforms carried out in Latin America and the Caribbean during the 20th century . Considering the circumstances and historical factors that affected the continent and each specific country, the author presents an analysis of the meaning of different processes and their effects on the transformation of the structure of land ownership.
The issue of land tenure and land distribution in the Global South is a central and structural issue in understanding the economic and social inequality that pervades these countries, and is an urgent and necessary debate for any revolutionary movement seeking to reverse this inequality in both rural and urban areas. From the time of colonisation to neoliberal capitalism, land has been concentrated in the hands of agrarian and economic elites, at the cost of the detriment of the peasantry. However, there have also been several experiences of peasant struggles, revolutionary processes, and governments that have sought, with different strategies, to reverse this inequality and democratise access to the land. The concept of "agrarian reform" is part of the programme of peasant movements in the Global South; however, partly because the ruling classes have made it a taboo subject, there is little education on it. With this in mind, the book "Experiences of Agrarian Reform in the world", published by Batalla de Ideas (Battle of Ideas), seeks to systematise the experiences of agrarian reform in different parts of the world, with the aim of providing a comprehensive overview and serving as an input for the training of activists. The book was coordinated by Joao Pedro Stédile, Brazilian economist and founder of the Landless Workers' Movement (MST) in Brazil.
The forms of rurality have changed in recent decades. The advance of large-scale production, the disappearance of small and medium-sized farms, and the lack of processes that add value to primary production do not encourage life in the countryside.
Our world is facing complex sustainability challenges that are threatening not only our capacity to feed the growing population, but also to nurture it. The Green Revolution and the introduction of sophisticated technological innovations were once considered the best way of fulfilling the food needs of the world population. Unfortunately, this approach doesn’t come close to meeting these needs and every year more people become undernourished, both of food and wisdom.
There are at least two urgent calls that invite the discussion on youths in agriculture. The first call for the urgency of attracting youth to agriculture is for the future of agriculture. The average age of farmers all over the world has been increasing especially in recent years.
In the last few weeks, fertilizers have been in the news, as their price increase has accelerated worldwide. The beginning of the war between Ukraine and Russia had a strong impact on the supply of fuels and raw materials for the production of some chemical fertilizers, reducing the supply and aggravating the sharp increase in fertilizer prices, which has already reached 300% in the last months.
In this short video, we can find simple answers to the most frequently asked questions about food sovereignty: what is it and how is it different from food security, why is it important, how did the term originate and what are the key points?