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El municipio de Cartago en Costa Rica aprueba la apertura a tecnologías de edición genética, pese las preocupaciones sobre sus impactos en la salud y el medio ambiente. Este municipio concentra 70% de la producción agrícola del país. delfino.cr/2025/05/cart... ‪@etcgroup.bsky.social

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« Les semences indigènes sont une de nos richesses, donc on ne comprend pas pourquoi des lois doivent être créées pour nous empêcher de jouir des bénéfices de nos semences », explique un paysan kenyan, Francis Njiri, au micro de RFI www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/...

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China’s state-owned agricultural conglomerate, Cofco, is building its biggest export terminal outside of China at the Brazilian port of Santos to manage its rising shipments of maize, sugar and soybeans www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

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El último informe de la Red de Cátedras Libres de Soberanía Alimentaria evidencia que el campesinado de Argentina sigue alimentando al país a pesar de los bloqueos del gobierno y la agroindustria. agenciatierraviva.com.ar/la-soberania...

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"The UN general assembly must break the illegal blockade and stop the starvation of 2.3 million Palestinians" assserts @michaelfakhri.bsky.social, UN special rapporteur on the right to food www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Farmers in Kenya are challenging the constitutionality of the country's seed law, which is based on the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV). They say that it's discriminatory to smallholder farmers. Ruling due 27 Nov. www.standardmedia.co.ke/amp/eastern/...

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📣 About to start in an hour! Fighting vulture finance in Asia Pacific 💰➡️✊ Pushing back against: 🔻 Worker exploitation 🔻 Land grabs 🔻 Attacks on public services Join here ⏳: world-psi.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Le Contre-Espace des Assemblées Annuelles de la Banque Africaine de Dévloppement (BAD) aura lieu du 21 au 23 mai 2025. Il rassemble des organisations féministes, écologistes et paysannes qui dénoncent les projets de la BAD. @wominafrica.bsky.social @cadtm.bsky.social #AfDBSTOP #BADStop

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À en pas louper aujourd’hui! La campagne désarmer Bolloré organise une conférence de presse au moment de l'AG à Puteaux (France), pour dénoncer l'impunité de l’entreprise dans différents secteurs et continent.

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On May 4, India announce the release of two gene-edit rice. Great article from Sridhar Radhakrishnan of ASHA-Kisan Swaraj reflect on India’s silent biosafety breach that risk jeopardising the foundations of India's food system. www.linkedin.com/pulse/gene-e...

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"From the American South to West Africa, the plantation economy has not ended—it has evolved. Names have changed. Structures have modernized. But the core remains: land, labor, and wealth extraction." shoppeblack.us/labor-abuses... #Socfin #Bolloré @sheridanprasso.bsky.social @oaklandinstitute.org

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La firma del tratado de libre comercio está en el corazón de la dependencia de Colombia de las importaciones de trigo de Estados Unidos y Canadá (99.7% del trigo consumido). Otro ejemplo de cómo los TLC amenazan la soberanía alimentaria rebelion.org/la-dependenc...

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Celles et ceux qui nous nourrissent – les personnes travaillant dans l’agriculture, la pêche ou la vente sur les marchés – n’ont souvent pas accès à une retraite décente. Mais certains pays montrent la voie. Par GRAIN

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Con ejemplos de Puerto Rico, México, Honduras, Colombia, Paraguay, Brasil, entre otros, Biodiversidad, Sustento y Culturas #124 enlaza la defensa del territorio ante la voracidad del capital con la defensa campesina de las semillas: grain.org/es/category/...

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Due to Israel's inhuman blockade of food, medicine and water, Gaza is nearing famine. The Palestinian peasant org UAWC calls for 'Global Weeks of Fasting' on 19-30 May in solidarity. Please join: viacampesina.org/en/2025/05/u...

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This Thursday, uncover how predatory finance in Asia Pacific drives up costs, exploits workers, & threatens food, land & public services. 📅 May 22 | 🕒 12:30 Delhi / 14:00 Jakarta / 17:00 Sydney 📍 Register now: world-psi.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Se detectan en Jalisco #México más de 17 empresas acaparadoras de agua. La empresa de crianza industrial de animales PROAN encabeza la lista, además acusada de contaminación udgtv.com/noticias/det...

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Cresud has a long history of land grabbing in Latin America (see farmlandgrab.org/cat/477). This is an important new angle from @globalwitness.org ⤵️ bsky.app/profile/glob...

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Los tratados de libre comercio son un entramado de dominación para los pueblos. ¿Qué ocurrió con el tema del maíz transgénico y el T-MEC en México? Ramón Vera-Herrera analiza en profundidad este tema en un nuevo libro. Ver: www.bilaterals.org/?t-mec-y-mai...

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Pour la Ligue des paysans kenyans, "les OGM et les semences hybrides nous piègent dans un cycle d’endettement". Mais avec l'agroécologie, "nous avons nos propres semences, nos propres connaissances, et il est donc plus difficile pour les entreprises de nous tromper." viacampesina.org/fr/la-ligue-...

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In Bolivia, farmers and local communities reject UPOV and the privatisation of seeds. They see these laws as an "attack" on their peoples, and call for a broad struggle to keep seeds in the hands of communities. brujuladigital.net/economia/202... #StopUPOV

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La industria salmonera de Chile contamina zonas protegidas, comunidades indígenas y pesqueras sin ningún control. Las comunidades afectadas exigen sacar la salmonicultura de áreas protegidas y sus territorios es.mongabay.com/2025/05/chil... @gfc-forest.bsky.social

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In 2019, through a presidential decree 50,000 ha of land have been allocated to Indorama Agro cotton project in Uzbekistan that resulted in arbitrary termination of thousands of farmers’ land leases. Since then groups have reported severe harms inflicted on workers and communities by the company.

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Somaliland announces a $100mn farming project with US company African Food Security, the spinoff of a firm linked to land grabbing, worker abuse and lack of performance in West Africa. farmlandgrab.org/32830 @oaklandinstitute.org

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Las semillas no son cosas aisladas que pueden ser congeladas e inmovilizadas. El nuevo número de Biodiversidad, Sustento y Culturas invita más bien a considerarlas y defenderlas desde su relación (siempre dinámica) con los pueblos. grain.org/es/category/...

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Join us to explore how private equity, sovereign wealth and pension funds are taking control of farmland, water and infrastructure in Asia-Pacific and what communities can do about it. Online webinar 22 May at 12:30 Delhi/14:00 Jakarta/17:00 Sydney Register: world-psi.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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SAVE THE DATE! 🌍 Small group of global corporate landowners accumulating huge amounts of #land, fuel growing inequality & climate crisis 📢 Learn more & how to ensure fairer distribution of land & wealth on 3 June. Register: shorturl.at/HBg7x #FoodSovereignty #LandGrabbing

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Farmers and other civil society in Pakistan are protesting against Green Pakistan Initiative, a military-backed agribusiness ventures and their flagship project, Fongrow. They are demanding immediate end to corporate farming and state-facilitated land grabs. www.dawn.com/news/1908660...

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Predatory finance is taking over Asia Pacific—labours, farmworkers & public services are at risk. 📢Join us on May 22, 12h30 Delhi/14h Jakarta/17h Sydney, to expose how private equity, pension & wealth funds exploit communities—and how we fight back. Register here: world-psi.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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🔥 First African youth forum on land lays the groundwork to fight for "community and small farmer control over traditional lands". Statement now in English! farmlandgrab.org/32829 @plaasuwc.bsky.social @wominafrica.bsky.social

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Es clave escuchar las voces de los movimientos campesinos sobre la penetración de la digitalización en los sistemas alimentarios. La coordinación europea de La Via Campesina tiene 25 recomendaciones para evitar que el poder corporativo salga reforzado. www.eurovia.org/es/publicaci... @eurovia.org

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Des systèmes de retraite bien organisés peuvent non seulement garantir la dignité et la sécurité des personnes âgées, mais aussi contribuer à la lutte pour la souveraineté alimentaire. grain.org/e/7268 @trouveaurelie.bsky.social @deschuttero.bsky.social @ipes-food.org

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GM-Free India coalition opposed the Release of two untested gene edited rice varieties and demanded immediate withdrawal. The group says the seeds have potential to harm humans and cause irreversible damage to the environment. www.thehindu.com/news/nationa... @gmwatch.bsky.social

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Environmental groups, HOMEF and ERA called on Nigerian govt to withdraw from #UPOV 1991. The groups said it's a threat to the food system and a failure to recognise vital role of smallholder farmers in conserving and enhancing plant genetic resources. www.environewsnigeria.com/world-seed-d...

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The African Union commissioner for agriculture wants Africa’s pension funds to invest in agriculture, to make up for the loss in aid from the US. www.channelafrica.co.za/sabc/home/ch... @financialization.bsky.social @afsafrica.bsky.social

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Además de acaparar tierras y apostar por cultivos sedientos de agua en el Estado español, el capital financiero ronda ahora a las empresas de selección vegetal. Es el caso en Murcia, con un fondo de capital riesgo comprando frutales: www.webcapitalriesgo.com/cibus-capita... @ecologistasenaccion.org

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Farmers’ groups across Southeast Asia express strong rejection of the ongoing push to harmonize plant variety protection the region in line with UPOV 1991 by East Asia Plant Variety Protection Forum that's heavily sponsored by Japan consumer.org.my/southeast-as... @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social

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El agronegocio de #Chile sigue presionando por una nueva ley basada en UPOV 91 que implica la privatización de las semillas. El pretexto es que puede ayudar a negociar los aranceles con Estados Unidos. notigram.com/durango-esta...

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"Regenerative agriculture" in the US accounts for 1/3 of all pesticide use there and is 90% based on GMOs, says @foeus.bsky.social foe.org/resources/re...

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In Mexico, more than 200 people were attacked last year defending the environment, 10 of fighting pig megafarms cemda.org.mx/se-increment...

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El movimiento campesino Codeca de #Guatemala se moviliza en repudio al sistema de justicia que los criminaliza. Llama a la solidaridad con líderes detenidos y conmemora sus 32 años de lucha por los derechos campesinos www.prensa-latina.cu/2025/04/25/m...

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Violences sexuelles dans les plantations de caoutchouc : un reportage coup de poing sur le système Socfin - via FIAN Belgium ⬇️ www.fian.be/Violences-se... @asso-sherpa.bsky.social @stopcorpabuse.bsky.social

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Tether, a company behind the world’s most traded cryptocurrency with ties to the Trump administration, acquires one of the largest farm owners in Latin America, Adecoagro, giving it control of over 210,000 ha of farmland: farmlandgrab.org/32805

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Comunidades indígenas y campesinas de #Argentina denuncian desalojos, intentos de expropiación de la tierra y represión bajo la gestión de Milei, a favor de las corporaciones www.telesurtv.net/indigenas-ca...

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Indonesia’s new sovereign wealth fund Danantara plans to attract foreign investment into "food security" projects indonesiabusinesspost.com/4185/policy-...

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El capitalismo y el agronegocio se sostienen en el trabajo de cuidados no remunerados (principalmente femenino) y en el abuso de la naturaleza. Vean la reflexión de La Via Campesina aquí: viacampesina.org/es/argentina... @ViaCampesina.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

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🔥 Le premier Forum des Jeunes Africains sur le Foncier a été organisé en Côte d'Ivoire du 24 au 26 avril 2025 pour répondre à l’insécurité foncière qui pèse sur les terres paysannes en Afrique. Une déclaration très forte nous appelle à agir : farmlandgrab.org/32799 @drlandislife.bsky.social

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These days, there is so much focus on agroecology that sometimes it feels like people forget the bigger - and more political - issue of food sovereignty. Michel Pimbert's recent piece for Radical Ecological Democracy, re-frames things well radicalecologicaldemocracy.org/towards-food...

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Le rôle déterminant des Emirats dans la guerre au Soudan - où ils protègent leurs intérêts économiques, dont les terres agricoles, entre autres - fait dire à des experts que l’une des principales clés du conflit se trouve du côté d’Abou Dabi selon @fpigeaud.bsky.social reporterre.net/Derriere-la-...

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