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FAO recognizes La Via Campesina's crucial role as the major international small food producer's organisation
(Rome, 4 October 2013)
Today, during a meeting between La Via Campesina and FAO's Director general Jose Graziano da Silva an agreement of cooperation was formalized which acknowledged the essential role played by small holder food producers. Their role was recognised as most important in the eradication of world hunger.
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The International Seed Treaty: A resolution in support of Farmers' Rights
(Oman, September 30) La Via Campesina welcomes the adoption, on 28 September 2013, by the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, also known as the seed treaty, of a resolution calling on states to implement and support Farmers’ Rights, ie the rights of peasants and farmers over their own seeds.
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Resource rights groups call for doubling of community-controlled land
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A group of international organisations working on rights linked to natural resources has called for the amount of land recognised as owned or managed by indigenous peoples and communities to be doubled by 2018, a goal that will also require better cataloguing of land tenure.
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Big food and drink companies must act to stop conflicts over land as global sugar production continues to soar
The report ‘Sugar Rush: Land rights and the supply chains of the biggest food and beverage companies’ highlights examples of land grabs and disputes linked to companies that supply sugar for Coca-Cola and PepsiCo products, and allegations of disputes inside Associated British Foods’ supply chain.