Press Release: On 'Food Sovereignty Day' La Via Campesina launches publication that calls for a massive change in the current agro-food systems
With the aim of
strengthening the convergence of struggles, we will demonstrate in this
publication that this change must be based on an integral and popular
agrarian reform within the framework of Food Sovereignty.
The concepts,
strategies and struggles have undergone many changes within La Via
Campesina, partly as a result of the current context, but also as a
result of collective processes at the grassroots level in
territories that are rich in historical, cultural, political and
economic diversity. In this respect, it is evident that integral and
popular agrarian reform is understood to be a process for the building
of Food Sovereignty and dignity for the people.
Working on the basis of this conceptual framework, in which agrarian reform is presented as a
defense and a recovery of land for Food Sovereignty, and as a people's process, this publication will be structured as follows:
Firstly, chapters 2
and 3 present La Via Campesina's analysis of the global context we are
currently facing and the form in which capital is appropriating
territories. What developments have led to this unprecedented
level of land grabbing, land concentration and eviction of people from their territories? To which actors do we refer when we speak of "capital"? What is the political
framework that favours these processes on a global level? What are the consequences for the food and agricultural system? And how is that reflected in our territories?
La Via Campesina's concept of integral and popular agrarian reform, developed in this context, will be presented in Chapter 4.
How has the concept been modified
from a vision of land distribution to a territorial vision? What were
the most important milestones? Beginning with the question "How, in
today's world, can we achieve a change in the paradigm
towards Food Sovereignty and agrarian reform?" we will present, in
chapter 5, the strategies of La Via Campesina, which include direct
actions and bottom up praxis, alternative communications and research,
and political intervention on a national and international
level.
While the analysis
focuses more on global processes, the interviews held with leaders of La
Via Campesina's member organisations from different continents and
regions show the
multidimensional
mechanisms which specifically affect territories. They also reflect the
way in which the diversity of cosmovisions in territories which are so
historically, culturally,
politically and economically diverse (which can also be seen in their
terminology) has enriched and extended La Via Campesina's construction
of visions.
Because the aim of the
publication is to summarise these aspects as a whole from the
perspective of La Via Campesina's organisations, it is not possible to
enter into each issue in depth. Therefore, at the end
of each chapter we provide suggestions for further reading, which will
be a useful starting point for acquiring more in depth knowledge of the
issues discussed here.
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