Agrarian Conflict in Langkat, North Sumatera, Indonesia: Police & Military Exterminate Peasant’s Land For the Sake of Foreign Company
LANGKAT–Violence against farmers continues here. Hundreds of hectares of peasants' land...
Read MorePosted by cvmilitante | Nov 23, 2016 | Mekong Region, The Commons
LANGKAT–Violence against farmers continues here. Hundreds of hectares of peasants' land...
Read MorePosted by cvmilitante | Oct 26, 2016 | Mekong Region, Trade and Investment
BY SOPHEA CHREK“We, 164 families, have been faced with drought, insects and worms that are...
Read MorePosted by admin | Oct 13, 2010 | The Commons
Link to pdf files at the end of this documentTHE GLOBAL CAMPAIGN FOR AGRARIAN REFORM LAND RESEARCH ACTION NETWORK FIAN International * Focus on the Global South * La Via Campesina Social Network for Justice and Human Rights...
Read MorePosted by admin | May 29, 2008 | Food Sovereignty and Agroecology
Peter Rosset* Around the world it seems more and more that the time has come for La Via Campesina (http://www.viacampesina.org). The global alliance of peasant and family farm organizations has spent the past decade...
Read MorePosted by admin | May 29, 2008 | Food Sovereignty and Agroecology
Aileen Kwa* GENEVA, May 12 (IPS) – The high food prices that have sparked riots in many parts of the developing world — from Indonesia, India and Bangladesh to Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire and Haiti —...
Read MorePosted by admin | May 29, 2008 | Food Sovereignty and Agroecology
Mary Ann Manahan* In various parts of the country, poor Filipinos are lining up for rice, sending out signals that a rice crisis is unfolding in the country. They line up specifically for the subsidized rice sold by the...
Read MorePosted by admin | May 29, 2008 | Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Mekong Region, Thailand
by Jacques-chai Chomthongdi* When it comes to rice Thailand sees itself as a major player in the world. Nine to ten million metric tons of milled rice leaves Thai ports each year, accounting for almost 30 per cent of the...
Read MorePosted by admin | May 29, 2008 | Food Sovereignty and Agroecology
Afsar Jafri* The recent escalation in food prices is the latest calamity to hit the poor and marginalised communities in India. The price of food and other essentials has been rising for the last 12 weeks and the current...
Read MorePosted by admin | Nov 13, 2007 | Food Sovereignty and Agroecology
What does it take to get justice in the Philippines?: The Struggle for Land, Life, and Rights of Filipino Farmers By: Sumilao Solidarity Group* TEN YEARS AGO, on October 9, 1997, the Mapadayunong Panaghiusa sa mga Lumad Alang sa...
Read MorePosted by admin | Nov 21, 2004 | Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, The Commons
Groups in Mindanao are mobilising against neoliberal policies(Davao City, November 18, 2004) A two-day civil society meeting concludes on the importance of trade policies in solving the issue of hunger and poverty in...
Read MorePosted by admin | Jul 27, 2004 | Trade and Investment
The emergence of the Group of 20 (G-20)[1] as a vocal force at the WTO offers one more opportunity to redress the obvious inequities in the current international trade regime. Not surprisingly, since the inception of the...
Read MorePosted by admin | Jun 7, 2004 | Mekong Region, Thailand, Trade and Investment
By Jacques-chai Chomthongdi* Thailand is known as one of the top food exporters in the world, particularly in rice. But a study on Thailand shows that while its rice exports are increasing, farmers do not benefit from...
Read MorePosted by admin | Feb 19, 2003 | Trade and Investment
By Aileen Kwa Developing countries must reject Harbinson textWTO’s Agriculture Committee Chair Stuart Harbinson has released his first draft modalities paper on agriculture, ahead of this weekend’s mini-ministerial meeting...
Read MorePosted by admin | Oct 22, 2002 | Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Trade and Investment
By Aileen Kwa Indonesia has declined to sign on to a Cairns Group position paper (6 September) on market access in agriculture that calls for drastic tariff cuts.The Cairns Group, led by Australia, comprises 18 exporting...
Read MorePosted by admin | Jan 27, 1999 | Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Trade and Investment
By Aileen Kwa 1. Towards the 1999 Review2. How the AoA Instituted Unfair Competition: Market Access; Domestic Support; Export Subsidy; Due Restraint Provision; Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures3. Negotiating for...
Read MorePosted by admin | Jun 27, 1998 | Trade and Investment
By Walden Bello The final declaration of the Second Ministerial of the World Trade Organization affirmed the intention of the member states to review the various agreements of the Uruguay Round, including that of agriculture....
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