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The articles in this dossier were written in the run up to the MC12. They present analyses by Focus on the Global South, social movements and civil Society Organisations on the issues at stake at MC 12, deep flaws in WTO agreements and why developing countries need to walk away from the WTO. The out …
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The World Trade Organisation (WTO) will host its 12th Ministerial Conference (MC) from 12-15 June 2022 in the looming shadow of the pandemic and the Ukraine war. Key issues at Geneva include the proposed waiver of patents to ensure access to COVID vaccines and therapeutics, agriculture, fisheries an …
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Author: D Raghunandan One of the saddest episodes of the COVID catastrophe in India was that of hundreds of thousands of migrant workers who found themselves stranded, abandoned, and compelled to make their way back to their villages after an ill planned national lockdown. Once the lockdown was lift …
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Focus on the Global South is officially launching Development in the Bangsamoro: Whose Agenda and Interests?, a miniseries of think pieces and articles that aim to examine critical economic development issues in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in the Philippines and to re …
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Small-scale fishers: Struggles and mobilisations Illustration by Cara Penton, @CaraPenton The United Nations has declared 2022 as the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA 2022) to highlight the importance of artisanal fishing and aquaculture. Over the past ten years, and …
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On June 10, 2021 over 260 participants from 112 organizations, 11 schools, 4 local government units, and the media participated in an Indigenous Peoples Town Hall-style discussion. Organized under the banner of 1Sambubungan, the initiative brought together a total of 18 indigenous tribes from Luzon, …
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Isang praymer tungkol sa Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement na tinaguriang pinaka-malaking kasunduan sa buong daigdig para sa malayang kalakalan. Alamin ang saklaw ng kasunduan at mga obligasyon ng mga bansang kapartido dito. Ano ang basehan ng lumalawak na oposisyon laban sa kas …
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Author: Shwetha Govindan Food and agriculture play an important role for the BRICS nations given their combined prowess in agricultural output and trade. The countries also house a large agrarian community with several peasants, fisherfolk, workers and indigenous peoples dependent on agriculture for …
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Editorial Introducing the message of pastoralist communities, a voice from the land Illustration by Fernando Garcia Dory, European Shepard Network / WAMIP More than half of the Earth’s surface is made up of grasslands and rangelands. For thousands of years pastoralist communities have domesticated a …
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Research and Writing: Kirtana Chandrasekaran, Shalmali Guttal, Madhuresh Kumar, Laura Langner, and Mary Ann Manahan This briefing paper exposes the rising threat of Multistakeholder Institutions (MSIs) and increasing corporate influence over the governance of food systems via the United Nations Food …
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