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...
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Current Paddy Rice Price Crisis: Wake-Up Call On a More Systemic Problem
BY SOPHEA CHREK“We, 164 families, have been faced with drought, insects and worms that are...
Read MoreWhy We Oppose the Principles for Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI)
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 MoreTHE TIME HAS COME FOR LA VIA CAMPESINA AND FOOD SOVEREIGNTY
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 MoreFOOD CRISIS SYMPTOM OF DUBIOUS LIBERALISATION
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 MorePHILIPPINES: SUPPLY CRUNCH ROCKS WEAK AGRICULTURE SECTOR
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 MorePRICE HIKES HIT THE POOR, EVEN IN 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 MoreFOOD CRISIS EXPOSES FAILINGS OF INDIA’S ECONOMIC REFORMS
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 MoreWhat does it take to get justice in the Philippines?
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 MoreTHERE IS HUNGER IN THE FOOD BASKET!
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 MoreChoose the Future, Not the Past:A Message to the G-20
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 MoreChallenging the Market Access Agenda – Case Study on Rice from Thailand
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...
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