2012 Special Broadcasts / 5th National Seeds Festival MPA-Brazil
Peasants member of the Small Farmers Movement of Brazil (MPA) are organizing their 5th National Seeds Festival in Santa Catarina State, in the context of the campaign titled “Seeds: heritage of the peoples at the service of Humankind”. The festival aims to develop a Peasant Plan as part of the Brazilian Peoples’ Project. Thousands of farmers from Argentina, Paraguay and several Brazilian states will participate in the activities. Real World Radio will cover the event from Achieta city, including testimonies and discussions held at the Festival.
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3 May 2012 | Interviews | 5th National Seeds Festival MPA-Brazil | Peoples’ Summit in Rio+20
The ’X’ Files
Brazilian Billionaire Eike Batista (Mr. X) Evicts Communities to Build Giant Port
Threats, deceit, pressure and property speculation are the foundations on which one of the country's wealthiest men, Eike Batista, will build the megaproject Puerto do Acu. Read more
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30 April 2012 | Interviews | 5th National Seeds Festival MPA-Brazil
See to Believe
Interview with Rosiéle Chistriane Lüdtke (MPA-Vía Campesina)
The Training Center of the Small Farmers Movement of Brazil (Via Campesina) - located in Rio Grande do Sul- represents a stronghold of political and productive struggle against tobacco transnational corporations that subdue peasant families. Read more
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25 April 2012 | Chronicles | 5th National Seeds Festival MPA-Brazil
Seeds in the Crosshairs
Interview with Daniela Nerling: Native seeds and their vital importance
Agronomist Daniela Nerling explains the social tissue that the Small Farmers Movement of Brazil (MPA) has been able to build around its seed improvement plant (called UBS) in Santa Catarina state. Read more
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23 April 2012 | Interviews | 5th National Seeds Festival MPA-Brazil
It is possible to produce by confronting agribusiness
What does the Small Farmers Movement’s Peasant Plan mean? Interview with Raul Krauser
The Brazilian peasants have always been part of someone else's strategy, from industrial capital to agribusiness. The Peasant Plan is an attempt to create their own strategy to contribute to Brazil's structural changes. Read more
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23 April 2012 | News | 5th National Seeds Festival MPA-Brazil
Lethal Blow
Brazil: MPA denounces future approval of 2,4-D-resistant GMOs
The Small Farmers Movement of Brazil (MPA, member of La Via Campesina), denounced in a massive capacity-building seminar that is taking place in Santa Catarina State, what they are considering a lethal blow to the health of farmers, urban citizens and the environment: the future approval of the cultivation of GM soy and corn resistant to the powerful herbicide 2,4-D. Read more
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23 April 2012 | Interviews | 5th National Seeds Festival MPA-Brazil
Endangered State; Unethical Market
Interview with Sebastián Piñeiro, researcher of the social movements in Brazil
65 year-old agronomist and forest engineer Sebastian Piñeiro aims to identify the latest capital trends to “invert the direction of world domination”. Read more
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20 April 2012 | Interviews | 5th National Seeds Festival MPA-Brazil
Popular Consultation: Stagnated Law
Interview with Jose Leonardo Reyes of the Peasant Confederation of Peru-Via Campesina
The internationally recognized right to consult the communities that will be affected by megaprojects before grating licenses has not yet become a law in Peru. Read more
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19 April 2012 | Interviews | 5th National Seeds Festival MPA-Brazil
Alliance Against Power
Marcelo Leal (MPA) and the process of peasant movements against agribusiness in Brazil
The dialogue between peasant movements in Brazil, facilitated by La Via Campesina, has strengthened since late 2011 around the resistance against agribusiness, which is considered to be a “power alliance” that includes large estate owners, transnational corporations, political sectors and media. Read more
