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2009 Special Broadcasts / People’s Food Sovereignty Now!

Civil Society Forum parallel to the World Food Summit on Food Sovereignty

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  • 24 November 2009 | |

    Paving the way

    Interview with Martha Robbins of La Via Campesina Canada and the struggle for food sovereignty to come

    The National Farmers Union of Canada, a member of La Via Campesina, participated in the Forum: Peoples Sovereignty Now!, held in parallel to the FAO's Summit in Rome, last week. Read more

  • 20 November 2009 | |

    A Model that Works

    Andrea Ferrante, head of AIAB, on the food alternative they propose

    Food producers, peasants, small farmers, fisherfolks, pastoralists, native peoples, women and youth organizations were present in the Civil Society forum parallel to the World Summit on Food Security of the FAO which came to an end this week in Rome. Andrea Ferrante, head of the Italian Association for Biological Agriculture (AIAB), a group member of La Via Campesina, was interviewed by Real World Radio. Read more

  • 20 November 2009 | |

    The Fox in the Henhouse

    Paul Nicholson discusses the role of social movements against transnational corporations and the World Bank.

    “It was a good forum”, was Paul Nicholson´s answer –member of agricultural union EHNE from the Basque Country, and spokesperson in Europe for La Via Campesina – to Real World Radio when he was asked about the Peoples´ Food Sovereignty Now! Forum. This forum was held from November 14th -17th in Rome, parallel to the World Summit on Food Security of the FAO. Read more

  • 18 November 2009 | |

    A view of Rome

    Testimonies from the Peoples´ Food Sovereignty Forum at the Italian capital city

    Real World Radio shares a video produced by the press team of Peoples´ Food Sovereignty Now! of the mobilization of peasants, indigenous peoples, and activists for food sovereignty from all parts of the world outside the building of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN in Rome. Watch video

  • 18 November 2009 | |

    It´s All About Action

    Interview with Olegario Carrillo Mesa, from Unorca Mexico, and the social movement´s proposals of a new agriculture model

    The main struggle of the National Union of Regional Peasant Autonomous Organizations of Mexico (UNORCA) is to recover the peasant and rural network of a country whose countryside has been devastated by agribusiness and trade agreements. Read more

  • 18 November 2009 | |

    We are feeding the World

    Interviews in the People’s Food Sovereignty Forum

    Real World Radio shares a short video on the Civil Society's parallel Forum to the FAO summit in Rome as part of our coverage of this event. The video features an interview with Andrea Ferrante, of AIAB-La Via Campesina, and the public statement of FAO's Director General, Jacques Diouf. Watch video

  • 17 November 2009 | |

    Building Community Power

    Germán Bedoya talks about the Forum ’Peoples Sovereignty Now!’

    German Bedoya, member of the National Agrarian Coordination of Colombia and member of the CLOC – Via Campesina told Real World Radio that seed conservation, the agrarian reform, taking care of the territories and building power alternatives are part of the struggle for food sovereignty. Read more

  • 17 November 2009 | |

    The tree of science

    Interview with Angel Strappazzon, from MOCASE and Via Campesina delegate for Latin America in the Forum Peoples Sovereignty Now!

    One of the leaders of the Argentinean peasant movement assesses the FAO's summit in Rome, the current role of social movements in this global debate and the agreement reached with the Argentinean government that would imply the return of 500,000 families to the countryside. Read more

  • 17 November 2009 | |

    Cesar’s thumb

    The global food crisis can be solved through peasant agriculture, instead of the G8

    The Italian capital is the setting of a debate around the life of all the humanity, although the media makes a division between the official representatives participating in the United Nations Food Summit and those participating in the Forum Peoples' Sovereignty Now! Read more

  • 17 November 2009 | |

    The time is now

    Sofía Monsalve talks about the main themes of the People’s Food Sovereignty Forum.

    Who decides on the food policies? Who controls the resources? Who has access to food? These are some of the questions that the hundreds of delegates from social movements and organizations have been discussing for several days in Rome as part of the Forum: Peoples Food Sovereignty Now! Read more

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