La Via Campesina
Organization name
La Via Campesina
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Network
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Current focus/area
Agroecology Seeds Climate justice Environmental protection Migrant rights Workers' rights Food Sovereignty Land use Water Territorial management Environmental rights Peasants' rights Indigenous rights Youth Women
Description/notes
La Via Campesina is an international grassroots movement that defends small-scale sustainable agriculture as a way to promote social justice and dignity. It brings together millions of peasants, small and medium size farmers, women farmers, landless people, indigenous peoples, migrants and agricultural workers, and youth from around the world.
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Compendium source
Signatory of the Peoples’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival