Sélingué, 25 February - Silvia Ribeiro was charged with communicating the conclusions of the first day of work of the multi-sectoral group which discussed the theme of Local Knowledge and Technology. Ribeiro began by saying that herdspeople and representatives of indigenous communities had not been well represented in the group, but that the number of peasant participants from all over the world had been high.
Summarizing the discussion within the group, Ribeiro said: "What we saw during (...)
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In search of autonomy and food sovereignty
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Making progress with the creation of alliances and a common strategy for food sovereignty
27 February 2007, by maitreuwebThe Forum for Food Sovereignty, which is currently taking place in Selingue (Mali), is making progress on the tasks it has set itself. More than 500 delegates from 98 countries, especially invited for the forum, have come together over the past few days to meet in seven thematic groups. Their objective was to debate and establish strategies in relation to food sovereignty, as well as what we must fight for, what we must fight against and what action we can take. Based on the results of (...)
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The struggle of US agricultural workers has come to the World Forum for Food Sovereignty
28 February 2007, by maitreuwebImmigrant workers represent a major part of the workforce in the United States and, although there are no exact figures, it is presumed that 80% of workers involved in agricultural production are not natives of that country. As a result, the agricultural sector is different from other sectors, with insecurity blighting the lives of its workers, often making unionization difficult for them.
"Two things make it difficult for them to organize themselves: one is the fact that the workers (...) -
One more step forward in the struggle for food sovereignty
28 February 2007, by maitreuwebThe Forum for Food Sovereignty is coming to a close. After five days of intense debate and meetings in the countryside at Selingue (Mali), peasants, fisherfolk, women, herdspeople, consumers, etc. have approved a final declaration in which they present a series of specific demands in the struggle for food sovereignty and the strategies for achieving it, and in which they condemn the imperialist and neo-liberal system which confronts them.
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Strengthening Maghreb’s Peasant Participation
28 February 2007, by maitreuwebSalim A. Bourras
No doubt Nyéléni 2007, the World Forum for Food Sovereignty, is the largest gathering of peasant movements in the beginning of this year. Focused on peasant issues linked to food sovereignty, this forum had a strong participation of peasant, social and citizen movements from around the world. However, by lacking representation, the countries of the Maghreb find themselves in a peculiar situation. It is true that the NGOs often incorporate peasant demands, but here it is (...) -
Women’s Declaration on Food Sovereignty
2 March 2007, by maitreuwebWe, women from more than 40 countries, from different indigenous peoples of Africa, the Americas, Europe, Asia and Oceania and from different sectors and social movements, have gathered together in Sélingué (Mali) at Nyéléni 2007 to participate in the creation of a new right: the right to food sovereignty. We reaffirm our will to act to change the capitalist and patriarchal world which puts the interests of the market before the rights of people.
Women, who throughout history have been the (...) -
Mali, a Country in Search of Food Sovereignty
3 March 2007, by maitreuwebAn organizer of the world meeting on the subject, in Africa, reports on the social movements challenge to oppose multinationals, and says that the continent’s utmost challenge is to build up public policies that respond to internal needs.
Africa is also peace and social organization. In an interview to the Brazilian newspaper Brasil de Fato, one of the Malian organizers of the World Forum for Food Sovereignty, Mamadou Goïta, who is a member of the Institute for Research and Promotion of (...) -
Mexico is a dangerously dependent country because of its lack of food sovereignty
13 March 2007, by maitreuwebIn Mexico, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with the United States and Canada has been in force since 1994. The brutal impact on Mexican agriculture and on farming communities has been cumulative over those 12 years. However, according to farming leader Alberto Gómez, currently “amendments in favour of multinationals have become more shameless. There are more and more opportunities for governments to give multinationals public money.”
It is stipulated that for 2008 agricultural (...) -
PLANTING SEEDS FOR MOTHER EARTH
20 March 2007, by maitreuwebWomen delegates from all continents at the World Forum on Food Sovereignty renewed heir commitment to self reliance in food and social justice
This open-air auditorium served as the venue for delegates from 98 countries o exchange their ideas and formulate their action plans to fight for food overeignty. Lamduan Serathong participated in one of the small forums of people from outheast and East Asia to analyse the problems that farmers are encountering nd what they (...) -
UNCONVENTIONAL GATHERING
20 March 2007, by maitreuwebThe Nyeleni 2007 Forum for Food Sovereignty in Mali was not your usual global conference of diplomats and policy makers; the six-day programme initiated by and for the underprivileged worldwide was marked by a spirit of international solidarity
In Mali, the fish are caught by small scale fishermen for consumption by people in their own areas. - Photos by SUPARA JANCHITFAH The economy of Dena Barry’s village is based on the raising and herding of livestock. (...)