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2009-01-27
SURPRISE ENDING IN MADRID!
NO CONSENSUS ON A G-8 DRIVEN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HUNGER...FOR NOW |
Madrid-SurpriseEnding.doc
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2009-01-26
CSO Statement at the Madrid High-level Meeting on the Food Crisis
Statement issued by IPC organisations IPC and others at the occasion of the Madrid High-levelmeeting on Food Security for All. |
Statement Madrid meeting-EN.pdf
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2008-10-12
FAO : la “réforme” veux fondamentalement modifier le mandat et la nature de cette institution des Nations Unies. Qui y gagne ? - The reform of FAO seeks to fundamentally modify the mandate and nature of this United Nations institution. Who will gain fro
The reform of FAO seeks to fundamentally modify the mandate and nature of this United Nations institution. The real question is: who will gain from this?
FAO : la “réforme” veux fondamentalement modifier le mandat et la nature de cette institution des Nations Unies. Qui doit y gagner ? |
Réforme de la FAO : appel du CIP
FAO Reform: IPC call
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2008-10-11
Civil society preparatory workshop for FAO’s Global Conference on Small-scale Fisheries
These days is taking place in Bangkok the preparatory workshop to the FAO Global Conference on Small-scale Fisheries in Bangkok (13-17 October 2008). Information about the conference is available at www.4ssf.org.
The workshop has been organised by WFFP, SDF, FSF, ICSF and IPC. Attached is the programme and we invite you to please visit the webpage http://sites.google.com/site/smallscalefisheries/Home for further details. You will find there a daily newsletter as well. The seminar started this morning with the participation of around 100 people from more than 35 countries representing small-scale and artisanal fishworker organizations, indigenous peoples, women's organizations in fisheries and NGOs. |
Programme preparatory workshop to 4SSF
Programme séminaire préparatoire à 4SSF
Programa seminario de preparacion de 4SSF
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2008-06-04
TERRA PRETA FORUM Rome, May 31 - June 4, 2008
FAO organized a High-Level Conference on World Food Security and the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy, 3-5 June 2008 in Rome (see www.fao.org/foodclimate/conference.html) and the organizations and social movements representing small-scale food producers were there to articulate their positions and proposals. Peasant-based, low-input agriculture, herding/pastoralism and artisanal fisheries provided key solutions for reducing climate gases because they use very limited amounts of fossil fuels while sustaining livelihoods.
In order to facilitate the development of joint analysis and actions among an alliance of social organisations of food producers, environmentalists, consumers, etc. the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty organised a forum parallel to the FAO conference. |
Final declaration - EN
Declaracion final - ES
Déclaration finale - FR
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2008-03-31
Call to participate in the social movements/civil society Forum on Climate Change, Agrofuels and Food Sovereignty
We cannot leave solutions to the climate crisis to the governments and the transnational corporations!
We, social movements and other organizations from civil society have to mobilize
to play a key role in cooling down the planet! |
FAO will organize a High-Level Conference on World Food Security and the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy, 3-5 June 2008 in Rome (see www.fao.org/foodclimate/conference.html) and it is very important that the organizations and social movements representing small-scale food producers are there to articulate their positions and proposals. Peasant-based, low-input agriculture, herding/pastoralism and artisanal fisheries provide key solutions for reducing climate gases because they use very limited amounts of fossil fuels while sustaining livelihoods.
In order to facilitate the development of joint analysis and actions among an alliance of social organisations of food producers, environmentalists, consumers, etc. the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty is organising a forum parallel to the FAO conference (from more information about the organisers, see below).
CALL Forum parallel to the High-Level Conference
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Terra Preta: Forum on the Food Crisis, Climate Change, Agrofuels and Food Sovereignty
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND CIVIL SOCIETY MAKE THE DIFFERENCE!
WE ARE THE DIFFERENCE!
1 - 4 June, 2008
Città dell’Altra Economia ( ex mattatoio ), Rome
Now is the Time for Food Sovereignty
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Platform for Collective Action Forum Terra Preta, Rome June 4, 2008
The serious and urgent food and climate crises are being used by political and economic elites as opportunities to entrench corporate control of world agriculture and the ecological commons.
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What is Food Sovereignty ?
Food Sovereignty
is the RIGHT of peoples, communities, and
countries to define their own agricultural, labour, fishing,
food and land policies which are ecologically, socially,
economically and culturally appropriate to their unique
circumstances. It includes the true right to food and to
produce food, which means that all people have the right
to safe, nutritious and culturally appropriate food and
to food-producing resources and the ability to sustain themselves
and their societies.
What
is IPC ?
The IPC is a global network of Civil Society Organisations
(CSOs) and Social Movements concerned with food sovereignty
issues and programs. It includes social organizations representing
small-scale farmers, fisher folk, indigenous peoples, pastoralists,
agricultural workers’ trade unions; sub-regional/regional
CSOs which act as regional focal points; CSOs and networks
with particular expertise in lobbying and advocacy which
act as thematic focal points.
The IPC serves
as a facilitation mechanism for the dialogue between Social
movements/CSOs and the UN agencies dealing with food and
agriculture. In particular, the IPC facilitated the participation
of CSOs to the World Food Summit, the World Food Summit:
five years later and the International Conference on Agrarian
Reform and Rural Development. |
