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Le poulet : une nouvelle frontière du contrôle des multinationales en Afrique. Après les semences industrielles, les poussins hybrides de Bill Gates ménacent la biodiversité locale. Du développement ? Non, une mainmise sur le secteur. grain.org/e/7319 @fpigeaud.bsky.social @humundi.bsky.social
"Land, water, seeds, forests, and knowledge belong to the people who care for them—not to corporations, states, or algorithms." Read the full declaration from the 3rd Nyéléni Forum nyeleniglobalforum.org/2025/11/10/t...
The Kandy Declaration: A Collective Roadmap for Systemic Transformation
The Kandy Declaration calls on movements everywhere to act in unity, defend the commons, and transform global governance so that it serves people, not profit.
nyeleniglobalforum.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
"Land, water, seeds, forests, and knowledge belong to the people who care for them—not to corporations, states, or algorithms." Read the full declaration from the 3rd Nyéléni Forum nyeleniglobalforum.org/2025/11/10/t...
"L’agrobusiness exerce une forte emprise sur l’État brésilien, qu’il soit dirigé par la gauche ou la droite, sous Lula ou Bolsonaro. Il n’est donc pas surprenant que la COP de cette année s’annonce comme un immense exercice de verdissement de façade agro-industriel." viacampesina.org/fr/mst-lagro...
MST : l’agrobusiness prépare sa mainmise sur la COP climat au Brésil - Via Campesina
L’agrobusiness exerce une forte emprise sur l’État brésilien, qu’il soit dirigé par la gauche ou la droite, sous Lula ou Bolsonaro. Il n’est donc pas surprenant que la COP de cette année s’annonce com...
viacampesina.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"L’agrobusiness exerce une forte emprise sur l’État brésilien, qu’il soit dirigé par la gauche ou la droite, sous Lula ou Bolsonaro. Il n’est donc pas surprenant que la COP de cette année s’annonce comme un immense exercice de verdissement de façade agro-industriel." viacampesina.org/fr/mst-lagro...
Le gouvernement wallon fixe un cap : reconnaître la terre agricole comme un « bien commun stratégique ». farmlandgrab.org/33137 @viacampesinabe.bsky.social @nfucanada.bsky.social @confpaysanne.bsky.social
Face à la spéculation, la Wallonie veut sanctuariser ses terres agricoles
La note d’orientation présentée au gouvernement fixe un cap : reconnaître la terre agricole comme un « bien commun stratégique ».
farmlandgrab.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Le gouvernement wallon fixe un cap : reconnaître la terre agricole comme un « bien commun stratégique ». farmlandgrab.org/33137 @viacampesinabe.bsky.social @nfucanada.bsky.social @confpaysanne.bsky.social
¿Qué tienen en común las luchas de las comunidades y organizaciones campesinas en América Latina y Palestina? Biodiversidad, sustento y culturas #126 ofrece ejemplos concretos, desde las resistencias ante el agronegocio hasta las alternativas: grain.org/es/category/... @bdsmovement.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
¿Qué tienen en común las luchas de las comunidades y organizaciones campesinas en América Latina y Palestina? Biodiversidad, sustento y culturas #126 ofrece ejemplos concretos, desde las resistencias ante el agronegocio hasta las alternativas: grain.org/es/category/... @bdsmovement.bsky.social
Witoon Lianchamroon of BIOTHAI is facing defamation lawsuit filed by Thai agri giant, CPF over claims linking the company's aquaculture facility to the invasive fish outbreak. The case comes as Thailand awaits for new anti-SLAPP regulations news.mongabay.com/2025/11/thai...
Thai agri giant CPF sues activist over claims linking it to invasive fish outbreak
The secretary-general of a Thai agricultural watchdog is facing a lawsuit that observers say is part of corporate efforts to silence citizens who are calling for greater accountability over the outbre...
news.mongabay.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Witoon Lianchamroon of BIOTHAI is facing defamation lawsuit filed by Thai agri giant, CPF over claims linking the company's aquaculture facility to the invasive fish outbreak. The case comes as Thailand awaits for new anti-SLAPP regulations news.mongabay.com/2025/11/thai...
Le CICODEV demande la restauration de la loi sur la biosécurité, qui interdisait l’importation, le stockage, l’utilisation et la commercialisation des organismes génétiquement modifiés (OGM) au Sénégal.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Le CICODEV demande la restauration de la loi sur la biosécurité, qui interdisait l’importation, le stockage, l’utilisation et la commercialisation des organismes génétiquement modifiés (OGM) au Sénégal.
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El Estado colombiano reconoce el primer Territorio Campesino Agroalimentario. Incluye más de 6 mil hectáreas que benefician a 250 familias campesinas que han luchado por su tierra desde hace décadas www.colombiainforma.info/estado-colom...
Estado colombiano reconoce el primer Territorio Campesino Agroalimentario - Colombia Informa Campesinado
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November 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
El Estado colombiano reconoce el primer Territorio Campesino Agroalimentario. Incluye más de 6 mil hectáreas que benefician a 250 familias campesinas que han luchado por su tierra desde hace décadas www.colombiainforma.info/estado-colom...
"If food sovereignty means having local control over food systems, how can we do that if we're all in debt?" With the 2025 Nyéléni Forum in Sri Lanka as a backdrop, Raj Patel argues that debt is the central mechanism maintaining a neo-colonial food system. progressive.international/wire/2025-11...
Systems Change Now or Never - A note from the Third Nyéléni Global Forum
Raj Patel presents an analysis of how household and sovereign debt enforces a neo-colonial system of exploitation and how global social movements are organising for debt justice as the foundation for ...
progressive.international
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
"If food sovereignty means having local control over food systems, how can we do that if we're all in debt?" With the 2025 Nyéléni Forum in Sri Lanka as a backdrop, Raj Patel argues that debt is the central mechanism maintaining a neo-colonial food system. progressive.international/wire/2025-11...
The African Centre for Biodiversity celebrates a landmark win against the govt of South Africa for approving MON 87460, a GM maize produced by Monsanto/Bayer. The final ruling puts an end to "the rubber-stamping of GMO approvals" and upholds SA's biosafety law. acbio.org.za/gm-biosafety...
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The African Centre for Biodiversity celebrates a landmark win against the govt of South Africa for approving MON 87460, a GM maize produced by Monsanto/Bayer. The final ruling puts an end to "the rubber-stamping of GMO approvals" and upholds SA's biosafety law. acbio.org.za/gm-biosafety...
En Portugal, cultivos campesinos tradicionales y sostenibles están siendo desplazados por plantaciones intensivas de olivos irrigadas por una megapresa. Quién más se beneficia son inversores españoles, mientras los daños sociales y ambientales se agudizan www.elsaltodiario.com/portugal/gan...
Ganancias corporativas, pérdidas ambientales: el mayor lago artificial de Europa impulsa olivos intensivos
Una enorme presa construida con fondos públicos en el sureste de Portugal prometió desarrollar una de las regiones más áridas y empobrecidas de Europa. Sin embargo, la agricultura industrial de olivos...
www.elsaltodiario.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
En Portugal, cultivos campesinos tradicionales y sostenibles están siendo desplazados por plantaciones intensivas de olivos irrigadas por una megapresa. Quién más se beneficia son inversores españoles, mientras los daños sociales y ambientales se agudizan www.elsaltodiario.com/portugal/gan...
Kenya has banned imports of milk powder, supposedly to protect the 'local' dairy industry. It also plans to waive taxes on animal feed and ban street hawking of milk. Who really stands to benefit? Powerful interests, including Danone. www.facebook.com/share/p/17V1... @margteixeira.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Kenya has banned imports of milk powder, supposedly to protect the 'local' dairy industry. It also plans to waive taxes on animal feed and ban street hawking of milk. Who really stands to benefit? Powerful interests, including Danone. www.facebook.com/share/p/17V1... @margteixeira.bsky.social
Indigenous, peasant, and Afro-descendant women of Latin America are calling on organizations and social movements around the world to sign to this declaration rejecting carbon market projects in their territories. wrm.us9.list-manage.com/track/click...
November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Indigenous, peasant, and Afro-descendant women of Latin America are calling on organizations and social movements around the world to sign to this declaration rejecting carbon market projects in their territories. wrm.us9.list-manage.com/track/click...
COP30’s Agri Zone, sponsored by Bill Gates, will be a major venue for agro-greenwashing next week. Delegates will be dazzled by Nestlé, Bayer, Yara and even Netafim, accused of involvement in Israel’s genocide economy www.brasildefato.com.br/2025/11/03/a... @bdsmovement.bsky.social @desmog.com
Agribusiness gets its turn to co-opt the climate COP in Brazil
Agribusiness has chainsawed its way over the past few decades to make Brazil the leading exporter of meats and animal
www.brasildefato.com.br
November 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
COP30’s Agri Zone, sponsored by Bill Gates, will be a major venue for agro-greenwashing next week. Delegates will be dazzled by Nestlé, Bayer, Yara and even Netafim, accused of involvement in Israel’s genocide economy www.brasildefato.com.br/2025/11/03/a... @bdsmovement.bsky.social @desmog.com
African Centre for Biodiversity and MELCA-Ethiopia, convened a two-day workshop in Addis Ababa to reaffirms a strong call for the protection of centres of origin and diversity crops from the onslaught of genetic engineering in Africa. Read the declaration 👉🏽 acbio.org.za/gm-biosafety...
November 4, 2025 at 10:20 AM
African Centre for Biodiversity and MELCA-Ethiopia, convened a two-day workshop in Addis Ababa to reaffirms a strong call for the protection of centres of origin and diversity crops from the onslaught of genetic engineering in Africa. Read the declaration 👉🏽 acbio.org.za/gm-biosafety...
Los movimientos citan 80 ejemplos de proyectos de captura de carbono en 2 millones de ha en América Latina y Caribe. Son plantaciones de árboles, ganadería extensiva y monocultivos que provocarán más acaparamiento de tierras y la destrucción de los sistemas alimentarios locales. grain.org/e/7320
November 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Los movimientos citan 80 ejemplos de proyectos de captura de carbono en 2 millones de ha en América Latina y Caribe. Son plantaciones de árboles, ganadería extensiva y monocultivos que provocarán más acaparamiento de tierras y la destrucción de los sistemas alimentarios locales. grain.org/e/7320
Carbon markets are a false solution. Read the statement by 55 Latin American and Caribbean movements and groups, denouncing 80+ examples of land deals used to produce carbon credits, fuelling land grabs and the destruction of local food systems. grain.org/e/7322 @mst.org.br @gfc-forest.bsky.social
Latin American and Caribbean social organisations denounce carbon markets ahead of COP30
The groups say carbon markets are part of a larger carbon colonialism in which war is one of the main contemporary factors deepening the climate, ecological and social crises.
grain.org
November 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Carbon markets are a false solution. Read the statement by 55 Latin American and Caribbean movements and groups, denouncing 80+ examples of land deals used to produce carbon credits, fuelling land grabs and the destruction of local food systems. grain.org/e/7322 @mst.org.br @gfc-forest.bsky.social
Exploitation sexuelle, expulsions et pollution autour des plantations de Socfin/Bolloré : rapport accablant de la Coalition 🇨🇭 pour des multintionales responsables
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October 31, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Exploitation sexuelle, expulsions et pollution autour des plantations de Socfin/Bolloré : rapport accablant de la Coalition 🇨🇭 pour des multintionales responsables
responsabilite-multinationales.ch/etudes-de-ca... @fpigeaud.bsky.social @lessoulevements.bsky.social @obsmultinationales.bsky.social
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Diputados en Argentina buscan aprobar una ley que permite fumigar con agrotóxicos a solo 10 metros de viviendas y escuelas. kaosenlared.net/argentina-el...
Argentina. El veneno como estrategia de poder
Con la excusa de las buenas prácticas, Diputados y el agronegocio están elaborando una ley que prevé una distancia de 10 metros para fumigaciones terrestres y 45 para aéreas. Los mismos que obtienen l...
kaosenlared.net
October 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Diputados en Argentina buscan aprobar una ley que permite fumigar con agrotóxicos a solo 10 metros de viviendas y escuelas. kaosenlared.net/argentina-el...
The EU is currently negotiating new rules for the seed market. Groups are calling on EU decision makers to not succumb to the industry's pressure, but to protect and promote crops diversity and farmers’ right to harvest, use, exchange and sell their seed!
👉🏽mitmachen.arche-noah.at/en/raise-our...
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Raise our forks for diversity!
We are at crossroads for the future of our food: the EU is currently negotiating new rules for the seed market. The current rules, introduced in the 1960s, promote seeds that were developed for indust...
mitmachen.arche-noah.at
October 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The EU is currently negotiating new rules for the seed market. Groups are calling on EU decision makers to not succumb to the industry's pressure, but to protect and promote crops diversity and farmers’ right to harvest, use, exchange and sell their seed!
👉🏽mitmachen.arche-noah.at/en/raise-our...
👉🏽mitmachen.arche-noah.at/en/raise-our...
Over 70 groups tell Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil to stop endangering communities in Liberia and reinstate a stop-work order on its member GVL: foe.org/news/civil-s... @milieudefensie.bsky.social @foeus.bsky.social
Civil society organizations urge palm oil body to maintain moratorium on Golden Veroleum Liberia to protect invaluable forests and communities
71 civil society organizations sent a public letter to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) ahead of its annual meeting.
foe.org
October 30, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Over 70 groups tell Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil to stop endangering communities in Liberia and reinstate a stop-work order on its member GVL: foe.org/news/civil-s... @milieudefensie.bsky.social @foeus.bsky.social
⚠️ In Sudan, the UAE-backed RSF are committing a genocide that is every day more atrocious. This brutal war over resources & power, in which both parties have killed 150,000 people, needs to urgently stop. More: www.facebook.com/share/p/1ANS... @sdnsolidarity.bsky.social @sudanmutualaid.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
⚠️ In Sudan, the UAE-backed RSF are committing a genocide that is every day more atrocious. This brutal war over resources & power, in which both parties have killed 150,000 people, needs to urgently stop. More: www.facebook.com/share/p/1ANS... @sdnsolidarity.bsky.social @sudanmutualaid.bsky.social
UAE agribusiness giant Al Dahra sells back to the govt of Serbia farmland it bought for a pittance in 2018 at 13 times the value today. Shocking but not unusual, Radar reports: farmlandgrab.org/33113
October 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
UAE agribusiness giant Al Dahra sells back to the govt of Serbia farmland it bought for a pittance in 2018 at 13 times the value today. Shocking but not unusual, Radar reports: farmlandgrab.org/33113
Desmog cut through the "big ag" greenwashing we can expect at COP30:
www.desmog.com/2025/10/26/b... @desmog.com @hazelhealy.bsky.social @iatp.bsky.social
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October 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Desmog cut through the "big ag" greenwashing we can expect at COP30:
www.desmog.com/2025/10/26/b... @desmog.com @hazelhealy.bsky.social @iatp.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/10/26/b... @desmog.com @hazelhealy.bsky.social @iatp.bsky.social
Saudi Arabia is rolling out a new procurement model to import wheat that Saudi companies grow on Saudi-owned farmland in the Black Sea region, Australia and Brazil. millingmea.com/saudi-arabia...
Saudi Arabia’s GFSA purchases 500,000T of wheat from Saudi investors abroad - Milling Middle East & Africa Magazine - No.1 Grains Industry Magazine & Website for Africa & the Middle East
These investor-linked channels are designed to complement the country’s traditional international wheat tenders
millingmea.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Saudi Arabia is rolling out a new procurement model to import wheat that Saudi companies grow on Saudi-owned farmland in the Black Sea region, Australia and Brazil. millingmea.com/saudi-arabia...