On Sicogon Island in the Philippines, farmers and fisher folk were displaced from their land and fisher folk were displaced from their land and livelihoods after the Typhoon Yolanda. Opportunistic land grabbing after a climate disaster is yet another example in which those least responsible for climate change suffer its gravest consequences. Super typhoon Yolanda/Haiyan … Read moreAdvancing justice after climate disaster in the Philippines

Taken together, agroecology and food sovereignty represent an alternative paradigm to Climate-smart Agriculture and conventional development. This article focuses on the more transformative elements of agroecology and food sovereignty to clearly identify overlaps and divergences with Climate-smart Agriculture and highlight its incompatibilities with conventional development. Five years ago agroecology was barely recognised within official circles, but today … Read morePerspectives: Agroecology as an alternative vision to Climate-smart Agriculture

Shalmali Guttal is the executive director at Focus on the Global South. She researches, writes and advocates for ecological and social justice in Asia. In this interview, Shalmali explains how the economic growth-obsessed model of development is worsening the climate crisis, particularly for small scale food producers. She highlights that, for advancing justice, the most … Read moreInterview with Shalmali Guttal: “Small scale food producers are at the frontline”

Social movements in the Haitian countryside are dealing with the politicised challenge of climate change through methods that reach back to a rich agrarian tradition and weave in contemporary grassroots solutions. Deep in the Central Plateau, the Peasant Movement of Papaye (MPP) is leading the way towards a new Haiti centred on food sovereignty and … Read moreMovement building at the heart of Haitian peasants’ response to climate change

As temperatures rise across the globe, meat and dairy have been found to be a major culprit. Still, the industrial meat industry actively facilitates the growth in consumption rates. We can only solve the climate crisis if we take meaningful steps towards agroecology and food sovereignty. Our global food system is one of the biggest drivers of … Read moreAbout climate, meat & markets: high time to move towards agroecology and  food sovereignty

Wendy Bowman is an 83 year old farmer determined to keep farming and to protect the community’s health, land and water from encroaching coal mines. My name is Wendy Bowman. I farm in Camberwell, a small village in NSW, Australia, surrounded on three sides by coal mines. In 2010, Chinese-owned Yancoal proposed to extend an existing open … Read moreFarmers in focus: Surrounded by coal mines

Istanbul, like many other cities, is under heavy pressure from urban development projects. In the face of this threat, the DÜRTÜK collective supports small scale farmers in and around Istanbul by organising reliable demand for the produce from urban gardens, and by building a supportive community around them. This initiative not only provides urban residents … Read moreFood versus the big city of Istanbul

While much of the production of food in Europe depends on migrant workers, most people are not aware of the terrible working and living conditions that most of them have to endure. At the same time, the plight of small scale producers who must deal with the low prices imposed by large retailers, also goes … Read moreHuman-centered agriculture fighting exploitation and racism

Ramona Duminicioiu is a member of Eco Ruralis, a peasant association in Romania. In this interview, Ramona explains why the food sovereignty movement is not only about food, and why defending the peasant way of life is in the interest of society as a whole. What is the Nyéléni movement? Nyéléni is the name of … Read moreInterview with Ramona Duminicioiu: “Food sovereignty is about peasants’ rights”

The Korean Women’s Peasant Association (KWPA) is a leader in South Korea’s food sovereignty movement. Founded in 1989, it is an association that encompasses hundreds of local women farmers’ groups. Intergenerational exchange of knowledge and experiences among women is at the heart of their work. Through this exchange, a new generation of peasant women are … Read moreFood sovereignty: taking root in women’s knowledge