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| Abbreviation | LVC |
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| Established | 1993 (Mons, Belgium) |
| Type | Social Movement, Smallholding and independent farmers advocacy |
| Focus | Peasant's rights, Farmer's rights, Food sovereignty |
| Headquarters | Bagnolet, France |
Area served | Worldwide |
Membership | 182 organisations, in 81 countries[1] |
General Coordinator | Morgan Ody |
Key people | Elizabeth Mpofu, Rajeev Patel, José Bové, Rafael Alegría, Guy Kastler, Saraiva Fernandes |
| Website | viacampesina.org |
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La Vía Campesina (from Spanish: la vía campesina, meaning the peasant way) is an international farmers organization founded in 1993 in Mons, Belgium, formed by 182 organisations in 81 countries,[1] and describing itself as "an international movement which coordinates peasant organizations of small and middle-scale producers, agricultural workers, rural women, and indigenous communities from Asia, Africa, America, and Europe".[2]
La Via Campesina advocates for family farm-based sustainable agriculture, and was the group that coined the term "food sovereignty".[2] La Vía Campesina carries out campaigns to defend farmer's right to seeds, to stop violence against women, for agrarian reform, and generally for the recognition of the rights of peasants.[3]
- ^ a b Members of La Via Campesina as of 2018
- ^ a b "Global Small-Scale Farmers' Movement Developing New Trade Regimes", Food First News & Views, Volume 28, Number 97 Spring/Summer 2005, p.2.
- ^ Borras Jr., Saturnino M. "La Vía Campesina and its Global Campaign for Agrarian Reform.." Journal of Agrarian Change 8, no. 2/3 (April 2008): 258-289.