Kenya’s seed sharing ruling a milestone for peasants’ rights and food security: UN experts
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Kenya’s seed sharing ruling a milestone for peasants’ rights and food security: UN experts

ByDefending Peasants' Rights

Image: https://static2.pelahatchienews.com/data/articles/xl-why-seed-sovereignty-is-vital-for-indigenous-peoples-1694443833.jpg Defending Peasants’ Rights hereby republishes the press release issued by the UN Working Group on Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas on 11 December 2025 (available here) GENEVA – UN experts* today welcomed a landmark ruling of the High Court of Kenya declaring unconstitutional provisions of the Seed and Plant Varieties…

UN Working Group on UNDROP Demands Urgent Action to Uphold Rights of Rural Women
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UN Working Group on UNDROP Demands Urgent Action to Uphold Rights of Rural Women

ByDefending Peasants' Rights

Image: https://www.rvasia.org/history/international-day-rural-women GENEVA – October 15, 2025 – On the International Day of Rural Women, the UN Working Group on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas issued an urgent call to action, demanding States and corporations end the systemic discrimination, violence, and economic exclusion faced by rural women worldwide. Despite…

Synergies and Complementarity between Agroecology and the UNDROP: The Example of Brazil
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Synergies and Complementarity between Agroecology and the UNDROP: The Example of Brazil

ByAntonio Inacio Andrioli - Profesor de la Universidad Federal de la Frontera Sur (Brasil)

Photo: MST (Brazil) This article draws on the example of Brazil to illustrate the synergies and complementarities between agroecology and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP). What do we actually mean by agroecology? In summary, one could say that agroecology is a life project:…

Challenges facing the Brazilian Peasantry: The UNDROP as a Tool for Struggle
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Challenges facing the Brazilian Peasantry: The UNDROP as a Tool for Struggle

ByLa Via Campesina Brasil, Terra de Direitos, CETIM

Contribution from La Via Campesina Brazil to the UN Working Group on the UNDROP La Via Campesina Brazil has submitted a written contribution in response to the call from the UN Working Group on peasants’ rights, outlining the main challenges faced by the Brazilian peasantry. Drafted collectively following a training session on the UNDROP for…