Notes on Land and Peasantry
The environmental dimension of the peasantry: a constitutional remedy against the boomerang of climate maladaptation
However, with the recognition of the environmental dimension of the peasantry, Colombian constitutionalism offers the world a formula for integrating peasant rights into conservation policies.
Read MoreGreen Grabbing in the Galilea Forest?
For several generations the peasants of this region, not far from Bogotá, have fought for the recognition of their right to land.
Read More“One can live naked, without light, but no one survives without food”
Says Elsa Nury Martínez, president of the Federación Nacional Sindical Unitaria Agropecuaria (FENSUAGRO) and secretary of the Americas region of La Via Campesina, for whom this voice has only begun to echo through international actions.
Read MorePeasant rights: the recognition of an excluded actor
The struggle of the Colombian peasantry is relevant to international debates, both because of the injustices and violence it has faced and because of the progress it has made in recent years in defending its rights.
Read MoreFarmers’ markets: from the countryside to the city without intermediaries
We took a tour of the Fontibón farmers’ market and got to know Agrocomunal. Among the stalls selling fruit, vegetables, snacks, and traditional foods, we heard the stories of at least 350 producers who, thanks to this organization, can sell their harvest directly to consumers in the capital.
Read MoreMontes de María, a treasure trove of stories
In this subregion of the Caribbean, a rural communications group accompanies marches, protests, and complaints from their communities with cameras and microphones. They also dedicate themselves to telling the everyday stories of peasant, indigenous, and Afro-descendant resistance, those that are lived on the land and in the home.
Read MoreAnzorc: more than 20 years fighting for peasant dignity
In the complex process of creating and consolidating peasant reserve areas, the National Association of Peasant Reserve Areas (Anzorc) has played a key role. Here is a brief overview of its history. A history of tenacity and courage.
Read More“May the forest survive, and so may we”: the gamble taken by farmers in Caquetá
The farmers of the Caquetá foothills dream of turning their territory into the second largest Peasant Reserve Zone in the country. This would help them protect their mountains from extractivism and obtain the land that has been denied them.
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