Posts Tagged ‘Campesinado’
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 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 MoreThe struggle of Colombian farmers to be recognized and counted
Through a historic legal action, ACIT, together with other social organizations in the country, achieved a milestone in the struggle of farmers in Colombia: forcing the state to conduct a census of farmers in order to characterize and recognize them, and thus gather information that will help create public policies that benefit them.
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.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court rules in favor of peasants
Regarding the legal action that 1,770 peasants filed to be included in the census, the court ordered the Government to define the concept of peasant, to include this population in the census, and to advance public policies that ensure their material equality.
Read MoreA census without peasants?
How is the State going to take peasants into account in its policies if it does not count them in its main instrument for collecting information, which is the census? The request of peasants is fair because this population has historically suffered from structural discrimination. A single piece of data shows that: rural poverty (45%) is approximately three times higher than urban poverty (15%).
Read MoreBefore the Supreme Court of Justice, Peasants Demand That They Be Counted in 2018 Census
Peasants appealed the ruling by the the Superior Tribunal of Bogotá. The ruling recognized the importance of having statistical information on the peasantry, as well as the duty of the State to meet their needs, but did not order the institution in charge, the DANE, to change the form for the next year’s Census.
Read MoreWith tutela, 1,700 male and female peasants ask to be included in the census
“For peasants to count, they have to be counted,” is the slogan of the plaintiffs who have been rejected by the government during the last two years after asking to be identified in the 2018 census.
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