The bulletin board is a place where GRAIN staff and others post their comments, suggestions, hints and assessments of documents, places or events. Or just share information that we think is interesting.
Pierre Sultana | 29 April 2012 | seeds & biodiversity, actions | EU
The European Commission (DG SANCO) is presently working on a review of EU legislation on the Marketing of Seed and Propagating Material. Arche Noah invites you to join an open letter demanding positive change in favour of biodiversity, small farmers, seed savers and consumers.
Heather Gies | 23 January 2012 | land grabbing, food sovereignty, actions | Honduras
The Aguán River Valley in the department of Colón, Honduras, is a site of both an ongoing conflict and a powerful social movement. The situation of the local farmers was further exacerbated by the 2009 military coup in Honduras. But their communities are also unfailingly resilient. A story of repression and resistance.
STOP Monsanto in Nepal | 10 January 2012 | seeds & biodiversity, actions | Nepal
On September 13th the US embassy announced USAID, Monsanto and the Government of Nepal were forming a partnership to promote hybrid maize in Nepal. A campaign has been launched to stop the introduction of Monsanto's hybrid maize in Nepal and promote local seeds.
Via Campesina | 17 November 2011 | land grabbing, actions | Mali
More than 250 participants, mainly representatives of farmers’ organisations, from thirty different countries gathered in Nyéléni Village, a centre for agro-ecology training built in a rural area near Sélingué, in Mali, to participate into the first International farmers’ conference to stop land grabbing.
Siena Chrisman | 13 October 2011 | land grabbing, food crisis, actions | United States
Food activists joined the "Occupy Wall Street" march. Here they explain why.
05 October 2011 | seeds & biodiversity, actions
The next Let’s Liberate Diversity forum will take place in the Scottish Highlands from 9-11 March 2012.
22 August 2011 | food sovereignty, actions
Collective statement produced by the 400 participants of the European Forum for Food Sovereignty, held in Krems, Austria, from 16 to 21 August 2011.
10 July 2011 | actions, land grabbing
The World Bank is considering a loan of up US$30 million to help Calyx Agro expand its operations in Latin America. An open letter denounces the Bank for its on-going support to other leading investors involved in land grabbing around the world.
05 July 2011 | land grabbing, actions | Taiwan
Taiwan Rural Front holds an international press conference requesting the authorities to stop land grabbing in Taiwan, with support from other movements and groups. This event is a prelude to a farmer mobilisation on Ketagalan Boulevard in front of Presidential Office next week.
22 June 2011 | land grabbing, actions
Hundreds of civil society organisations launched a global appeal against farmland grabbing during the G20 meeting on Agriculture in Paris on June 22 and 23 2011. Read the press release here.