Processes of land grabbing and accumulation have greatly threatened small-scale family-based agriculture and societies overall. The destruction of small-scale agriculture can be attributed to national and international policies which actively support the development of a capitalist agriculture with employees.
Les processus d’accaparement et de concentration des terres font peser sur l’agriculture familiale paysanne et les sociétés dans leur ensemble de lourdes menaces. La destruction de l’agriculture paysanne est à imputer aux politiques internationales et nationales soutenant activement le développement d’une agriculture capitaliste à salariés.
A ciência do solo e a agricultura urbana
The dominant agricultural model, based on the abusive and destructive use of natural resources, leads us into a health, social, ecological, climatic, economic and cultural impasse.
In the North as in the South a regulatory arsenal limits the rights of peasants to exchange and reproduce their seeds. The privatization of seeds, the first link in the food chain, and the growing control over them by multinational companies seeking to increase their monopoly by imposing hybrid seeds and GMOs poses a threat to global sovereignty and food security.
El modelo agrícola dominante, basado en un uso abusivo y destructor de los recursos naturales, nos va a llevar a un apuro sanitario, social, ecológico, climático, económico y cultural.
Le modèle agricole dominant, basé sur un usage abusif et destructeur des ressources naturelles, nous conduit dans une impasse sanitaire, sociale, écologique, climatique, économique et culturelle.
The international market for agricultural products – where products are traded between countries – represents only 15% of production and world consumption of agricultural products.
Prices of basic commodities traded in this market are very low because the farms that supply it are highly mechanised and capable of producing at very low cost.
El mercado internacional de los productos agrícolas, donde se comercializan los productos entre países, solo afecta al 15 % de la producción del consumo mundial de productos agrícolas.
Los precios de los productos básicos practicados en este mercado son muy bajos, ya que las explotaciones que lo abastecen están extremadamente mecanizadas y son capaces de producir a muy bajo precio.
Le marché international des produits agricoles – celui où s’échangent les produits entre pays – ne concerne que 15 % de la production et de la consommation mondiale de produits agricoles.
Les prix des produits de base pratiqués sur ce marché sont très bas car les exploitations qui l’approvisionnent sont hautement mécanisées et capables de produire à très bas coûts.
Research and direct witnessing by participants allow realization of the extent to which the situation of native/indigenous peoples and rural communities in general (peasant, forest dwelling, pastoral and fishing) is dramatic everywhere on the planet. 2.5 billion people, members of so called indigenous/native peoples and rural populations in general, live on lands that they share and use in common. However, only a fifth of these lands are registered as community territories by national governments.
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