• Local peasant markets gave way to supermarkets, and big businesses and their commodity trading partners took control of the global food system, disregarding all principles of agroecology and food sovereignty. (viacampesina.org)
  • This workshop will unpack the concept of "digitalization" and look at how corporations are pursuing forms of digital agriculture in different parts of the world that undermine peasant-led agroecology and food sovereignty. (etcgroup.org)
  • As scholars and organizers seeking to strengthen agroecology and food sovereignty in the North American context, we used the workshop as an opportunity to discuss potential actions for the future. (uvm.edu)
  • What is the Relevance of Agroecology and Food Sovereignty in the North American Context? (uvm.edu)
  • The governments of Canada and the United States, for instance, have opposed language around food sovereignty and agroecology in international treaties and processes at the United Nations. (uvm.edu)
  • The alternative political, ecological, and even epistemological worldviews offered by agroecology and food sovereignty present key tools for organizing and analyzing more equitable and just alternatives in North America. (uvm.edu)
  • It is in those spaces that rural and urban communities are working to build a path to scale out agroecology toward food sovereignty in North America, learning from the on-going work of following the same steps as others, such as those aligned with La Via Campesina International and other global social movements. (uvm.edu)
  • For the past ten years, the U.S. Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA) has brought together rural and urban organizations for the advocacy of food sovereignty and agroecology. (uvm.edu)
  • How are Scholars Contributing to Advancing Agroecology and Food Sovereignty in North America? (uvm.edu)
  • Sustainable solutions, like a greater focus on food sovereignty and agroecology, are fundamental to countering agro-industry and big food. (who.int)
  • His statement is seen as infringing on the national sovereignty of South Korea. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • These are, in nuce , the main ideas about macro-national sovereignty. (politicaltheology.com)
  • There are, however, other micro-national sovereignties that exist within macro-national sovereignty. (politicaltheology.com)
  • On the one hand, there was the sovereignty of maroon communities, which was occasionally recognized as a micro-national sovereignty within the macro-national sovereignty of the Iberian empires ( Price 1979 ). (politicaltheology.com)
  • Another concern was in relation to national sovereignty: it was considered that the external evaluation should not become a precondition for receiving financial and technical assistance. (who.int)
  • Judging by a recent debate or two between the Remain and our sensible campaign, the Remaindians show us their idea of sovereignty is shouting, to interrupt with personal abuse. (johnredwoodsdiary.com)
  • Indigenous sovereignty expanded the idea of sovereignty in Spanish America. (politicaltheology.com)
  • Prior to the book's publication, Hobbs had written about Indigenous sovereignty and Indigenous people's aspirations in Australia in 2020. (wikipedia.org)
  • The people's food sovereignty. (viacampesina.org)
  • Many fora and respectable studies have mainstreamed food sovereignty in order to realize a more people's driven food systems and policies. (viacampesina.org)
  • Chapter two, "Statehood and Micronations", concerns the definition of statehood within international law, legal recognition, Indigenous nations and attempted definitions of sovereignty such as the Montevideo Convention, with Hobbs and Williams concluding that the meaning of sovereignty is subjective. (wikipedia.org)
  • I am the chairperson of Serikat Petani Indonesia, a mass organization consisting of small-holder farmers, landless, indigenous peoples and also women peasants and youth all across Indonesia. (viacampesina.org)
  • As a result of these policies, thousands of small-scale and indigenous farmers from Mexico have left their plots to work in the fields of the U.S. and Canada in sub-par living conditions, and many working under the stress of being undocumented. (uvm.edu)
  • Indigenous sovereignty is a prime example. (politicaltheology.com)
  • When the Spanish found macro-national sovereign states in Mexico and Peru, they realized that in order to govern the inhabitants of those states, Indigenous elites had to retain some form of sovereignty, even if symbolic. (politicaltheology.com)
  • Instead, they recognized communal Indigenous sovereignty, where caciques inherited their leadership roles through patrilineal succession. (politicaltheology.com)
  • But what did this sovereignty mean to Indigenous groups and individuals? (politicaltheology.com)
  • Indigenous caciques and commoners made claims to certain rights and privileges, such as humane treatment, on the basis of sovereignty. (politicaltheology.com)
  • Black confraternities thus embodied a form of sovereignty comparable to Indigenous sovereignty, insofar as it was accepted within the same body politic, while maroon communities were at the margins of society. (politicaltheology.com)
  • In light of global economic uncertainties, food shortages in many parts of the world, and climate change that greatly affects global agricultural production, how can small farmers and agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs), a large majority of which own one or less than one hectare of land, be truly the champions of food sovereignty and ultimately become the frontrunners of the new agricultural revolution in the Philippines? (edu.ph)
  • The answer would lie somehow on how small farmers and ARBs will be motivated to produce and how the government and the private sector will contribute effectively in arresting the decline of agricultural productivity. (edu.ph)
  • This paper explores how small farmers and ARBs must take the lead in agricultural development for the country to achieve food sovereignty and win in globalization. (edu.ph)
  • Small-scale livestock farmers and peasant families with domestic animals are also worried about finding enough feed for them. (viacampesina.org)
  • The might of the Polish state is turning against the country's small farmers following a series of effective protests against the sale of land in the country's western Pomerania province to foreign investors. (theecologist.org)
  • Nicaraguan small farmers produce almost all the food the nation consumes, and have some left over for export. (coha.org)
  • It brought together peasants, both small farmers wanting to procure their own land as well as farm workers organizing for union rights. (coha.org)
  • Yet agroecological practices developed by small-scale farmers and fisherfolk represent hope-a way to simultaneously end hunger and to "cool the planet. (uvm.edu)
  • With another case involving Native water rights yet to be decided by the high court, LeBlanc pointed out last week's victory was a small win in the larger fight to maintain tribal sovereignty and cultural continuity for generations to come. (publicnewsservice.org)
  • CDC's Healthy Tribes program honors tribal sovereignty and the government-to-government relationship by directly funding federally recognized AI/AN communities. (cdc.gov)
  • During the following centuries, states competed with one another to establish as much control as they could over their adjacent bodies of water, resulting in today's system of gradated sovereignty: internal waters, territorial waters, and exclusive economic zones. (medium.com)
  • Cheyenne Majenty of Helping Hands for Hualapai hopes a new program through Feeding America will help the tribe develop greater food sovereignty through community gardens. (civileats.com)
  • Black sovereignty in colonial Latin America was of two kinds. (politicaltheology.com)
  • Again, does that mean the rulings of corporate sovereignty (ISDS) tribunals won't be enforceable in the US, or simply that they don't create legal precedents? (techdirt.com)
  • It's interesting to note that the bill explicitly recognizes that US law provides "a high level of protection for investment", which naturally calls into question the supposed "need" for any extra corporate sovereignty in the form of ISDS. (techdirt.com)
  • And yet that is precisely what ISDS in TAFTA/TTIP or TPP would do: in addition to the use of domestic courts in the US, foreign investors would have the option to take the US to independent corporate sovereignty tribunals. (techdirt.com)
  • Micronations are political entities that claim independence and mimic acts of sovereignty as if they were a sovereign state, but lack any legal recognition. (wikipedia.org)
  • It is wrong because it conflates independence with sovereignty . (europa.eu)
  • In other words, independence does not guarantee sovereignty. (europa.eu)
  • On 1 January 1984, it gained its full independence and sovereignty from the United Kingdom, and on 25 March 1985, Brunei Darussalam joined WHO as a Member State. (who.int)
  • Today, the French and German governments, business and science unveil details on Gaia-X - the project that aims to establish a decentralized cloud to strengthen the digital sovereignty of the European economy and society. (hpe.com)
  • The greenhouses at Meechoo k Farm have long rows of white containers where seeds are put in small squares of dirt to grow into bundles. (publicnewsservice.org)
  • For decades, governments did little to protect small farms and food producers which were pushed out of business by these growing dysfunctional corporate giants. (viacampesina.org)
  • Allow me to extend support for peasants and small-and medium scale food producers all over the world, as yesterday, 16 October, the world was celebrating the World Food Day-with a strong hope that people can have the rights to healthy and culturally appropiate food that produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods-and to be able to define our own food and agriculture systems. (viacampesina.org)
  • The small and medium producers are the ones who suffer the most. (viacampesina.org)
  • But what does it really mean for small food producers and rural workers? (etcgroup.org)
  • WHO's focus on fortified food as a response to malnutrition provides temporary relief, emphasises access to highly processed foods, and adversely affects small-scale local producers. (who.int)
  • His timetable is to establish Slovak sovereignty by the end of this year, a referendum in the beginning of next year, and the whole process arranged by the end of next year. (csmonitor.com)
  • Rev. Anthony Abma, who is the head of the organization Christians Partnering with Jews in support of Sovereignty, sent a letter to the American President with a call to end the attempts of the nations of the world and various groups in the U.S. who are demanding that Trump act against Netanyahu to pressure him to retract his declaration regarding the application of Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria. (israelnationalnews.com)
  • Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty is a non-fiction book written by the Australian lawyers and legal academics Harry Hobbs and George Williams about micronations and their legal status within international law. (wikipedia.org)
  • Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty was published by Cambridge University Press as an ebook on 23 December 2021, and in hardcover and paperback formats in January 2022. (wikipedia.org)
  • Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty is authored by the Australian lawyers and legal academics Harry Hobbs, an associate professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Technology Sydney, and George Williams, a professor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Planning and Assurance at the University of New South Wales. (wikipedia.org)
  • Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty is written from an academic perspective, and is one of a few works on micronations and the earliest-published book to focus largely on their status in regards to the law. (wikipedia.org)
  • Published as part of Cambridge University Press's Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law series edited by David Dyzenhaus and Thomas Poole, Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty is 256 pages long. (wikipedia.org)
  • He denied the governments' sovereignty in the cyberspace and described their attempts to wield their influence as "hostile and colonial measures," against which "lovers of freedom" were fighting. (hpe.com)
  • Under these new circumstances, the governments of the industrial world are again trying to assert digital sovereignty - however, its relevance goes beyond nation-state interests. (hpe.com)
  • Countries like Nepal, Mali, Venezuela and several others have already recognised food sovereignty as a constitutional right of their people. (viacampesina.org)
  • Many countries translate food sovereignty into their public policies. (viacampesina.org)
  • Rather than taking away countries' sovereignty, the EU offers them a way to regain it. (europa.eu)
  • This tension between economic integration and political cooperation is fuelled by a powerful belief that there is an inherent trade-off between EU membership and the ability of countries to exercise sovereignty. (europa.eu)
  • In this environment, countries need to work together to exercise sovereignty. (europa.eu)
  • The UK they say is more powerful because we "pool" our sovereignty with other countries. (johnredwoodsdiary.com)
  • At the end of May, the WHO World Health Assembly will vote to alter a treaty, stripping 194 countries of their sovereignty if successful. (ifapray.org)
  • On May 22nd, the World Health Organization (WHO) will vote on whether or not to strip 194 countries, including the United States, of their sovereignty. (ifapray.org)
  • and consideration of novel approaches to collective action, especially in small countries or small island states, and the formalization of such approaches in technical fields, such as laboratory capacity. (who.int)
  • Some Member States stressed the need to take into account regional resources to achieve the core capacities required by the Regulations, particularly in the context of small countries, such as small island States. (who.int)
  • experts argued that developing countries would have little access to vaccine for pandemic influenza without major changes in global vaccine production ( 4 , 5 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Observing this, I had one logical question: - Why are economically developed countries so ahead of countries of other categories ( newly emerging economies (emerging) and low-income countries (developing) ), having, in some cases, a smaller historical heritage and knowledge base? (lu.se)
  • However, these initiatives receive little attention from policy makers and scholars. (uvm.edu)
  • Gaia-X is one of the most promising political digital-sovereignty initiatives of the past years. (hpe.com)
  • The organizations operating with strict data sovereignty regulation. (zimbra.com)
  • After the call from Reform organizations to Trump to oppose annexation, the Rev. Anthony Abma sent the president a letter calling for the promotion of Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria. (israelnationalnews.com)
  • Regarding the irony that a letter from Jewish organizations calls for opposing sovereignty while a letter from a Christian minister seeks to promote sovereignty, Solomon mentioned that 'more than 70 percent of Jews in the U.S. voted for Clinton and not for Trump, contrary to how it is in Israel. (israelnationalnews.com)
  • The earliest-published book about micronationalism was How to Start Your Own Country (1979) by libertarian science-fiction author Erwin S. Strauss, in which Strauss documents various approaches to sovereignty and their chances of success. (wikipedia.org)
  • The COVID-19 pandemic is pushing many to recognise the importance and urgency of food sovereignty - the right of people to determine their own food and agricultural systems and their right to produce and consume healthy and culturally appropriate food. (viacampesina.org)
  • Demonstrations for seed sovereignty and GMO labelling and marches against Monsanto, an organization known worldwide for its GMO products, will be regular news in the days ahead. (cornwallfreenews.com)
  • This was a clearly defined sovereignty that, although occasionally recognized by Iberian imperial powers-when maroon communities proved too strong against colonial attempts to annihilate them- was in direct opposition, and therefore seen as an existential threat to imperial power. (politicaltheology.com)
  • Michael Mack Named Christian Standard Editor: What Does This Mean for Small Group Leadership? (smallgroupleadership.com)
  • Here are the Small Group Leader TIPS for the last week as Tweeted, posted on our Small Group Leadership Facebook page, and posted on LinkedIn. (smallgroupleadership.com)
  • Small Group Leadership TIPS of the past week as Tweeted, posted on the Small Group Leadership Facebook page, and posted on LinkedIn. (smallgroupleadership.com)
  • Stunning photographs have captured a rarely seen "rainbow cloud" above a small farming community. (yahoo.com)
  • The amazing cloud delighted residents of the small farming community. (yahoo.com)
  • They remained silent as evidence piled up of large agribusiness contributing disproportionately more than traditional small-scale farming to greenhouse gas emissions and global warming. (viacampesina.org)
  • Covid has largely eclipsed all other news stories over the past 11 months, but in the shadow of this global crisis, shoots of hope have emerged and we at The Gaia Foundation's Seed Sovereignty Programme experienced them first-hand. (gaiafoundation.org)
  • KENSINGTON, Calif. (KRON) - A small earthquake rattled the East Bay on Monday night, according to the United States Geological Survey . (kron4.com)
  • Food sovereignty of the people is the best defence against any economic shock. (viacampesina.org)
  • It's too secret for us "little people" to even be aware of. (abovetopsecret.com)
  • Monitor journalism changes lives because we open that too-small box that most people think they live in. (csmonitor.com)
  • La Vía Campesina's answer is food sovereignty , which is defined as "the right of people to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems. (coha.org)
  • The virus is highly contagious and, while most infected people experience little or mild symptoms, can trigger life-threatening reactions in high-risk populations (such as the elderly and those with certain underlying conditions). (who.int)
  • Fresh off leading Alberta's United Conservative Party to a majority victory on Monday night, Premier Danielle Smith says she wants to 'reset' her relationship with the federal government, while readying to invoke the province's sovereignty act over emissions targets, if needed. (ctvnews.ca)
  • Finally, it will discuss how we might differentiate between useful technologies that support food sovereignty and those that don't, with a sharing of experiences from different parts of the world. (etcgroup.org)
  • After Reform groups call on Trump to oppose annexation, Rev. Anthony Abma writes him a letter urging him to support Israeli sovereignty. (israelnationalnews.com)
  • About six months ago Anthony Abma called us about the subject of sovereignty and asked what was happening with Christian Zionists who wanted to support Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria. (israelnationalnews.com)
  • This agreement hands the sovereignty of our country over to corporate interests. (abovetopsecret.com)
  • A small country can be sovereign but not very powerful. (johnredwoodsdiary.com)
  • The recognition comes at an interesting time as the group's successes in blocking mining exploitation in their small country, have brought about a unique legal situation. (dominionpaper.ca)
  • Investment in Regenerative and Organic Farming: we will invest an additional $100 million into the Mātai Ahuwhenua agricultural innovation fund, supporting small-scale and diversified pāmu/whenua blocks that prioritize regenerative and organic farming practices and local consumption. (scoop.co.nz)
  • Does The Fast Track Authority Bill Guarantee That Corporate Sovereignty Will Be One-Sided And Unfair? (techdirt.com)
  • Either way, one side of the negotiations is going to get a really bad deal from the inclusion of corporate sovereignty provisions. (techdirt.com)
  • ECFR Asia director Janka Oertel and the German Marshall Fund's Andrew Small reflect on European wishful thinking, clever tactical manoeuvres, and long-term strategic choices. (ecfr.eu)
  • Gaia-X tackles an issue that is currently exacerbated by the corona crisis because it accelerates the transition to digital value creation: Europe's dependency on a small number of non-European digital platforms. (hpe.com)
  • By revitalizing traditional practices and customs of gathering kai, promoting food security, protecting the environment, and empowering Māori communities, we are leading a transition from kai dependency to kai sovereignty. (scoop.co.nz)
  • Specifically, I analyze Indonesia's use of the international legal principle of sovereignty and its appeal to rules on the protection of biological and genetic resources found in the Convention on Biological Diversity. (cdc.gov)
  • Establishment of Māori Kai Sovereignty Board: To ensure justice and sovereignty around kai, we would create an independent board with statutory powers to oversee and address issues of hunger, poverty, and inequality. (scoop.co.nz)
  • Te Pāti Māori are launching our Kai Sovereignty Policy today, which will safeguard our ancestral food systems and empower Tangata Whenua to take control of their food production, distribution, and consumption. (scoop.co.nz)
  • The first sovereignty human beings seem to have recognized is that of the divine, in both polytheistic as well as monotheistic societies. (politicaltheology.com)
  • While most of the public controversies around internet law have centered on intellectual property rights , the business practices of internet service providers , online harassment , and the censorship practices of states , a quieter problem has been working itself out in the background: that of individual sovereignty with regard to digital identity . (medium.com)
  • If you're using Scoop for work, your organisation needs to pay a small license fee with Scoop Pro. (scoop.co.nz)
  • Demonstrators outside the conference expressed skepticism that the international powers who have coordinated humanitarian efforts will respect Haitian sovereignty and interests during reconstruction. (dominionpaper.ca)
  • But the concept of absolute sovereignty (absolutism) would not emerge until the seventeenth century with Jean Bodin , whose sovereign prince is only accountable to God. (politicaltheology.com)
  • That's as true for your small group, your church, and your family as it is for you personally. (smallgroupleadership.com)
  • This scientific shift contributed to the beginning of the era of industrialization and the subsequent colonization of the rest of the globe, which did not have a sufficient level of development, both economically and technologically, to maintain its sovereignty. (lu.se)
  • When asked what lengths Smith is prepared to go to push back, and whether that would include invoking Alberta's controversial sovereignty act, or seek a Supreme Court challenge, the newly re-elected UCP leader didn't rule out either route. (ctvnews.ca)
  • Remain seek to confuse sovereignty with power. (johnredwoodsdiary.com)
  • An excellent means of understanding sovereignty, put in readily understandable terms. (johnredwoodsdiary.com)
  • This means the Seed Sovereignty Programme has seven regionally based coordinators webbing up seed networks from the highlands to the coastline of the UK and Ireland. (gaiafoundation.org)
  • Today, a small number of intermediaries control a large portion of data, communication and commerce in the cyberspace. (hpe.com)
  • While disruption of local small-scale food production has indeed been significant, the large-scale food industry which relies on international supply chains to function has been hit even harder because of travel bans affecting labour supply and international distribution. (viacampesina.org)
  • While Washington leads the international community's sanctions regime on Pyongyang, Trump's excessive remarks are seen as denying South Korean sovereignty. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • Hamas has traditionally treated hostages as valuable assets, revealing little to no information about their conditions or whereabouts and refusing to grant the International Committee of the Red Cross access to check on their well-being. (klfy.com)
  • For the Hualapai, whose emergency operations program launched this summer, the focus is on developing greater food sovereignty through community gardens. (civileats.com)
  • Our Kai Sovereignty Policy aims to address food insecurity and poverty faced by many whānau in Aotearoa. (scoop.co.nz)