Elizabth Mpofu, spokesperson for Via Campesina International: “African farmers still have all the seeds gathered and selected by hundreds of generations before them . They are committed to growing and preserving these seeds and to protecting them from GMOs and patents in order to pass on this invaluable heritage to future generations”.

Farmers mobilize in Brussels: “Reclaiming peasants’ rights over our own seeds”
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(Brussels, 20 January 2014) At the start of the year devoted to family farming, which is being called on by the UN to feed the world, peasants from all over Europe are demonstrating before the European Parliament on Monday January 20 2014. …read more