Food Justice
Food Justice
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In rural areas, land and the ability to grow and sell food is essential for people's survival. Millions of the world’s population are dependent on small farmers' production and the small farmers themselves rely on their own plots of land for food. However, neo-liberal international trade policies are pushing out small farmers as governments give more support to large-scale agriculture geared towards exports.
Every night over 800 million people go to bed hungry. While small-scale farmers are facing competition from large-scale agri-business, millions of people don’t even have access to land. As regulations favour the large businesses, small farmers find they can’t deliver profits, and often farmers find themselves losing money from selling food. Swathes of people are left in poverty, and problems range from widespread malnutrition to suicide.
Many of our partners, like MST in Brazil and MONLAR in Sri Lanka are sounding the alarm over biofuels – fuel that is produced from food crops like corn, sugar and soybeans. As more and more agricultural land is given over to producing fuel, it makes it harder for people to grow enough varied crops for their own survival. To read more on this complex issue, click here.
We are determined to secure food justice for poor farmers and landless people around the world. Through our projects in Sri Lanka, South Africa, Bangladesh, Brazil, and Mozambique we are helping small farmers adopt sustainable farming practices and supporting landless people movements to reclaim unused land and campaign for land policies that safeguard their futures.
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War on Want's Food Justice projects:
War on Want's Food Justice projects:
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Via Campesina - International Uniting peasants and small farmers to fight against exploitation |
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UNAC - Mozambique Giving farmers a voice in Mozambique |
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Landless People's Movement - South Africa Tackling the racially-skewed distribution of land |
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MST - Brazil Supporting the landless movement in Brazil |
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LRC - Bangladesh Working with the Farm Labourers' Federation |
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MONLAR - Sri Lanka Assisting small-scale farmers in Sri Lanka |
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MIQCB - Brazil
Defending the Babaçu nut breakers of Brazil |
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Sikhula Sonke - South Africa Uniting women farm workers |
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AS-PTA - Brazil
Defending the rights of agricultural communities |
