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GRAIN @grain.org · 27/09/2026
La Altillanura colombiana vuelve a ponerse al servicio del agronegocio. El gobierno promueve una ley para flexibilizar el acceso a tierras. Se están ajustando también ,las reglas financieras para favorecer al sector agroexportador www.farmlandgrab.org/post/33715-m...
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MinAgricultura prepara ley para destrabar tierras de la Altillanura y atraer $8 billones en inversiones
En Colombia, la titulación privada de 400 mil ha para la expansión de las inversiones en soya y maíz, es parte de la reforma del sistema nacional de crédito para ampliar la bancarización del campo, ju...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 25/09/2026
Cerca de 300 personas y organizaciones de Chile y el mundo condenan la campaña de amedrentamiento contra Fundación Libera y Ecoceanos por denunciar trabajo forzado y vulneraciones laborales en la industria del salmón www.ecoceanos.cl/2026/08/ampl...
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Amplia condena nacional e internacional a campaña de amedrentamiento contra Fundación Libera y Ecoceanos por denunciar trabajo forzado en Chile - ECOCEANOS
La defensa del derecho a denunciar abusos laborales reunió el respaldo de cerca de 300 organizaciones y personas de Chile y el extranjero, que exigieron poner...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 25/09/2026
La movilización social logro frenar en Argentina el intento de flexibilizar los límites a la propiedad extranjera de la tierra. agenciatierraviva.com.ar/ley-de-tierr...
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Ley de tierras: la calle dijo basta y frenó al Gobierno con su intento de más extranjerización - Agencia de Noticias Tierra Viva
Crónica de una jornada donde la tierra fue el centro del debate. Masivas movilizaciones en todo el país. La tierra para quién y para qué.
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GRAIN @grain.org · 24/09/2026
En Querétaro (México) crecen los centros de datos mientras comunidades campesinas ya enfrentan fallas de agua y luz. Un centro puede consumir hasta 19 millones de litros de agua al día. A nivel global, el uso de electricidad ya es 1.5% y podría duplicarse en 2030 desinformemonos.org/alertan-por-...
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Alertan por acaparamiento de agua y energía por centros de datos en Querétaro
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GRAIN @grain.org · 24/09/2026
In Argentina, social movements successfully blocked, for now, the Milei government’s proposal to lifts limits on foreign ownership of land. agenciatierraviva.com.ar/ley-de-tierr...
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Ley de tierras: la calle dijo basta y frenó al Gobierno con su intento de más extranjerización - Agencia de Noticias Tierra Viva
Crónica de una jornada donde la tierra fue el centro del debate. Masivas movilizaciones en todo el país. La tierra para quién y para qué.
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GRAIN @grain.org · 24/09/2026
In their new report "Food, land and money", Friends of the Earth US make the case for ending the agribusiness financial complex. Check it out: foodlandmoney.org
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GRAIN @grain.org · 23/09/2026
El gobierno argentino insiste en la adhesión a UPOV 91 buscando fortalecer los derechos de propiedad intelectual de multinacionales como Bayer y Corteva. Se limitan así derechos históricos del campesinado al libre uso e intercambio de sus semillas bichosdecampo.com/ley-de-semil...
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Ley de Semillas: Un funcionario de Milei anticipa acuerdos por Instagram frente a una Mesa de Enlace que esta vez no se deja lle
El Instagram personal del presidente del Instituto Nacional de Semillas (INASE), Martín Famulari, es una delicia: si usted se apura
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GRAIN @grain.org · 23/09/2026
📢Hundreads of Thai farmers & allies are rallying today in front of Ministry of Agriculture building ahead of the Thai - EU FTA negotiation round demanding the govt not to accede to UPOV 1991 or amend national seed law to conform with it as required in the FTA #StopUPOV #stopseedmonopoly
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GRAIN @grain.org · 23/09/2026
Twiga Foods, a start-up in Kenya that raised US$190mn from WorldBank, Microsoft and others, is facing administration. It aimed to connect farmers with small vendors through a digital platform, but couldn't compete with the efficiency of Kenya's informal food markets. techcabal.com/2026/09/20/t...
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The Next Wave: The expensive life of Twiga Foods
Twiga Foods demonstrated that venture capital subsidies can accelerate customer acquisition, but they cannot change unit economics.
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GRAIN @grain.org · 22/09/2026
Frente al despojo, el racismo y la violencia contra comunidades garífunas y campesinas en Honduras, la unidad y la memoria son urgentes. Los desalojos continúan y, solo en mayo de 2026, al menos 19 personas campesinas fueron asesinadas en el Bajo Aguán www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2026...
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Unidad ante el despojo y racismo en Honduras
De las idílicas costas del Caribe al Bajo Aguán y hasta Choluteca, los pueblos de Honduras se estremecen, pero se unen para defender la vida frente a proyectos usureros transnacionales. Es una lucha e...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 22/09/2026
🎯 Nouveau rapport de @foeus.bsky.social documente les plus gros acteurs de la machine agroindustrielle mondiale, et qui les financent, en nous appelant à la démanteler: foodlandmoney.org @lessoulevements.bsky.social
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GRAIN @grain.org · 21/09/2026
Defender la tierra no debería costar la vida. En 2025, América Latina concentró 105 de los 124 asesinatos de personas defensoras en el mundo. Colombia (39) y Brasil (26) encabezan una tragedia marcada por el despojo de tierras y el extractivismo. www.farmlandgrab.org/post/33716-a...
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América Latina concentró el 85 % de los asesinatos de personas defensoras del territorio y el ambiente en 2025 | INFORME
Segun el informe de Global Witness, Colombia (39) y Brasil (26) concentraron el 52 % de los asesinatos registrados en 2025. Globalmente, las disputas por la tierra y el crimen organizado estuvieron de...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 21/09/2026
Le 3 octobre, une mobilisation internationale aura lieu contre l’entreprise de pesticides Syngenta, en France comme ailleurs. Rejoignons le cortège et faisons convergence avec la lutte des travailleurs agricoles et pour la libération de la Palestine lessoulevementsdelaterre.org/blog/le-3-oc...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 21/09/2026
EU farm subsidiaries should not be paid to the UAE's sovereign wealth fund, ADQ, which runs large farms in Spain and Romania, say European peasant groups. They demand an audit from the European Court of Auditors and call for a change of rules. www.eurovia.org/press-releas... @eurovia.org
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GRAIN @grain.org · 18/09/2026
Pakistan is building a national AgriStack platform to digitise farmers' land, soil, crop and water data. Also called PAKGROW, it will be coordinated by the military. The goal is to scale up exports of agricultural produce, especially to Gulf States. milkiyat.com/articles/pak...
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Pakistan to Digitise Agricultural Land… | Milkiyat.com
Pakistan is advancing AgriStack to digitise agricultural land records, link verified farmer identities, and improve ownership transparency, subsidies, credit, a
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GRAIN @grain.org · 18/09/2026
UN Working Group on the rights of peasants urged countries to refrain from implementing UPOV 1991 in ways which contravene the rights of peasants, repeal provisions criminalising peasant seed practices, and exempt traditional seed systems from industrial-market rules. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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Penalising peasant seed systems threatens global food supply: UN experts
GENEVA – Farmers across Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America face fines and imprisonment for saving, exchanging and selling seed under laws written for industrial seed markets, the UN Working Group ...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 17/09/2026
The Milei govt in Argentina has a problem. It can't revise the country's seed law to force farmers to pay for their own farm-saved seeds, as part of joining UPOV1991 & pushed by Trump, due to social opposition. So it asks the seed industry to draft a new law itself. bichosdecampo.com/ley-de-semil...
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Ley de Semillas: Un funcionario de Milei anticipa acuerdos por Instagram frente a una Mesa de Enlace que esta vez no se deja lle
El Instagram personal del presidente del Instituto Nacional de Semillas (INASE), Martín Famulari, es una delicia: si usted se apura
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GRAIN @grain.org · 17/09/2026
🤚🏽STOP INDUSTRIAL TREE PLANTATIONS!!! 21 September, International Day of Struggle Against Monoculture Tree Plantations, is a day to celebrate resistance against industrial tree plantations that has invade territories & affects people's life See more information here: www.wrm.org.uy/21-september
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GRAIN @grain.org · 17/09/2026
In 2025, 124 people were murdered for bravely speaking out or taking action to defend their rights to land and a clean, healthy and sustainable environment with majority of killings occured in Latin America according to new report by @globalwitness.org globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
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Collective power: The struggle for protection for land and environmental defenders
In 2025, Global Witness documented 124 land and environmental defenders were killed for protecting their land, territories, natural resources and communities
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GRAIN @grain.org · 16/09/2026
UN special rapporteur warns that carbon markets fail to meet international climate & human rights obligations. New report calls out carbon land deals that violate Indigenous peoples and peasants rights: www.ohchr.org/en/documents... See also: reddmonitor.substack.com/p/un-special...
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A/81/217: Rethinking carbon credits according to climate and human rights obligations
SummaryIn the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change, Elisa Morgera, identifies structural misalignments between carbon...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 16/09/2026
📢 No Toxic Future: Global action against Syngenta! On 3 Oct let's unite to expose the devastating impacts of Syngenta and agrochemical industry. A mass action will also happen at its production site in Saint-Pierre-la-Garenne, France. Join the action! stop-syngenta3oct.com/poisoner-wit...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 16/09/2026
⚠️ Honduras Solidarity Network and Rights Action, among others, are urgently raising funds to support the Garífuna people who are fighting a new law in Honduras which will displace them and grab their lands for agribusiness, tourism and other projects. Pls support: mailchi.mp/rightsaction...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 15/09/2026
New publication from Ibon on the global trade system explains what’s happening with the WTO, governments’ rising use of sanctions, and new imposed partnerships to extract strategic resources from the global South. iboninternational.org/download/the...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 14/09/2026
Pour La Via Campesina de la Région Arabe et d’Afrique du nord, l’avenir de l’agriculture et de l’alimentation se jouera sur qui détient le pouvoir de décision concernant la terre, l’eau, les semences et les politiques agricoles. viacampesina.org/fr/region-ar...
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Région Arabe et d'Afrique du nord: la souveraineté sur la terre, l’eau et les semences avant l’augmentation de la production
La rencontre de la région arabe et d’Afrique du Nord, organisée à Tunis, a placé l’agriculture écologique au cœur d’un combat politique autour d’une question essentielle : qui décide de l’avenir alime...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 11/09/2026
Sur tous les fronts – agriculture, tourisme, terres rares, crédits carbone... – les communautés malgaches sont sous la pression des investisseurs fonciers soutenus par l'État. mondafrique.com/politique/ma... @collectiftany.bsky.social @wominafrica.bsky.social
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Madagascar, de gros investissements bien peu écologiques
À Madagascar, la contestation contre certains grands projets d'investissement prend de l'ampleur. Du nord-ouest au sud-est de l'île, des communautés rurales, soutenues par des organisations de la soci...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 11/09/2026
European farmers movement ECVC said that the ban that EU has put to fish and animal products import from Brazil will not change the structural impacts of the EU - Mercosur trade deal and demand an end to it all together. viacampesina.org/en/2026/09/e... @viacampesinaeu.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
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Europe: Temporary ban on Brazilian meat and honey highlights EU-Mercosur risks, says ECVC
The provisional application of the EU-Mercosur FTA without a vote from the European Parliament remains a democratic scandal.
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 16/09/2025
Canada’s free trade deal with Israel treats Palestinian land as “Israeli” and rewards illegal settlements. Send an email to PM Carney, Minister Anand, and Minister Sidhu and tell them to cancel CIFTA and cut trade ties with Israeli apartheid: www.cjpme.org/cancel_cifta
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Witness Radio @witnessradio.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Smallholder farmers were excluded from the consultative process for the East African Community Seed and Plant Varieties Bill, 2025: CSOs across the EAC call for a time extension and greater inclusion of smallholder farmers in shaping the bill. Readmore: radio.witnessradio.org/smallholder-fa
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GRAIN @grain.org · 09/09/2026
✊ Une soixantaine d'associations se sont récemment réunies au Bénin pour lancer une campagne visant à protéger les poulets indigènes élevés par les communautés locales pour la souveraineté alimentaire en Afrique. Lire leur déclaration et rapport : grain.org/e/7412
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GRAIN @grain.org · 09/09/2026
La Federación Nacional Campesina de Paraguay condena el asesinato por la policía de un líder indígena y un profesor de la comunidad Ava Guaraní Tekoha Y’apo. En el país, las comunidades indígenas y campesinas están cada vez más criminalizadas viacampesina.org/es/paraguay-...
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Paraguay: FNC condena asesinatos y denuncia creciente criminalización a comunidades indígenas y campesinas
La Federación Nacional Campesina manifiesta preocupación por la creciente criminalización y persecución a comunidades indígenas y asentamientos campesinos.
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GRAIN @grain.org · 08/09/2026
60 groups recently met in Benin to set up a campaign to protect indigenous chickens in the hands of local communities in Africa. Industrial poultry are invading Africa and replacing local breeds. Time to uphold local chickens for food sovereignty! Statement & report: grain.org/e/7413
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GRAIN @grain.org · 08/09/2026
Since the US and Israel war on Iran started, street vendors across Asia, majority of whom are women, are struggling to make a living as the rising costs eat into their earnings. Groups are calling for tax relief, subsidies & social protection directed at food vendors hardstories.org/stories/gend...
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A distant war reaches the women who feed Bangkok
Every morning before sunrise, Praewpan Nadtanara pushes a cart of curries and noodles through the streets of Bangkok. A distant war has made that harder than it used to be.
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GRAIN @grain.org · 08/09/2026
New report from @hekseperworld.bsky.social, Swedwatch and Silnorf exposes the impacts of a 10,000 hectare carbon offsets project on communities in Sierra Leone. People (esp women) were not informed, lost access to land and saw food insecurity grow. reddmonitor.substack.com/p/the-human-...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 08/09/2026
Testimonies from small and indigenous fishers in 9 countries shows how industrial aquaculture is NOT the answer to end world hunger. It rather causes disease spread to wild fish populations, pollution & plastic contamination, conflict and grabbing of coastal lands wffp-web.org/wp-content/u...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 07/09/2026
Treinta años de soya transgénica transformaron el campo argentino: a más de 20 millones de hectáreas sembradas, lanzando agrotóxicos en el ambiente y una economía atada al monocultivo. www.gatopardo.com/articulos/tr...
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Treinta años de soja transgénica: el expediente que cambió el campo argentino | Gatopardo
¿Cómo llegamos a tener agroquímicos en la orina, en la lluvia, en las toallas femeninas? ¿Cuándo dejó el campo de ser un paisaje heterogéneo para convertirse en un manto verde uniforme? Hay un proceso...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 07/09/2026
La OFRANEH denuncia que el desalojo ilegal contra comunidades garífunas en Honduras pese a una sentencia de la Corte IDH, busca criminalizar la resistencia y abrir una “negociación” viciada desde el inicio. www.pagina12.com.ar/2026/08/27/m...
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Miriam Miranda: “Los gobiernos y los Estados le están administrando los bienes al capital transnacional”
En diálogo exclusivo con NEGRX, la coordinadora de la Organización Fraternal Negra Hondureña (OFRANEH) desmenuza las trampas judiciales detrás del despojo a las comunidades garífunas, denuncia la arti...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 07/09/2026
The combined sales of the world’s top 20 industrial dairy companies, a big player in the climate crisis, reached US$267 billion in 2025. France’s Lactalis is still in the lead, especially after buying out parts of NZ’s Fonterra. www.dairyprocessing.com/articles/435... @iatp.bsky.social
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Report ranks world's top 20 dairy manufacturers
RaboResearch found the largest dairy companies are still growing.
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GRAIN @grain.org · 07/09/2026
Palestinian farmers are rebuilding seed bank destroyed during Israel’s war on Gaza to preserve local crop varieties and help cultivate what farmland remains. The collection has grown, but farmers say it remains far smaller than Gaza’s agricultural needs. www.youtube.com/shorts/dDIKK...
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Gaza farmers restore seed bank to preserve local crops
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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GRAIN @grain.org · 05/09/2026
FAO wants aquaculture production to grow by 75% by 2040. But reaching this target could mean diverting millions of tonnes of nutritious wild fish that could feed millions of people into industrial fishmeal every year changingmarkets.org/report/growt... @infonyeleni.bsky.social @ipes-food.org
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GRAIN @grain.org · 04/09/2026
Pese a los graves riesgos para la salud y la biodiversidad, el gobierno mexicano aprobó supuestos bioplaguicidas con técnicas de edición génica. Los beneficios serán para la empresa estadounidense GreenLight Biosciences y para Bayer, que dispone de una licencia. www.jornada.com.mx/2026/08/22/o...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 04/09/2026
Asset Green, a UK private equity firm, just did 3 deals in Africa totalling $1.4bn and 35,000 ha. The farms span Ghana, Ethiopia & Nigeria for dairy, poultry & crop production. Partners include pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and Tony Blair Institute. www.ecofinagency.com/news-agricul...
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UK's Asset Green Adds Ghana Poultry Deal to African Farm Push
Asset Green's agrifood arm, Agrium Capital, joined a $270 million poultry-industry agreement in Ghana signed on Aug. 28, spanning feed, hatcheries, farming, processing, cold chain and distribution. Th...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 04/09/2026
Following Pakistan government decision this week allowing cultivation of GM maize, farmers movement Pakistan Kisan Rabita Committee has called for a nationwide ban on the cultivation, sale, import and commercial use of GMOs profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/09/02/f... www.dawn.com/news/2026518...
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Farmers’ body seeks GMO ban after GM corn approval - Profit by Pakistan Today
Pakistan Kisan Rabita Committee rejects Aug 31 decision allowing commercial GM corn cultivation, warns of risks to seed sovereignty, local crop varieties and export markets
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GRAIN @grain.org · 03/09/2026
China will account for nearly 10% of the world's chicken exports this year, up from 4% in 2023. Dimsums has the stats: dimsums.blogspot.com/2026/08/chin... @iatp.bsky.social @thinink.bsky.social @rajpatel.org
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China Flips to Net Exporter of Chicken
China has abruptly flipped from net importer to net exporter of chicken since 2023, and the trend continues in 2026. This development has be...
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🦋 ViaCampesinaBE @bsky.social @viacampesinabe.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
𝗘𝗦 | 10 Sept 2026 @viacampesina-es.movimientos.social.ap.brid.gy 🌐✊🏽🚜👨🏽‍🌾 Internacional de Acción contra los Tratados de Libre Comercio y la OMC 📲 viacampesina.org/es/10sept202... #LaViaCampesina #10Sept2026 #ViaCampesina #10Sept #BastaOMC #NuevoMarcoComercialYA @tomkucharz.bsky.social @grain.org
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🌐✊🏽🚜👨🏽‍🌾 Internacional de Acción contra los Tratados de Libre Comercio y la OMC
📲 https://viacampesina.org/es/10sept2026-llamado-a-la-accion-dia-internacional-de-accion-contra-los-tratados-de-libre-comercio-y-la-omc

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GRAIN @grain.org · 02/09/2026
Saudi Star, a company led by billionaire Sheikh Al-Amoudi, ran its 14,000 hectare Ethiopian farm project into the ground. Fifteen years and millions of dollars later, what's left? Rusting infrastructure, displaced communities, abused workers and no harvest. farmlandgrab.org/33672
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Massive promises, empty fields: The multi-billion-dollar unsuccessful Saudi project in Ethiopia
Millions of dollars of highly engineered infrastructure now sit rusting in the open air, while indigenous communities suffer the dual burden of ancestral displacement and heightened food insecurity fr...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 02/09/2026
South Korean farmers and fishers are demanding to halt the plan to join Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). With 96% agriculture tariff elimination, they said the deal will destroy South Korea agriculture & food sovereignty. www.ajupress.com/view/2026082...
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Farmers Rally Against CPTPP Membership, Urging Food Security Considerations | Aju Press
As the government officially considers joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), opposition from agricultural groups is growing. They argue that furthe...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 01/09/2026
Great interview with Tim Wise and Mutinta Nketani for the 20th anniversary of the Gates-funded 'Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa', highlighting what a failure it has been. 🎧kpfa.org/episode/20-y...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 01/09/2026
Au Gabon, l’Etat ne fait pas un suivi de la situation des rapports entre l’agro-industriel Olam et les communautés locales. C'est ce qui ressort d'une visite sur le terrain de l'Alliance informelle contre l'expansion des plantations industrielles. farmlandgrab.org/33671
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Accaparement des terres : le cas Agricole village exposé aux membres de l’Alliance informelle
Dans la foulée de leur programme de formation politique sur les questions liées à l’accaparement des terres en Afrique, les membres de l’Alliance de lutte contre l’expansion des monocultures industrie...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 01/09/2026
“I haven’t seen any farmer who has made a profit or has improved their livelihood through [chemical] farming.” Cambodian farmers started shifting to agroecology farming for financial survival as agriculture farming input cost rises amid low harvests. cambojanews.com/agroecology-...
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Agroecology - A Way Out for Cambodian Farmers Facing Debt Crisis | CamboJA News
Rural Cambodian farmers have started to practice agroecology farming as part of a critical strategy for financial survival and climate resilience as modern ...
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GRAIN @grain.org · 01/09/2026
China invierte en edición genética (con IA) y cultivos transǵenicos, mientras expande sus empresas semilleras en el mundo. Con esto busca no solo alimentar a su población, sino también un mayor control sobre la cadena global de insumos agrícolas. Nuevo reporte de GRAIN: grain.org/e/7415
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A la conquista de la semilla: la expansión del agronegocio chino en China y en el extranjero
Mientras se disparan las ganancias de la industria semillera china, millones de campesinas, campesinos y comunidades rurales dependen cada vez más de agronegocios y gigantes tecnológicos. La concentra...
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