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For mutually supportive agricultural and trade policies

Activities

• 7 November 2006:Regional forum on Food Sovereignty, November 7-10, 2006, Niamey
  The ROPPA remains convinced that the mobilization of Farmers’Organizations and other public and private agents is necessary so that the principles of Food Sovereignty be adopted, applied (...)
• 19 June 2006:Worshop outside the 11th ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, 19 June 2006, Vienna
  “Could the EPAs be an instrument to promote socio-economic and cultural integrations in the ACP regions", this is the question on which reflected the participants. The workshop was (...)
• 16 May 2006:OECD Global Forum on Agriculture Constraints to Development of Sub-Saharan Agriculture, 16-17 May 2006, Paris
  The aim of the Global Forum on Agriculture is to foster an informed dialogue between OECD countries and non-member developing and transition economies on agricultural policies issues. In recent (...)
• 14 May 2006:The Asia Pacific People’s Conference on Rice and Food Sovereignty, 14-18 May 2006, Jakarta
  Peasants from Asia and Pacific, civil society organizations and NGOs have gathered for the Asia Pacific People’s Conference on Rice and Food Sovereignty organized by La Via Campesina and (...)
• 2 May 2006:Which future for family farming in the ACP countries? Role of the organizations of producers in the challenges facing family farming in the ACP countries, Brussels, 2-5 May 2006
  Although over 60% of the people in Africa still live off of agriculture, agriculture especially smallholder farming is facing severe challenges. The viability of most of small farms is threatened (...)
• 17 April 2006:African Conference on Food Sovereignty, April 17-20, 2006, Maputo (Mozambique)
  Several organizations which support family farming prepare a World Forum on food sovereignty in February 2007, in Mali (more info in the Agenda). In this context, Via Campesina through its (...)
• 10 March 2006:Annual congress of the Union of the Walloon Women farmer (UAW), 10 March 2006, Gembloux
  This year the topic of the congress was globalization as a factor of farmers’ impoverishment. The UAW (the female sector of the FWA) invited two women farmer of organizations also (...)
• 7 March 2006: International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development from 7 to 10 March 2006
  The FAO Council during its 128th session approved the realization of an International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development to be held in Porto Alegre Brazil with the slogan "New (...)
• 13 February 2006: First Farmers’ Forum at the IFAD’s Governing Council meeting, 13-16 February 2006, Rome
  
• 28 December 2005:Common position on WTO agriculture negotiations
  The agricultural producers of developed and developing countries (ACP countries, G33, G10 and EU -25 Member States) adopt a joint position on the WTO negotiations in agriculture. Joint (...)
• 14 October 2005:The March of the Norwegian Farmers
  Norwegian Farmers Union organised a march starting on the day of the Union’s annual meeting in June 2005, ending up at the WTO meeting in Geneva in July 2005 . Norwegian farmers actually (...)
• 14 June 2005:Conference on Rural Development at the European Parliament, 14 June 2005
  Negotiations about the future support for rural development measures in the EU are currently a hot topic. Two days before the heads of states meet in Brussels, the EP will organise this (...)
• 12 June 2005:Strategic Dialogue on Commodities, Trade, Poverty and Sustainable Development. Barcelona, 13-15 June 2005.
  The crisis in agricultural commodities should be at the centre of debates on poverty and environmental degradation. This dialogue is organised by the International Centre for Trade and (...)
• 12 June 2005: Study and exchange trip on the future of family farming : Brazil/ Europe
  Sugar, milk, cotton and meat have opposed Brazil and the European Union within the WTO without producers from both continents having had the possibility to exchange information on their real (...)
• 9 June 2005:The reform of the EU sugar regime from an international perspective, Brussels, 9 June 2005
  International conference organised by the CSA (Collectif Stratégies Alimentaires), Oxfam-Solidarité, Vredeseilanden and Wervel. The stakes of the reform of the Common Market Organisation for (...)
• 25 May 2005: Food Security and Sustainable Farm Livelihoods, 12-18 May 2005 Ottawa (Canada)
  The Canadian Food Security Policy Group (FSPC), the Canadian producers associations have organised a North-South roundtable. Several signatories of the Dakar Declaration were present notably the (...)
• 27 April 2005:International Banana Conference April 28-30, 2005 in Brussels
  The Second International Banana Conference (IBC2)addressed the “race to the bottom” experienced in the banana trade since the first conference was held in 1998. Final (...)
• 25 April 2005:WTO Public Symposium 2005
  In the context of the WTO Public Symposium 2005, different organisations of the Dakar Process facilitated or participated to the two following events: I : A workshop entitled: " Agricultural (...)
• 11 April 2005:The 2005 FAO Committee On Commodity Problems - CCP 11-13 April, 2005
  The CCP discussions focused on the main issues that will be discussed in Hong Kong and on other related issues of great importance for many civil society organizations, such as the national (...)
• 24 March 2005:Sustainable Soy Conference
  The first Sustainable Soy Conference was organised in Foz do Iguaco (Brazil)on the 17th and 18th of March 2005. Around 250 participants from different backgrounds (growers, retailers, NGOs, (...)
• 17 March 2005:2005 American Corn Growers Association Convention
  The American Corn Growers Association met in Corpus Christi (Texas) last February for their 2005 Convention. On that occasion a number of decisions were taken, one of them concerns the WTO and (...)
• 2 February 2005:Dakar agricole: "The global agricultural divide", farmers pre-forum and proposals
  Des organisations paysannes des 5 continents se sont réunies à Dakar les 2 et 3 février 2005 pour apporter leur contribution aux réflexions du Forum "Dakar agricole" organisé par le Président (...)
• 20 December 2004:US Farmers Return from El Salvador Determined to fight against CAFTA approval
  US Farmers Return from El Salvador Determined to fight against CAFTA approval WASHINGTON, December 15, 2004-Seven U.S. farmers discussed agriculture and trade policy in El Salvador last week, (...)
• 10 December 2004:The future of the EU sugar regime questionned - position by the European platform on food sovereignty
  The European platform on food sovereignty brings together national platforms from 6 different countries belonging to the European Union (The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy Austria, and (...)
• 10 December 2004:Cotonou Declaration on the development of the cotton sector in Africa
  In May 2004, a farmers’ consultation meeting on the development of the cotton sector in African took place in Cotonou (Benin) from 11 to 14 May 2004. It was attended by farmers from twelve (...)
• 7 November 2003:PRESENT AND FUTURE OF THE EUROPEAN AND AFRICAN COTTON SECTOR (SEVILLE, 6 TO NOVEMBER 9, 2003)
  Motivated by their concern over the cotton crisis and the general menace to family farming posed by low farm prices, the representatives of farmers’ organisations from West Africa (ROPPA) (...)
• 3 November 2003:Meeting of European platforms on agriculture
  On November, 12th, 2003, the European platforms of CSOs (civil society organisations) advocating for a sustainable and fair agriculture in Europe will meet for the first time since the CAP reform (...)
• 4 October 2003:Program of ROPPA in Cancun
  * Septembre, 9th, from 9am to 12, in the framework of the farmers forum (Via Campesina – UNORCA), presentation of the declaration of Dakar by : Ndiougou Fall (ROPPA), Paul Nicholson (Via (...)
• 25 September 2003:All the mayors in Belgium have received the declaration of Dakar
  While the WTO conference was taking place in Cancun, the communication campaign developped by farmers organisations in Belgium between August, 21st and Septembre 14th was going on. The main idea (...)
• 24 September 2003:Sign on to Declaration of Dakar by the American Corn Growers Association
  Dear Mr. Fall, On behalf of the American Corn Growers Association, representing family farmers in the United States of America, I am writing you to request that we be added as a signatory to the (...)
• 19 September 2003:Press Conference in Cancun: Farmers from the North and South give their feelings about the WTO agriculture negotiations
  In Cancun, on September 13th, farmers from Japan, the US, West Africa, Europe and Brazil, gathered in the NGOs room of Fiesta American Hotel to explain their views on the negotiations taking (...)
• 17 September 2003:Supply management : researchers meet
  Resource persons present at the Dakar Seminar decided to provide a follow-up to the seminar. They proposed to provide research materials in support of the farmers organisations. Researchers from (...)
• 3 September 2003:Constructing an Alternative Agreement on Agriculture
  The Alternative Agreement on Agriculture A working group delegated by the civil society and farmers’ groups from North and South gathered in Geneva for the International Workshop on the (...)
• 3 September 2003:U.S. Agriculture/Rural Organizations Unite Warn World’s Farmers Subsidy Elimination Alone Not the Answer
  U.S. Agriculture/Rural Organizations Unite Warn World’s Farmers Subsidy Elimination Alone Not the Answer "New Research Suggests Reform of U.S. Policy Would Benefit Farmers Worldwide" (...)
• 3 September 2003:PRESS CONFERENCE: WHY FREE TRADE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FEED THE WORLD
  Dans le cadre des négociations de l’Accord sur l’Agriculture à l’OMC, des organisations paysannes et de producteurs agricoles du monde entier prennent des positions communes (...)
• 9 July 2003:“PEASANT PROPOSALS: WHICH AGRICULTURE FOR THE NEPAD?”
  On 25, 26, and 27 June 2003, the Network of Peasant Organizations and Producers in West African, ROPPA, gathered the ECOWAS member states peasant organizations to devise in unison on the NEPAD (...)
• 10 June 2003:IV asamblea de COPROFAM- Ypacarai – Junio 2003
  Durante los días 10 al 12 de junio del 2003, en la ciudad de Ypacarai, Paraguay, se realizo la IV asamblea ordinaria de la Coordinadora de Organizaciones de Productores Familiares del MERCOSUR (...)

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