The IPC recently sent its critical assessment regarding technology transfer and capacity building for DSI to the ITPGRFA Secretariat| International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC)
Nearly fifteen years after the adoption of the milestone land tenure guidelines (VGGT Land tenure) and almost twenty years after the first International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ICARRD), land inequality remains a significant and pressing issue. Around the world, the farmers and communities who deliver food security and steward ecosystems are being […] The post Land reform at a crossroads: rewatch the webinar! appeared first on International Planning Committee for...| International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC)
The IPC Working Group on Trade, Markets and Revenues explored the impact of market prices on producers’ and consumers’ food sovereignty| International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC)
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In this interview, Saúl Vicente Vázquez from the International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) highlights the urgent struggle of Indigenous Peoples to defend their lands as a vital act of protecting the environment and sustaining life itself. He emphasizes the inseparable connection between territorial rights and environmental justice, calling for collective action to safeguard Indigenous territories […]| International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC)
In May 2025, an IPC delegation participated in the 13th session of the Sub-Committee on Aquaculture (COFI:AQ XIII). This session focused on shaping global aquaculture policy, particularly in relation to the Guidelines on Sustainable Aquaculture (GSA), endorsed by COFI in 2024. Under the umbrella of FAO’s Blue Transformation Roadmap (2022-2030), the GSA has rapidly become a central […] The post Industrial aquaculture is not the solution for food security appeared first on International P...| International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC)
In 2014, the FAO Committee on Fisheries adopted the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines). These guidelines were created by the small-scale fisheries movements in negotiation with governments. Adopting a human rights-approach, the Guidelines recognize the fundamental role played by the fisherfolks and […] The post The IPC global fisherfolk movements meet in Rome to review the implementatio...| International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC)
The IPC WG on Land, Forests, Water and Territories participated in the launch of ICARRD+20, which will take place in Colombia in February '26| International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC)
Since 2013, two Working Groups of the FAO Plant Treaty (ITPGRFA) tasked with enhancing the functioning of its Multilateral System (MLS) for facilitated access to plant genetic resources (PGRFA) and sharing the benefits of their use have met 23 times in total. The most recent meeting ended in Rome on Friday 4 April, still facing […] The post Bio-pirate countries storm the Plant Treaty appeared first on International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC).| International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC)
The People Health Movement and the Food Sovereignty Movement will stand side by side in the Nyéléni Global Forum. Here's why.| International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC)
As part of our special February series dedicated to food and human rights, we interviewed Geneviève Savigny on the UN WG on Peasants| International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC)
COP16 approved a DSI fund which will become a tool for biopiracy. The analysis of thhe IPC Working Group on Agrobiodiversity| International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC)
Movements from the MENA region reflect on the challenges faced by small food producers on the International Day for People's Food Sovereignty| International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC)
Representatives of small-scale fishers from around the world gathered in Rome for the second edition of the Small Scale Fisheries Summit| International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC)
