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Machakos High Court in Kenya will soon make its ruling on the petition filed by 15 farmers that challenged Kenya's Seed and Plant Varieties Act that criminalise farmers’ rights to share, exchange and sell their own seeds. Listen to the decisions live here on 27 Nov, 9 AM Kenya time!
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November 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
La déclaration du Sommet des peuples qui a eu lieu en dehors de la #COP30 à Belem est en ligne : viacampesina.org/fr/declarati...
November 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
GRAIN at #COP30: Please join us today as we converge at the People’s Summit. Movements from South Asia, Africa, and Latin America building transitions rooted in people power.

📍 CUT Brasil Space, People’s Summit (UFPA) – Auditório Básico 1 & 2
🗓️ 15 Nov | 5–7pm
📌 maps.app.goo.gl/SNGg4acSWaNt...
November 15, 2025 at 7:13 AM
El campesinado de 20 estados mexicanos donde se produce 50% de alimentos del país denuncia desde hace años los efectos del acuerdo comercial con Estados Unidos (TMEC). Las recientes protestas alertan sobre el riesgo de crisis alimentaria en el país buzos.com.mx/noticia/siet... @etcgroup.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🔥 GRAIN at #COP30: Please join us at the following event!

"Against the green fences of capital: Territories of popular supply and climate resilience"

🗓 14 November 🕓 10AM📍 Berta Cáceres Tent - Peoples Summit UFPA @mst.org.br
November 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
GRAIN en la COP30: ¡Únete a nosotros en los siguientes eventos!
13 Nov, 2 PM hora de Brasil
📍Tienda Berta Caceres - UFPA Cupula dos Povos
November 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
« La Soguipah a tout pris, il n’y a plus où cultiver, donc nous sommes obligés de travailler pour la Soguipah. » Rapport important de @amnesty.org sur les abus subis par les travailleurs·euses de cette entreprise guinéenne d'hévéa et d'huile de palme: www.amnesty.fr/presse/guine...
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
El núm. 126 de Biodiversidad, Sustento y Culturas ofrece ejemplos concretos de qué tienen en común las luchas de las comunidades y organizaciones campesinas en América Latina y Palestina, desde las resistencias ante el agronegocio hasta las alternativas desde abajo. grain.org/es/category/...
November 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Join StreetNet and others on 13 Nov to celebrate International Day of Street Vendors and launching the Street Vendors Barometer in Zimbabwe and Argentina, to sheds light on the lives and work of street vendors
👉 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/j/87152732734 @margteixeira.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
⚠️ GRAIN at COP30: Join us at the following events!
International Alliance Against Agrochemicals and for Life: Agroecology and People’s Resistance in the Struggle for Free and Healthy Territories.
🗓️13 Nov, 2 PM Brazil time
📍Tenda Berta Caceres - UFPA Cupula dos Povos
November 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The new govt of Madagascar must take extreme care to prevent the grabbing of Malagasy land, particularly by foreign actors, during the transition-refoundation period
farmlandgrab.org/33138 @collectiftany.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Enlace internacional contra los Agrotóxicos y Por la Vida.
La agroecología y la resistencia popular en la construcción de los territorios libres y saludables.
13/11 a las 14h en la tienda Bertha Cáceres @viacampesinabe.bsky.social @etcgroup.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
"La terre, l'eau, les semences, les forêts et les savoirs appartiennent aux personnes qui en prennent soin, et non aux entreprises, aux États ou aux algorithmes." Lire la déclaration complète du 3ème forum Nyéléni :
nyeleniglobalforum.org/fr/2025/11/1...
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
¿Qué tienen en común las luchas de las comunidades y organizaciones campesinas en América Latina y Palestina? Biodiversidad, sustento y culturas #126 ofrece ejemplos concretos, desde las resistencias ante el agronegocio hasta las alternativas: grain.org/es/category/... @bdsmovement.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Le CICODEV demande la restauration de la loi sur la biosécurité, qui interdisait l’importation, le stockage, l’utilisation et la commercialisation des organismes génétiquement modifiés (OGM) au Sénégal.
aps.sn/cicodev-afri... @gmwatch.bsky.social @infogm.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The African Centre for Biodiversity celebrates a landmark win against the govt of South Africa for approving MON 87460, a GM maize produced by Monsanto/Bayer. The final ruling puts an end to "the rubber-stamping of GMO approvals" and upholds SA's biosafety law. acbio.org.za/gm-biosafety...
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Kenya has banned imports of milk powder, supposedly to protect the 'local' dairy industry. It also plans to waive taxes on animal feed and ban street hawking of milk. Who really stands to benefit? Powerful interests, including Danone. www.facebook.com/share/p/17V1... @margteixeira.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Indigenous, peasant, and Afro-descendant women of Latin America are calling on organizations and social movements around the world to sign to this declaration rejecting carbon market projects in their territories. wrm.us9.list-manage.com/track/click...
November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
African Centre for Biodiversity and MELCA-Ethiopia, convened a two-day workshop in Addis Ababa to reaffirms a strong call for the protection of centres of origin and diversity crops from the onslaught of genetic engineering in Africa. Read the declaration 👉🏽 acbio.org.za/gm-biosafety...
November 4, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Los movimientos citan 80 ejemplos de proyectos de captura de carbono en 2 millones de ha en América Latina y Caribe. Son plantaciones de árboles, ganadería extensiva y monocultivos que provocarán más acaparamiento de tierras y la destrucción de los sistemas alimentarios locales. grain.org/e/7320
November 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Exploitation sexuelle, expulsions et pollution autour des plantations de Socfin/Bolloré : rapport accablant de la Coalition 🇨🇭 pour des multintionales responsables
responsabilite-multinationales.ch/etudes-de-ca... @fpigeaud.bsky.social @lessoulevements.bsky.social @obsmultinationales.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 9:05 AM
⚠️ In Sudan, the UAE-backed RSF are committing a genocide that is every day more atrocious. This brutal war over resources & power, in which both parties have killed 150,000 people, needs to urgently stop. More: www.facebook.com/share/p/1ANS... @sdnsolidarity.bsky.social @sudanmutualaid.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
UAE agribusiness giant Al Dahra sells back to the govt of Serbia farmland it bought for a pittance in 2018 at 13 times the value today. Shocking but not unusual, Radar reports: farmlandgrab.org/33113
October 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Desmog cut through the "big ag" greenwashing we can expect at COP30:
www.desmog.com/2025/10/26/b... @desmog.com @hazelhealy.bsky.social @iatp.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Emirati investment giant IHC is creating "2PointZero", a new $33bn listed conglomerate that will actively pursue UAE's food security agenda.
www.wam.ae/en/article/b...
October 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM