[P2P-F] Fwd: Peasant Sovereignty?

[Michel Bauwens]

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From: Jonathan Latham <jrlatham at bioscienceresource.org>
Date: Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 8:34 AM
Subject: Peasant Sovereignty?
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Dear Friends and Colleagues:

Published today (Wed 18th March 2015) in *Independent Science News*:
*Peasant Sovereignty?* by Evaggelos Vallianatos.

http://www.independentsciencenews.org/environment/peasant-sovereignty/

Summary: Peasant and small-scale farming is increasingly being recognised
as more productive, as more sustainable, and as democratically superior in
comparison with most livelihoods and with most other forms of agriculture.
This recognition is being enhanced by the concept of "food sovereignty" and
its increasing discussion in academic circles. Nevertheless, despite
constructive developments such as a draft "UN Declaration of the Rights of
Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas" there is still a long way
to go before there is an appropriate understanding and accurate
appreciation of the modern peasantry.

Yours sincerely,

Jonathan

Jonathan Latham, PhD
Executive Director
The Bioscience Resource Project
Ithaca, NY 14850 USA

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