Shakti is drawn from the voices of women organic farmers of the Mahila Anna Swaraj (MAS) movement across India. It documents their resilience and drive as seed keepers and protectors of seed freedom, and as cultivators of gardens of hope,...
TRAILER This film narrates stories of deeply embedded entanglements of communities with their native seeds, local food diversity, land, and rivers through ceremonies, songs and festivals. Narrated through: The voices of women of Odisha in the Bay of Bengal,...
By Fiorella Carollo – Pressenza, 16 June 2023 | Source Hayu Dyah is a young Javanese woman and the president of Mantasa, an Indonesian Ngo set in Java. Mantasa’s aim is to tackle women’s and children’s malnutrition which is...
On April 27, 2021, the Sri Lankan government decided to ban importing chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides and to replace them with organic inputs and methods. This decision was supported by many, including the Global Alliance for Organic Districts,...
By Sumudu Chamara – nation.lk, 11 June 2021 | Source Sri Lanka is a country that is largely dependent on agriculture, and the country’s farming community is revered because of the contribution they give to provide food to the...
This article is extracted from Navdanya International Global Citizens’ Report “Gates to a Global Empire“. The report gathers evidence and throws light on the dangers of philanthrocapitalism, which is boosting the corporate takeover of our seed, agriculture, food, knowledge...
By: Fabian Pacheco Rodríguez, Master in Environmental Agrobiology and Ecological farmer, and Mauricio Alvarez Mora, Geographer and Master of Latin American Studies – Extract from Navdanya International Report The Future of Food – Farming with Nature, Cultivating the Future...
By Murilo Mendonça Oliveira de Souza – Extract from Navdanya International Report The Future of Food – Farming with Nature, Cultivating the Future – November 2019 Brazilian agribusiness has established technical and political parameters to create a world-renowned model...
By Fernando Cabaleiro, Naturaleza de Derechos – Extract from Navdanya International Report The Future of Food – Farming with Nature, Cultivating the Future – November 2019 In Argentina, patent law does not allow plant patents. However, shortly after obtaining...
By Manlio Masucci (texts and pictures) – Extract from Navdanya International Report The Future of Food – Farming with Nature, Cultivating the Future – November 2019 The April tour in Trentino Alto Adige, organized as part of Navdanya International’s...