International Meeting of Experts on Food For Health
"The health of the planet and the health of the people are one" - Vandana Shiva, Navdanya International
Vandana Shiva in Florence for a Manifesto against Agrotoxics: “The Health of the Planet and the People are one”
By Manlio Masucci, Navdanya International, 14 May 2018
Nourishing or poisoning? What is the role of food in our productive, social and economic systems?
A victory for ‘seed freedom’
By Dr Vandana Shiva – The Asian Age, 2 May 2018 | Source Seeds are the repository of centuries of biological and cultural evolution.The duty to save seeds and defend seed freedom — Bija Swaraj — is an ethical...
An Agro-Ecological Transition to Beat the Diktats of the Green Revolution
By Ruchi Shroff, Navdanya International - Lifegate, 27 April 2018 | A transition towards agroecology is needed to beat the diktats of a production model that is poisoning our Planet and our lives.
An Agroecological Transition is Necessary to Achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals
By Manlio Masucci, Navdanya International, 17 April 2018 Agroecology has proved to be capable of “reintroducing diversity on farms, strengthening local food systems, valuing traditional knowledge, ensuring equity and access to land and economic resources and respecting the multiple...
2nd Olympic Seed Freedom Festival
From 12-14 of April 2018, Navdanya, together with multiple civil society organizations, farmers, seed keepers and around 6,000 visitors, joined the 2nd Olympic Seed Freedom Festival, organized with Peliti in the area of Paranesti (Drama), in Northern Greece. Link...
Navdanya at FAO 2nd International Symposium on Agroecology
The 2nd International Symposium on Agroecology, took place in Rome at FAO Headquarters from 3 – 5 April 2018. Navdanya International joined over 350 civil society organizations attending the Symposium, along with more than 700 participants and representatives of...
Indigenous seeds can end farmer suicides
By Dr Vandana Shiva - The Asian Age, 22 March 2018 | Farmers and workers must disappear for “efficiency” of the machine and profits for the money machine. People are rendered redundant, disposable, useless in the very logic of...
EU approves Bayer-Monsanto merger without assessing the risks exposed by civil society’s representatives, small and medium-sized producers and consumers
Italiano The European Commission has approved the acquisition of Monsanto by Bayer. under the EU Merger Regulation. The merger is subject to corrective measures, such as the sale of a comprehensive package, which addresses the overlap of the parties...
#SeedFreedom Day at the Farmers’ Market
On March 18, Navdanya International took part in a Seed-Freedom Day at the Farmer’s Market, a concrete and positive example of creation of local and ecological agricultural and food networks.