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Agroecology
Members of MVIWATA in Tanzania MVIWATA’s 30th AGM: Forging a stronger farmers’ movement in Tanzania

The Annual General Meeting of the organization brought together hundreds of farmers in dialogue about the situation facing farmers in Tanzania and how to continue fighting corporate capture of agriculture.

Indigenous seed exchange Kenya’s High Court rules in favor of smallholder farmers and indigenous seeds

The landmark ruling secures farmers’ right to save, share, and exchange indigenous seeds, by decriminalizing it and safeguarding traditional farming heritage.

Youth in Burkina Faso plant crops Blandine Sankara: “Agroecology is a form of resistance and decolonization”

Founded by Thomas Sankara’s sister, Yelemani Association inspires the fight against desertification in Burkina Faso.

MVIWATA MVIWATA champions peasant agroecology at 2025 National Farmers’ Day celebrations

Tanzania’s National Farmers’ Day, widely known as “Nane Nane”, was marked across the country on August 8, 2025, with MVIWATA leading a bold grassroots presence under the theme Peasant Agroecology.

Fighting hunger in Haiti- Agroecological center trains farmers to produce food (1) Fighting hunger in Haiti: Agroecological center trains farmers to produce food

Tet Kole Movement maintains center that trains farmers and provides seeds for the development of local agriculture.

Humanizing art- Landless culture enchants at the 5th Agrarian Reform Fair Humanizing art: Landless culture was center stage at the 5th Agrarian Reform Fair

The 5th National Agrarian Reform Fair in São Paulo showcased the vibrant cultural expressions of Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement (MST) that promote social transformation through culture, music, dance, theater, and art.

MST kicks off the 5th National Agrarian Reform Fair with an expected turnout of 300,000 people

In celebration of the fair’s 10th anniversary, MST is offering the public 500 tons of food, 100 traditional Brazilian dishes, as well as concerts, cultural activities, and political events.

Brazil’s MST joins hands with Venezuela’s commune movement in food sovereignty project

The aim of the project is to guarantee Venezuela’s food sovereignty and produce “more and with greater quality.”

Students and peasants in Tanzania join hands to mark World Food Sovereignty Day

MVIWATA brought together students and farmers for activities to discuss the importance of agroecology and food sovereignty across Tanzania and Africa.

Literacy for liberation: How the Socialist Party of Zambia is fighting illiteracy

Since 2021, over 4,000 people in rural and urban areas have become literate in Zambia’s official language, English, as a result of the Socialist Party’s program

Celebrating its 30th anniversary, MVIWATA vows to strengthen peasant solidarity in Tanzania

Peoples Dispatch spoke to two leaders of Tanzania’s peasant movement about the importance of peasant unity and the struggle against neoliberalism

Over 1,500 farmers gather in Njombe, Tanzania for MVIWATA annual meeting

The movement which is also commemorating its 30th anniversary fights for the dignity and unity of the peasantry in Tanzania in the face of neoliberalism