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A first meeting of the “Open-ended intergovernmental working group on a United Nations declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas” took place in Geneva from 15 to 19 July 2013. In her opening statement to the Working Group, Ms Flavia Pansieri, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, noted the challenges rural people have to face, particularly highlighting volatile food markets, skewed trade practices, climate change, environmental degradation, loss of biodiversity and the lack of rights to manage the land on which they live and work. (...)

The article:
http://www.rural21.com/english/news/detail/article/un-declaration-on-the-rights-of-rural-people-0000836/

More about:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/RuralAreas/Pages/FirstSession.aspx

The document:
http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/WGPleasants/A-HRC-WG-15-1-2_En.pdf

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Smallholders, food security and the environment:

http://www.ifad.org/media/press/2013/27.htm

The Report:

http://www.unep.org/pdf/SmallholderReport_WEB.pdf

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FAO will cooperate with La Via Campesina, the largest movement of small food producers in the world:

http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/201824/icode/

Informazione di base:

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_Campesina

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%ADa_Campesina

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_Campesina

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_Campesina

Passato... presente:

http://www.fabiomanzione.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7138:fao-e-slow-food-insieme-per-promuovere-piccoli-agricoltori-e-biodiversita&catid=117:agricoltura&Itemid=103

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Fao - Countries help turn Voluntary Guidelines on Tenure into action:

http://www.fao.org/in-action/countries-help-turn-voluntary-guidelines/en/

Passato... presente:

http://www.fabiomanzione.it/index.php?searchword=tenure&ordering=&searchphrase=all&Itemid=105&option=com_search

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Successo del progetto "Sicurezza alimentare attraverso la commercializzazione dell'agricoltura":

http://www.greenreport.it/news/aree-protette-e-biodiversita/i-piccoli-agricoltori-di-34-paesi-diventano-imprenditori-grazie-ad-un-programma-finanziato-dallitalia/