Democratizing Development: Land, Resources and Markets

Social movements in the Global South are fighting for indigenous and
peasant rights, land reform, sustainable agriculture, clean water, fair
prices for agricultural goods, and freedom from foreign “dumping” and
GMO contamination.

This program area focuses on the structural causes of hunger and
poverty, and bridges the gap between transnational advocacy and local
control over food system resources. Like other program areas it links
critiques of the corporate-dominated food systems with farmer and
consumer-led alternatives that ensure justice, equity and ecological
sustainability. Our projects include the campaign for African
Alternatives to the Gates-Rockefeller Alliance for a Green Revolution,
and No full tanks with Empty Bellies: The Food and Fuel Sovereignty
Campaign, and El Camino del Migrante: Immigrants and the Struggle for
Food Sovereignty.