Land grabbing never went away, we just took our eyes off it. Our newly published report by IPES-Food shines the spotlight on the gross green & grey grabs, squeezing small & medium farmers out in favor of land speculation & carbon offsets. For more, see👇🏾 ipes-food.org/report/land-sq…

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What is driving unprecedented pressures on farmland and what can be done to achieve equitable access to land?

New IPES-Food report highlights a critical challenge in our #foodsystems : the alarming concentration of #farmland …

🚨New @ipesfood report shows the world's farmland is owned by a few—the 1% largest farms control 70% of land. Small & medium-scale farmers are being squeezed out. ipes-food.org/report/land-sq…

💡Small and medium-scale farmers are the backbone of our food systems.
👉 @ipesfood calls for a new deal for farmers and rural communities prioritizing access to land, fair prices, social security, & #agroecology incentives.
ipes-food.org/report/land-sq…

Well researched and well written book, a timely book for those working on land issue!

IPES-Food A new wave of #land redistribution is urgently needed. Important lessons from
#Zimbabwe . zimbabweland.wordpress.com/2024/05/06/can…

📈Land prices have doubled globally since 2008. In Central-East Europe, they’ve tripled. Who's benefiting? Not farmers!

Time to halt the #landsqueeze , hit pause on green grabs & financial speculation on farmland, & prioritize farmers' access to land
👉ipes-food.org/report/land-sq…

🚨Global land concentration:

The world's farmland is owned by the few! 1% largest farms control 70% of farmland worldwide. In Latin America it's worse.

Extreme land inequality obstructs sustainable #foodsystems .

Data from our new #LandSqueeze report
➡️ipes-food.org/report/land-sq…

This is a critical report on the ongoing land grabs in the Global South. Read and share widely!!!

The 1% largest #farms control 70% of the global #land , while small & medium-scale farmers are being squeezed out. 🌎
A fair #FoodSystem is only achieved by land distribution.

👉New IPES-Food report: ipes-food.org/report/land-sq…

This is probably the best explanation you will find on inequality and access to land. By IPES-Food
ipes-food.org/report/land-sq…

Food insecurity is not solved through higher productivities, but by ensuring equal access to land.

📢NEW REPORT JUST LAUNCHED
👉🌍👈 #LandSqueeze

We need to talk about #land ! Our study shows land prices have doubled in 15 years. Land grabs are once again a major risk thanks to big finance & carbon schemes. Farmers & food production are at threat.

➡️ipes-food.org/report/land-sq…

Very happy 2 see paper published in Nature Food, led by Samara Brock on knowledge democratization 4 food systems transformation about crucial role of diverse knowledge systems in devising resilient & inclusive global food systems nature.com/articles/s4301…

' #Foodsystems – encompassing food production, processing, distribution, consumption & disposal – are responsible for fully 1/3 of global carbon emissions. More than the annual emissions of USA & China combined.'

Food cannot be ignored in #ClimateAction
ipes-food.org/we-cannot-affo…

'What does a #food technology regime look like if it were to be driven by food system workers, cashiers, folks in the fields, folks milking the cows?' 🔥

Errol Schweizer (Errol Schweizer), from IPES-Food, interview for Thin.

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AFSA || STATEMENT ON THE AFRICAN FERTILISER AND SOIL HEALTH SUMMIT

AFSA Urges African Governments to Focus on Biofertilizers for Reviving Soil Health

The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) led a delegation of farmers and civil society organizations to the African…

As the risk of crop failure grows due to #climatecrisis , farmers’ “margins have shrunk, there’s nothing in the bank to pay for the bad years. Farm-gate #prices have been driven down to levels which leave nothing to cover crops lost to adverse weather.”
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

📣 We cannot afford another lost year for food and climate action

✒️ Thought-provoking Op-Ed by Emile Frison

#ClimateChange #Agroecology

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'We cannot afford another lost year for food and climate action'

In this new op-ed for Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, our FRISON Emile writes, urgent action is imperative to transform #foodsystems and avert surpassing critical planetary warming thresholds.
thebulletin.org/premium/2024-0…