An ageing population of farmers, huge barriers to land ownership and an unprecedented environmental crisis sparks renewed investment in small, ecological farms.
The pandemic continues to cause the cancellation of events, including the final meeting of the citizen’s assembly on climate change and protests by Extinction Rebellion.
'An economy based on ownership of land ignores the interconnected ecosystems of soil that support fertility and biodiversity, to the extent that all of life is now threatened.'
Farmers’ organisations, trade union federations, indigenous peoples, fisher groups, women’s organisations, environmental groups and progressive political parties met in Hyderabad, South India.