Parallel Forum brings together social movements for another kind of agrarian reform
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- Published on Monday, 06 March 2006 17:44
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Peasants, FAO and the government present their proposals in Porto Alegre
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- Published on Monday, 06 March 2006 17:42
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Agrarian Conflict and Violence
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- Published on Sunday, 05 March 2006 07:00
Agrarian Conditions in Indonesia
When Indonesia achieved its independence in 1945, the agrarian structure was very imbalanced, with a heavy concentration of land ownership in a few hands, and a large landless and near landless rural majority. In an attempt to address the agrarian question in 1960, the Soekarno’s government developed an agrarian reform policy which was based on the new Basic Agrarian Law No. 5 (known as UUPA 1960). Unfortunately this attempt at agrarian reform did not achieve meaningful results, as implementation was halted by the new regime in 1967.
Via Campesina discusses Agrarian Reform and Globalization of the struggle
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Agrarian reform as a tool for providing a sustainable relation between peasants and the environment is not limited only to the winning of land. That was the concept that permeated the discussions on the first day of the International Meeting of the Landless, organized by La Via Campesina International at the Capuchino Monastery in Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil. Around 150 peasants from social movements of Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas spoke about their local situations and discussed a new vision for agriculture and the social function of land. The strategies of struggle and resistance to neoliberal policies, mainly of the WTO and of the World Bank, were also topics discussed at the meeting.