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Food Sovereignty Victory in El Salvador
Together with Oxfam and Fundación Redes, we presented a recently released analysis of the Salvadoran government’s seed program at the public forum “Planting Seeds for Food Sovereignty in El Salvador.” The event had over 200 people in attendance, including farmers, community members, the Minister of Agriculture, legislators, non-government organizations, and public institutions. The study outlined […]
Farmer cooperatives, not Monsanto, supply El Salvador with seed
In the face of overwhelming competition skewed by the rules of free trade, farmers in El Salvador have managed to beat the agricultural giants like Monsanto and Dupont to supply local corn seed to thousands of family farmers. Local seed has consistently outperformed the transnational product, and farmers helped develop El Salvador’s own domestic seed […]
EcoViva’s Response to Embassy Release on Seed Procurement
Seed distribution is the backbone for El Salvador’s Family Agriculture Program. It is heralded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as a model for rural development across the Central American region. Its seed distribution program responds to immediate food security needs of over 325,000 […]
Seed Sovereignty Remains a Contentious Issue in El Salvador
A few weeks ago, EcoViva published an article on TruthOut about domestic seed production in El Salvador, and how the United States under its free trade agreement seeks modifications to Salvadoran law that enables domestic, small-scale enterprises to participate in the government seed purchasing program. So far, the issue remains unresolved as El Salvador’s new […]
