Many of the world’s current food and agricultural systems are in need of transformation – for people, for the environment and climate, and for our shared future. COVID-19 exposed, even more, that the distribution and commercialization of food is highly concentrated and inequitable. A conversational online event, with a long plenary Q&A that brings together social movements and civil society organizations, and authors of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung publication “Crash Barriers for post-COVID-19 food and agricultural systems”, representing perspectives from Asia (India and Philippines) and the Americas (Argentina, Brazil, and the US).
Speakers:
· P S Vijayshankar (Samaj Pragati Sahayog, India)
· Matheus Gringo de Assunção (MST and Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, Brazil)
· Qiana Mickie (QJM Multiprise, USA)
· Ang Cheatlom (Associate lawyer and ecological farming advocate, Cambodia)
Moderation: Patricia Lizarraga (Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung) and Refiloe Joala (Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung)
Registration required: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CAD83rHGQFK4kuY6lTgO3g
Languages: English, Spanish, and Portuguese (with simultaneous interpretation)
Organized by the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung.
Contact
Jan Urhahn
Food Sovereignty Programme Director, Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
Email: jan.urhahn@rosalux.org
Phone: +27 10 4460538