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16\/04\/2014<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0(Harare, April 16, 2014) This year millions of men and women farmers of the international peasant movement, La V\u00eda Campesina, mobilize worldwide in favor of pasant seeds. Since April 17, 1996 (1)\u00a0<\/a><\/sup>la V\u00eda Campesina designated this day as a global day of action with allies and firends.<\/p>\n With more than 100 actions at a local and global level (see map<\/a><\/span>) in all continents, la Via Campesina reasserts the importance of local struggles and at the same time underlines the need of a global resistance and organization between the cities and the rural areas. Actions such as land occupations, agroecological festivities, debates and seed exchanges will be carried out until the end of the month as part of these global days of action.<\/p>\n La V\u00eda Campesina denounces laws and interests that seek to prohibit the use, exchange and access to peasant seeds that we consider a heritage of the people at the service of humanity, as well as food sovereignty as part of a commitment to end hunger in the world.<\/p>\n Historically, men and women farmers, and indigenous peoples have conserved and cared for seeds. La V\u00eda Campesina says NO to all attempts to criminalize and make illegal our practices for caring for, producing and sharing seeds.<\/p>\n To defend our seeds means to defend the rights of men and women farmers. Seeds in hands of peasant farmers guarantee a dignified and autonomous future in agriculture.<\/p>\n In addition, on this 17 of April, la V\u00eda Campesina will present its new documentary, \u201cthe Jakarta call\u201d. This 38 minute video shows the exchanges, debates and discussions carried out during la V\u00eda Campesina\u2019s 6th<\/sup>\u00a0international conference which took place in Indonesia in 2013. It shows the cultural diversity, values, solidarity and unity that come together in this political project in defense of a peasant food system in which seeds play a central role in the struggle for food sovereignty and in the construction of a more just society.<\/p>\n \n For Interviews Please contact:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Guy Kastler (interviews in French) :\u00a0+ 33 6 03 94 57 21<\/p>\n Elizabeth Mopfu (interviews in English)\u00a0+ 263 772 443 716<\/p>\n Eberto D\u00edaz (Interviews in Spanish) :\u00a0+ 57 31 03 01 75 34<\/p>\n Please also refer to our publication:\u00a0Our Seeds, Our Future<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and A Publication on\u00a0April 17 and the struggle for seeds<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n \n\n