Article (anglais et espagnol seulement) publié par 2 collègues d'Oxfam.
Mystical ceremony in defense of the wisdom and native seed
"The small farmers are the most affected by climate change due to floods, drought and the destruction of glaciers, and is also a sector less supported by the government", explained the General secretary of the CCP, Jorge Prado Sumari.
The president of the Federation of Peasant Women, Artisan, Indigenous, Native and Salaried of Peru, Lourdes Huanca, said that the peasant groups are "articulating all the forces of Peru to protect food security and sovereignty and avoid, for example, the use of transgenic seeds (GM)''.
For his part, Moises Quispe, executive director of the National Association of Ecological Producers (ANPE), expressed concern about no official statement to declare Peru free of genetically modified seeds. "The entry of GM seeds may jeopardize the enormous and unique agricultural resources of Peru, within them the seeds biodiversity held by small farmers" he said.
The Vice Minister of the Environment, Rosario Gomez, who mentioned the number of specific efforts and measures being developed by the Peruvian government with local communities in the regions to conserve natural resources, these communities will be considerate to participate actively in the care of 54 million hectares of forest in the framework of a national policy of resource protection. She stressed that the protection of resources ensures not only feeding people, but also the country's position in international markets.
Mardi dernier 7 décembre, des organisations paysannes et autochtones on participé à un événement afin de démontrer à quel point les changements climatiques menacent la sécurité alimentaire et ont présenté les rôles importants que peuvent jouer les petits agriculteurs et les autochtones face à cet enjeu.
Mikuna - Ancestral knowledge
Mystical ceremony in defense of the wisdom and native seed
An important moment on Economica Justicia Campaign in Peru, and as part of Global Day of Climate Action, Peru’s campesinos and indigenous peoples of different organizations (Confederación Campesina del Perú (CCP); Confederación Nacional Agraria (CNA); Asociación Nacional de Productores Ecológicos del Perú (ANPE); Federación de Mujeres Campesinas, Artesanas e Indígenas del Perú (FEMUCARINAP), Confederación Nacional de Comunidades afectadas por la Minería (CONACAMI)) met in a colorful ceremony, representing the diversity of food and seeds threatened by climate change as a result of the inaction in the COP’s, by the representatives of the governments of developed countries.
A group of campesinos placed various agricultural products, including coca leaf from Peru on a map painted on the floor, and participated in an indigenous ceremony of thanks to the Earth called "Mikuna- ancestral knowledge."
"The small farmers are the most affected by climate change due to floods, drought and the destruction of glaciers, and is also a sector less supported by the government", explained the General secretary of the CCP, Jorge Prado Sumari.
The president of the Federation of Peasant Women, Artisan, Indigenous, Native and Salaried of Peru, Lourdes Huanca, said that the peasant groups are "articulating all the forces of Peru to protect food security and sovereignty and avoid, for example, the use of transgenic seeds (GM)''.For his part, Moises Quispe, executive director of the National Association of Ecological Producers (ANPE), expressed concern about no official statement to declare Peru free of genetically modified seeds. "The entry of GM seeds may jeopardize the enormous and unique agricultural resources of Peru, within them the seeds biodiversity held by small farmers" he said.
The Vice Minister of the Environment, Rosario Gomez, who mentioned the number of specific efforts and measures being developed by the Peruvian government with local communities in the regions to conserve natural resources, these communities will be considerate to participate actively in the care of 54 million hectares of forest in the framework of a national policy of resource protection. She stressed that the protection of resources ensures not only feeding people, but also the country's position in international markets.
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