'Global Justice Now' is campaigning in support of small-scale
farmers in Africa. They are being threatened by the
agribusiness front organisation known as the New Alliance for Food
Security and Nutrition. This organisation is set up to help big
business impose monocultures of crops for export, appropriating the
land of small-scale farmers who depend on their variety of crops
for survival and who help to feed their local populations. This is
the new sort of colonialism supported by our government through our
taxes so that large companies can make a profit. This is
not about feeding a growing population -
small mixed farms can produce far more per acre and more
sustainably than monocultures.
Local farmers in developing countries all over the world are
protesting about the way they are being treated and campaigning to
preserve their livelihoods. They need
our support. Go to the Global Justice website to see
what you can do.