Peasants' rights achieve climate justice

Project period:

01.07.2022 - 01.07.2025

Granted amount:

3,556,657,- DKK

Total budget:

3,556,657,- DKK

Organization:

Global Aktion - Mennesker & miljø før profit

Partners:

ZIMBABWE SMALLHOLDER ORGANIC FARMERS FORUM - ZIMSOFF

Pool:

Civilsamfundspuljen

Grant type:

Udviklingsindsats

World goals:

Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Goal 13: Climate Action

Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Efforts take place in:

Democratic Republic of Congo Kenya Mozambique South Africa Tanzania Uganda Zimbabwe

Resume

The main purpose of this intervention is that the rights of peasants, their agroecological practices and their demand for climate justice are formative to rural and agrarian policies in South and Eastern Africa on local, national and regional levels. The means to do this is to support the LVC SEAf network as champions of the human rights of peasants. The intervention will specifically support the member organisations in the LVC SEAf network in their efforts to organise the SSFPs in the region, educate them on their rights and push for the implementation of the UNDROP as a means to better their livelihoods and achieve climate justice. Pushing for peasants’ rights requires that peasants have a basic material wellbeing, including mechanisms that make them more resilient to the impacts of climate change and the expansion of industrial agriculture in the region. This intervention builds on the successes of expanding the use of agroecological farming methods.