Brussels, 22/07/2016 (Agence Europe) - Agricultural organisations Via Campesina and Terre de liens presented a petition “Preserving and managing farmland as our common wealth” at the meeting of the European Parliament's petitions committee on 13 July.
This move is to resist the pressure currently being brought to bear by the European Commission in Eastern Europe to liberalise land access for big investors, they say. The petition, which has been signed by about 80 organisations from...