In June 2025, La Vía Campesina took part in a powerful act of solidarity with Palestine as part of the Sumoud Convoy — a caravan comprising hundreds of activists that set off from Tunisia towards Rafah, on the border between Egypt and Gaza. The aim was to demand an end to the genocide and the blockade. The journey, however, was violently interrupted by Libyan authorities: many participants were detained, deported, and subjected to harsh repression. Despite this, the convoy stood as a powerful testament to the deep commitment of people across the globe to the Palestinian cause, particularly their efforts to break the siege and deliver humanitarian aid amidst a famine that has been deliberately inflicted.
Also in June, La Vía Campesina led two significant climate justice actions in different parts of the world, each rooted in the same shared struggle. In Borikén (Puerto Rico), the First International Brigade brought together 23 participants from 15 peasant organisations across the globe. Over ten days, the brigadistas worked alongside farming families, exchanging knowledge and cultural practices while building international solidarity. Importantly, children were active participants, helping to create an atmosphere of care and collective tenderness — transforming the brigade into a vibrant example of the possibility of alternative futures.
At the same time, in Bonn (Germany), an LVC delegation raised its voice at the UN SB62 negotiations, condemning the commodification of the climate crisis and demanding real, tangible solutions: namely, peasant agroecology and a just transition led by the people, financed through climate reparations to address the historical debt of the Global North. This debt stems from centuries of colonialism and the disproportionately high emissions that have fuelled the current climate emergency. The Bonn negotiations also provided an opportunity to advance coordinated efforts towards COP30, in partnership with the wider climate justice movement, particularly in preparation for the People’s Summit in Belém do Pará.
These actions form part of a unified strategy: to resist from within our territories and to challenge the direction of global climate policy.
Moving onto the news from our regions;
The Americas
In Paraguay, the National Peasant Federation strongly condemned the violent eviction of the San Miguel settlement, where 230 families had lived for the past nine years. The settlement was targeted by the State’s repressive forces, resulting in the destruction of food crops, homes, and essential infrastructure painstakingly built by the local community. Several individuals sustained serious injuries. The Federation has called for collective mobilization in response to these actions, stressing that such evictions only serve to further concentrate land ownership, dismantle peasant and Indigenous communities, and diminish food production for the Paraguayan population—exacerbating poverty, destitution, and unemployment.

In Peru, a historic milestone has been reached thanks to the relentless efforts of the agrarian and Indigenous movements—including the Peasant Confederation of Peru (CCP), the National Federation of Peasant, Artisan, Indigenous, Native and Salaried Women of Peru (FENMUCARINAP), the National Agrarian Confederation (CNA), CONVEAGRO, AGUAPAN, ONAMIAP, and ANPE PERU. A draft Law on Traditional Native Seed Systems has been officially submitted to Congress. Backed by four parliamentary groups, the bill aims to recognize and safeguard the autonomous management of native seeds—crucial to the food systems of Peruvian families and the ancestral knowledge of peasant communities. These systems are key to ensuring Food Security and Sovereignty across the country.
In Panama, the people’s resistance has significantly intensified in recent months. Students, workers, Indigenous peoples, and numerous social and environmental organizations have led widespread mobilizations to defend national sovereignty, social rights, and human dignity. In response, President Raúl Mulino’s government has unleashed a wave of harsh repression—including arbitrary arrests, institutional violence, and the systemic criminalisation of protest. This crackdown has extended to banana-growing regions such as Bocas del Toro, as well as Indigenous territories of the Ngäbe-Buglé, Emberá-Wounaan, and Guna peoples, where demonstrators have been unlawfully detained and union leaders imprisoned. At present, around four individuals are reported missing, over 350 have been arrested, and approximately 1,000 people have faced detention and prosecution since the height of the protests began on 23 April. One death has been officially confirmed, with others under investigation, alongside numerous serious human rights violations.
In Guatemala, on 21 June, CONAVIGUA marked the National Day of the Forcibly Detained and Disappeared. As part of the day’s commemorations, they issued a call for all organizations to come together in the ongoing search for their loved ones, who remain buried in clandestine graves scattered throughout the country. They paid heartfelt tribute to their relatives—women, men, young people, children, and elders—who are among the more than 45,000 forcibly disappeared in Guatemala.
Their memory was honored with love and tenderness, remembering not only their lives but also their spirit of resistance, commitment to community service, their hopes and dreams, and their profound clarity of thought, rooted in thousands of years of Indigenous wisdom. Through these acts of remembrance, CONAVIGUA reaffirmed its dedication to truth, justice, and historical memory—so that these crimes are neither forgotten nor repeated.
In the Dominican Republic, IALA MAMA TINGO presented the outcomes of its first convite, with 20 participants successfully completing the programme. This gathering provided a space for peasant communities to share their knowledge, productive practices, culinary traditions, and rural survival strategies. It served as a valuable forum for exchanging wisdom to uphold the principles of Food Sovereignty, secure food systems, protect and propagate native seeds, and champion the significance of peasant agriculture. All of this was carried out in line with the pedagogical and political principles of MAMA TINGO: education for social transformation, cooperative and productive learning, gender equity and equality, and active political and social engagement.
In Haiti, the Women’s Coordination of the MPP, in collaboration with FAU-LAC, organised two days of training focused on the de-colonial feminist movement. More than twenty women came together at the National Training Centre for Peasant Women / Home Centre. The training created a space for reflection and consciousness-raising around women’s rights, the history of the feminist struggle, the pursuit of social justice, and the pressing need for social, political, and economic emancipation. Participants shared personal testimonies about political discrimination, colonization, patriarchy, and capitalism. The gathering became a vital platform for MPP women to further develop the feminist movement and prepare to take leadership in driving social change in Haiti and beyond.
In Canada, the National Farmers Union–Ontario (NFU-O) issued a strong statement demanding the withdrawal of Bill 5, which represents an unacceptable attack on land, livelihoods, and democracy. This proposed law would unilaterally declare certain areas of Ontario as “Special Economic Zones” to accelerate specific types of economic development. The NFU firmly defends a peasant-based approach to agriculture that prioritizes democratic access to land, local markets, environmental protection, climate justice, and community and labor rights.
In the United States, the National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) denounced the USDA funding freeze, which is threatening the livelihoods of farmers. Tens of thousands of peasant farmers, ranchers, fishers, and foresters across the country have been struggling at the start of the farming season, anxiously awaiting payments that are legally owed to them. This politically motivated freeze undermines farmers’ trust in the government and punishes them for unfounded claims, even as they strive to support their families and communities. The NFFC is urging the government to fulfill its commitments and immediately release all remaining funds.
AFRICA
ESAFF Uganda issued the fifth edition of the Quarterly Seed Gist on Farmer Managed Seed Systems (FMSS). The issue highlights a diversity of stories aimed at exploring the potential of the FMSS in addressing small scale farmers seed challenges, diversity conservation, food security and livelihoods in the face of climate crisis, advancement of technology, and farmer unfriendly seed policies among issues.
In Mozambique, the National Union of Peasants (UNAC) initiative to promote food sovereignty and social and political participation of peasant families in the district of Manjacaze is starting to bear fruits. Its members planted and harvested over 0.75 tonnes of Jugo beans, a local variety leguminosa which was slowing disappearing from peasant farms. Part of the seeds will be used recover and ensure availability of native seeds from generation to generation.
In Zimbabwe, with the devastating effects of climate change, traditional grains have proved to be more drought tolerant and able to provide food for the farmers. Many ZIMSOFF farmers are happy that they planted small grains and not maize. Such is the case in Chikonye Village in Gutu District, because of the good harvest, the farmers are pooling their labour to help each other to thresh their finger millet.
In Senegal, on June 12, 2025, young members of CNCR participated in a workshop focused on their contributions to the national action plan under the United Nations Decade of Family Farming. The meeting addressed several key issues for the future of agriculture in Senegal, emphasizing the importance of youth and women’s involvement in the agricultural sector. Participants highlighted the need to recognize food systems as a central cross-cutting theme in national planning, the urgency of promoting agroecological and sustainable farming models, and the pivotal role of policy changes to strengthen and support family and peasant agriculture in the country.
As part of the ProSMAT project in Togo, the national peasant platform CTOP conducted a field mission across five regions to identify young promoters of agroecological inputs and women’s cooperatives involved in vegetable processing. The initiative aims to select beneficiaries, define strategic sites, consult with women vendors on the creation of dedicated markets, and involve municipalities and regional agricultural offices in the process. The goal is to strengthen producer capacities, promote local products, and improve the incomes of peasant families.
Asia
In Karnataka, a southern state of India, the farmers’ union KRRS reports that local farmers have begun an indefinite hunger strike to protest the state government’s plan to acquire their agricultural land through the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB). The KIADB aims to acquire 1,777 acres across 13 villages in Devanahalli taluk for industrial development. However, farmers fear forced displacement and loss of livelihood. The project is expected to impact 700–800 farming families. The targeted land is a key region for growing grains, vegetables, and fruits like grapes, pomegranates, and mangoes. Farmer leaders have requested a meeting with the Chief Minister on July 4 to discuss their demands.

On June 24, 2025, over 200 participants from across Southern Thailand gathered in Phatthalung to commemorate the 1932 revolution and call for a new people-led constitution. Organized by the Assembly of the Poor and allies, the event highlighted ongoing repression under the 2017 constitution, especially in the Deep South where emergency laws and cultural suppression persist. Speakers emphasized the need for inclusivity, human rights, and democratic participation. The gathering ended with a united declaration to push for a constitution that truly reflects the people’s will—carrying forward the spirit of the 1932 and 2020 democratic movements into today’s struggle.
In Bangladesh, the agricultural farm workers of BAFLF organized a demonstration demanding the cancellation of the misleading “Daily-Based Temporary Worker Recruitment Policy, 2025” issued by the Ministry of Finance. They are instead calling for the implementation of 13 demands, including the regularization of all agricultural farm workers, including those under BADC, in accordance with the “Agricultural Farm Workers Recruitment and Regulation Policy, 2017. On 29th June they also submitted a memorandum to the government in this regard.
Farmers across South Korea are voicing growing frustration with the Lee Jae-myung administration. Anger over the reappointment of Agriculture Minister Song Miryung has sparked protests, with farmers citing her past neglect of their livelihoods and pro-import policies. Many feel betrayed as agricultural concerns were also excluded from recent budget decisions. A report by the National Assembly Budget Office further reveals that tariff rate quotas (TRQs), used to stabilize prices, have had limited impact while causing tax losses and harming domestic producers. Farmers are now demanding genuine agricultural reform, greater transparency, and inclusion in policymaking, warning of intensified mobilization if their demands continue to be ignored.
Europe
In Italy, members of ARI (Associazione Rurale Italiana) and allied social movements led a major mobilization to protest the imposition—at both national and European levels—of new GMOs. The danger is significant: the elimination of traceability, labeling, and almost any risk evaluation for genetically modified organisms patented by multinational corporations. This is being done behind the backs of both producers and consumers, violating peasant rights and threatening food sovereignty and the future of peasant agroecology. It is important to remember that these protests have been ongoing across Europe for over two years, led by peasant organizations, local producers, and their allies.

On June 26, in Vienna, a large demonstration took place under the united cry “STOP EU-Mercosur.” The action brought together LVC member organization OVB (Austrian Association of Mountain and Small Farmers), local solidarity economy groups, and decolonial collectives. “We are going to expose the hidden side of treaties that try to sell progress for the few at the expense of the many,” participants declared. The agreement, whose negotiations concluded in late 2024, would massively benefit export-oriented agribusiness in both regions by eliminating 93% of tariffs in Europe—a clear expression of industrial neocolonialism threatening the autonomy of peoples in Abya Yala.
ARNA
FNSA Morocco: On Saturday, June 14, 2025, the Peasants’ Union in Driouch, affiliated with FNSA Morocco, held an interactive seminar under the theme: “The Role of Family Farming in Achieving Food Sovereignty and Facing Climate Change.” The seminar featured an in-depth analysis of family farming, emphasizing that achieving food sovereignty requires strong support for small-scale and peasant agriculture, which currently supplies nearly three-quarters of the national food market—including 80% of cereal production and over 48% of the national livestock, particularly sheep and goats.
However, this farming model is marginalized in Morocco due to government policies favoring large-scale, export-oriented agribusiness. The seminar highlighted that food has become a strategic weapon, and Morocco’s heavy dependence on imports—especially wheat, legumes, sugar, and oils—poses a serious threat to national sovereignty. Participants reached a broad agreement on the need to confront these government policies, strengthen family farming, and place small-scale farmers at the center of decision-making and strategy. They also called for integrating family farming into scientific research to support its development and adopting public policies that prioritize rural areas and their diverse communities as the core of national development.
We wrap up this months edition here. For more updates from June 2025, click here. If there are any important updates we have missed, please send the links to communications@viacampesina.org so that we can include them in the next edition. We only include updates from La Via Campesina members. Previous editions of our news wrap are also available on our website, and condensed versions are accessible as a podcast on Spotify.