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... > social science subjects > sociology > sociology of organizations, institutions and structure > communities (sociology) > activism and social transformation > social movements > Via Campesina
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Via Campesina  

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  • La Via Campesina has evolved as an international movement of poor peasants and small farmers from the global South and North. Initiated by Central, South, and North American peasant and farmers’ movements and European farmer's groups, Via Campesina was formally launched in 1993 in Mons, Belgium. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Via Campesina (International Farmers' Movement)]

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