Peasant Rights
True or False: The Declaration says food is a human right.
True
This term means communities choose what food they grow and eat.
Food sovereignty.
This country is where the study on buen vivir took place.
Colombia.
True or False: Buen vivir supports working with nature, not against it.
True.
The UN Declaration was passed in this year.
2018.
This 2018 United Nations document protects the rights of peasants and rural workers.
The UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants.
True or False: The UN Declaration only protects farmers in rich countries.
False.
The farming network in Colombia used organic methods and saved their own _______.
Seeds.
Peasant seed saving challenges these large companies.
Large corporations/seed companies.
These workers often feed the world but remain the poorest.
Peasants.
This basic resource is named as a human right for peasants: land, water, or Wi-Fi?
Water (and land too!)
Peasants produce roughly 70% of the world’s _______.
Food.
Buen vivir means living in balance with _______.
Nature.
A key idea in both readings: food should be a ______, not just a commodity.
Human Right.
This word describes control of land, water, seeds, and farming by communities.
Sovereignty.
This powerful group often controls seeds, land, and markets.
Corporations.
The Declaration says peasants deserve a healthy _______ to work in.
Environment.
Buen vivir values community over _______.
Profit.
This global crisis makes agroecology even more important.
Climate change.
Buen vivir came from the Indigenous worldview of this region.
Latin America.
Peasants have the right to save and share these instead of buying them from corporations.
Seeds
Industrial farming depends heavily on chemicals and _______.
Global Trade.
True or False: Buen vivir believes development should always prioritize economic growth.
Peasant knowledge and Indigenous knowledge challenge the idea that only ______ science matters.
Western/Corporate.
One major barrier peasants face: land loss, climate change, or too much profit?
Land loss (& climate change!).