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The International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ICARRD) in Porto Alegre, Brazil is organized jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Government of Brazil. The Conference will explore new development opportunities to revitalize rural communities worldwide. 7-10 March 2006.

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Final Declaration: "Land, Territory and Dignity" Forum
"We call on the International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development, the States, and FAO to assume a real political will that defeats the hunger and poverty from which millions of the men and women in the world suffer."
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 Social movements call for "new agrarian reform"
The civil society Forum was held parallel to the March 7-10 second International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development, organised by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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 Time for Agrarian Reform - By Henry Saragih (Via Campesina)
Agrarian reform is one of the most crucial issues regarding the fate of rural areas and peoples. What agrarian reform means has been at the center of debate at the FAO International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development in Porto Alegre.
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News Reports
Social movements call for "new agrarian reform"
 La Via Campesina’s leader demands genuine agrarian reform at the FAO conference
 La Via Campesina puts up tents of black plastic in front of the FAO Conference
 Via Campesina discusses agrarian reform and globalization of the struggle
 FAO and Brazil resuscitate agrarian reform
 E-conference on several conference themes organized by ICARRD
 Alternative forum: "Land, territory and dignity"
 		Policies and practices for securing and improving access to land (pdf)
 Final Declaration: "Land, Territory and Dignity" Forum
 Time for Agrarian Reform - By Henry Saragih (Via Campesina)
 Ancestral Land, Food Sovereignty and the Right to Self-Determination: Indigenous Peoples' Perspectives on Agrarian Reform
 Agrarian reform in the context of food sovereignty by Land Research Action Network
 Agriculture and food sovereignty: Choike in-depth report

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