Quilombo de Praia, Matias Cardoso - Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2015
"The land belongs to those who work it", said Emiliano Zapata, a staunch advocate for land reform.
In Brazil, the fifth largest country in the world, it’s the small farmers who feed the country, not the large landowners: 70% of all food that reaches Brazilian homes comes from small family farming. Even so, those are the ones who receive less public incentives and those who have less access to land. So each victory of traditional populations in the struggle for land demarcation, retaking of territories and autonomy also represents a new and important step taken on the path towards food security and sovereignty in Brazil
In Brazil, the fifth largest country in the world, it’s the small farmers who feed the country, not the large landowners: 70% of all food that reaches Brazilian homes comes from small family farming. Even so, those are the ones who receive less public incentives and those who have less access to land. So each victory of traditional populations in the struggle for land demarcation, retaking of territories and autonomy also represents a new and important step taken on the path towards food security and sovereignty in Brazil
