Citizenship is not a concession. You program yourself as a citizen; a citizen behaves as citizen, respects oneself and demands respect. Fetraf is a stubborn exercise of citizenship. It exists despite of the law. I think this understanding is important; it’s not the people that have to adapt to the government. It’s the government that has to get in line with what the people want. We are not the ones who have to adjust to what the government has to offer. The government has to adjust to what we have to offer and demand.

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Strategic importance of the Family Farmers for Brazil

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Constructing an Alternative Project of Sustainable and Supportive Development

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The family farmers’ union organization

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Family farming social economic organization

• Family farming industries

• The Soy Chain

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Public Policies

• Housing for Family Farming - COOPERHAF

• Genetically Modified Organisms

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Partnerships and Alliances

• CRESOL www.cresolcentral.com.br

• DESER www.deser.org.br

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Documents

• Dakar Declaration and Call from Chapecó www.dakardeclaration.org

• SOY – GOLD MINE OR BOTTOMLESS PIT FOR FAMILY FARMERS?

• Common Action to achieve Global Food Sufficiency

• Exchange project: ‘WTO and Brazil-European food flows'

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Interview from In Motion Magazine with Altemir Tortelli - General Coordinator of FETRAF-SUL (August 2004)