Via Campesina
| Abbreviation | LVC |
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| Established | 1993 (Mons, Belgium) |
| Type | Social Movement, Smallholding and independent farmers advocacy |
| Focus | Peasant's rights, Farmer's rights, Food sovereignty |
| Headquarters | Bagnolet, France |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Membership | 182 organisations, in 81 countries |
General Coordinator | Morgan Ody |
Key people | Elizabeth Mpofu, Rajeev Patel, José Bové, Rafael Alegría, Guy Kastler, Saraiva Fernandes |
| Website | viacampesina.org |
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La Vía Campesina (from Spanish: la vía campesina, meaning the peasant way) is an international farmers organization founded in 1993 in Mons, Belgium, formed by 182 organisations in 81 countries, and describing itself as "an international movement which coordinates peasant organizations of small and middle-scale producers, agricultural workers, rural women, and indigenous communities from Asia, Africa, America, and Europe".
La Via Campesina advocates for family farm-based sustainable agriculture, and was the group that coined the term "food sovereignty". La Vía Campesina carries out campaigns to defend farmer's right to seeds, to stop violence against women, for agrarian reform, and generally for the recognition of the rights of peasants.