The Ministers, representatives of Governments and
representatives of civil societies from the countries
participating at the international seminar on "Household
Agriculture and International Negotiation", held in Brasilia
on August 20 to 22, 2003

Considering that:

1) Household and peasant farming from Latin America and
Caribbean, Africa and Asia composed by a variety of rural
communities, have a fundamental role in social stability and
in environmental sustainability of developing countries due
to their economic, social and cultural functions, being
equally important to fight rural poverty, towards a more
balanced demographic and income distribution.

2) this sector of agriculture represents a major part of the
rural activities of Latin America and Caribbean, Africa and
Asia, is fundamental to food security, plays a significant
role in trade flows and stimulate social and economic
regional life

3) the international trade agreements affect the structure and
dynamics of agriculture, especially household agriculture,
as well as international agricultural trade practices,
inclusive of unfair trade competition policies

4) that household agriculture must be recognized and receive
due attention in national development strategies and in
international agreements;

Thus they hereby endeavour to:

A. Work individually and collectively to ensure that
international agreements will strengthen and improve the
income and quality of life of those involved in household
agriculture in all its diversity;

B. Strengthen the economic, social and political organization
of household agriculture in our countries;

C. Widen the participation of civil society in each country,
notably rural workers and family producer organizations in
international negotiations;

D. Implement in developing countries policies aimed at
strengthening household agriculture and sustainable
development to combat poverty in order to ensure food
security and to transform the rural environment and to
extend rights universally .

E. Ensure that all proposals presented here reflect and
recognize the strengthening of the role of women in
household agriculture, as well as their effective
participation.

F. Promote coordinated actions in international negotiations in
order to preserve flexibility in the policies of
strengthening of household agriculture and capacity to
implement national policies of food security in developing
countries, as well as fight unfair trade practices such as
domestic support and export subsidies used by developed
countries that generate distortions in production, prices
and international agricultural trade. Also act towards
guaranteeing special and differential treatment for small
economies;

G. Promote dialogue, in order to favour the exchange of
experiences of rural development in the context of the
integration of countries of Latin America, the Caribbean,
Africa and Asia, that enhance access of household farmers to
land and credit, that maintain the cultures and traditions,
that recognize their territories and strengthen this family
based agriculture.

Signers

GOVERMENT PARTICIPANTS

· Argentina - Secretaria de Agricultura

· Brasil - Ministério das Relações Exteriores, Ministério do
Desenvolvimento Agrário, Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e
Abastecimento, e Ministério do Meio Ambiente

· Costa Rica - Ministério da Agricultura

· Cuba - Ministério da Agricultura

· Equador - Ministério de Agricultura e Pecuária

· Guatemala - Ministério de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional

· Jamaica - Ministério da Agricultura

· Panamá - Diretoria de Desenvolvimento Rural do Ministério do
Desenvolvimento Agropecuário

· República Dominicana - Secretaria de Estado da Agricultura

· Suriname - Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Pesca

· Uruguai - Ministério da Pecuária, Agricultura e Pesca

CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPANTS

· Ação Brasileira pela Nutrição e Direitos Humanos ABRANDH (Brasil)

· ActionAid Brasil

· African Institute of Agrarian Studies AIAS (Zimbabwe)

· Aliança Social Continental/Hemispheric Social Alliance

· Asociación Coordinadora Nacional de Oreganizaciones Campesinas CNOC
(Guatemala)

· Asociación de Trabajadores del Campo ATC (Nicaraguá)

· Asociación Nacional de Agricultores Pequeños ANAP (Cuba)

· Asociación Nacional de Empresas Comercializadoras de Productores
Del Campo ANEC (México)

· Asociación Nacional de Usuarios Campesinos Unidad y Reconstrucción
ANUC UR (Colômbia)

· Associação Nacional das Mulheres Trabalhadoras Rurais ANMTR
(Brasil)

· Centro de Investigación y Promoción del Campesinado CIPCA (Bolívia)

· Centro de la Mujer Peruana Flora Tristán (Peru)

· Coligação para a Justiça Econômica (Moçambique)

· Comisión Nacional de Fomento Rural CNFR (Uruguay)

· Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores na Agricultura CONTAG
(Brasil)

· Confederación Campesina del Peru CCP (Peru)

· Confederación de Productores Familiares del Mercosur Coprofam

· Confederación Nacional de Pescadores Artesanales de Chile CONAPACH
(Chile)

· Confederación Nacional del Seguro Campesino CONFEUNASSC- CNC
(Equador)

· Convención del Agro Peruano CONVEAGRO (Peru)

· Coordenação das Organizações Indígenas da Amazônica Brasileira
COIAB (Brasil)

· Coordenação Nacional de Comunidades Quilombolas CONAQ (Brasil)

· Coordinadora de Integración de Organizaciones Económicas Campesinas
de Bolivia CIOEC (Bolivia)

· Coordinadora de Integración de Organizaciones Econômicas Campesinas
CIOEC (Bolívia)

· Departamento de Estudos Socioeconômicos Rurais Deser (Brasil)

· Esplar Centro de Pesquisa e Assessoria (Brasil)

· Federação de Órgãos para Assistência Social e Educacional Fase
(Brasil)

· Federação dos Trabalhadores na Agricultura Familiar da Região Sul
Fetraf-Sul (Brasil)

· Federación Agrária Argentina FAA (Argentina)

· Fida Mercosul

· Grupo de Trabalho Amazônico GTA (Brasil)

· Instituto de Estudos Socioeconômicos Inesc (Brasil)

· Instituto Socioambiental ISA (Brasil)

· Intergremial de Productores Lecheros IPL (Uruguai)

· Junta Nacional del Café JNC (Peru)

· Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem-Terra MST (Brasil)

· Movimento Unitário Campesino y Etnias de Chile MUCECH (Chile)

· Movimentos dos Atingidos por Barragens MAB (Brasil)

· Movimentos dos Pequenos Agricultores MPA (Brasil)

· National Family Farm Coalition NFFC (Estados Unidos)

· Oxfam Internacional

· Rede Brasileira para a Integração dos Povos Rebrip (Brasil)

· Rural Coalition/Land Loss Prevention Project (Estados Unidos)

· Southern and Eastern African Trade Information and Negotiations
Institute SEATINI (Zimbabwe)

· Sustainable Development Policy Institute SDPI (Paquistão)

· Terra de Direitos (Brasil)

· Unión Agrícola Nacional UAN (Paraguai)

· Via Campesina