Stichting Boerengroep (Farmers Foundation) collects thesis topics, requested from farmers, movements, and students, in order to bridge the gap between theory and practice. PROPOSE A TOPIC. Do you have an interesting topic related to food, farming, agroecological movements etc.? Send us a mail and we’ll post it on our site and in our newsletter: st.boerengroep@wur.nl
FIND A TOPIC. Are you a student, looking for a specific topic related to food/soil/agroecology/peasant movements/future farmers or other topics we are working on? Boerengroep has a broad network around the world! Tell us your interest and we’ll try to link you to a contact person. st.boerengroep@wur.nl .
Boerengroep aims to bridge knowledge, experiences, realities and challenges from different actors as a way to strengthen and defend food sovereignty. Find here NGO’s, movements, foundations – feel free to contact them for a thesis topic or internship!
After you have a basic idea of the topic you want to research, contact a supervisor from the chairgroup where you have to do your thesis / internship. Explain you have the idea to bridge science and practice with this topic and ask for supervision. Note: with some chairgroups this is easily approved (e.g. RSO, SDC, FSE), while others might have stricter policies. It is also possible to have two supervisors from different chairgroups.
Table of Contents
International
- La Via Campesina – international peasant movement (see also their members)
- Nyeleni European Food Sovereignty Movement
- TNI – worldwide fellowship for scholar activists
- FIAN – for the right to adequate food
- Friends of the Earth International
- ARC 2020
- Save Our Soils
- farmlandgrab.org (food crisis and the global land grab)
- biodiversidadla.org (Latin American site on biodiversity and food sovereignty)
- Slow Food Movement International
- International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food)
- ETC International
- Future Farmers Movement
- Europafrica
- Europese boerenvereniging
- European Network for Rural Development
- Forum Synergies
- World Forum of Fisher People
- UGENCI (International Network for Community Supported Agriculture)
- ATTAC – towards social, environmental and democratic alternatives in the globalisation process
- European Shepherds’ Network
- Pollinator.org (protection and promotion of pollinators and their ecosystems)
- Agroecology Europe
Netherlands
- ToekomstBoeren aspirant-lid van Via Campesina
- Aarde Boer Consument (ABC) (platform with farmers’ unions NAV, NMV, BD vereniging, Boerengroep etc)
- Boerengroep (also for thesis/internship possibilities regarding farming)
- Nederlandse Melkveehouders Vakbond (NMV)
- European Milk Board (EMB)
- Nederlandse Akkerbouw Vakbond (NAV)
- Van Akker naar Bos
- Stichting Boeren in het Bos (forest farmers)
- ASEED (main organisor Reclaim the Seeds)
- FIAN Netherlands (international human rights organisation that campaigns for the realisation of the right to food worldwide)
- Herenboeren – Recht van eigen land in je winkelmand
- Both ends
- Milieudefensie
- One World
- Transition Network
- Slow Food Movement Nederland
- Youth Food Movement (YFM)
- Foodlog (Nld)
- Duurzaam Boer Blijven (duurzame melkveehouderij)
- Boerenverstand (duurzame melkveehouderij)
- IAAS Netherlands (International Association of Students in Agricultural and Related Sciences)
- Dutch Rural Network
- Otherwise (also for thesis/internship possibilities regarding agroecology)
- RUW (also for thesis/internship possibilities regarding farming)
- Rural Sociology Wageningen (WUR; also for thesis/internship regarding Rural Sociology)
- Louis Bolk Instituut
- Vereniging voor Biologisch Dynamische Landbouw en Voeding
- Netwerk GRONDig (Belangenorganisatie van en voor de grondgebonden melkveehouderij)
- zip drill (Knowledge and equipment for Conservation Agriculture)
- Science Shop Wageningen (supporting NGOs with academic research)
France
- Conféderation Paysanne
- L’Atelier Paysan
- Terre & Humanisme – l’agroecologie a taille humane
- Terre de Liens
- Terre de liens, France (interesting document for future farmers!)
- aGter
- Mouvement Graines de Vie
- Kokopelli (Production organic and bio-dynamic seeds)
Belgium
- Wervel (Werkgroep voor Rechtvaardige en Verantwoorde Landbouw)
- CATAPA supports local communities (campesinos, indigenous peoples) in Latin America and Europe who are threatened by the mining industry.
- Avani is bezig met het ontwikkelden van een lokaal voedselmodel, waarbij 10.000 adressen bediend worden met (h)eerlijke, betaalbare producten van eigen bodem.
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Mouvement International de Jeunesse Agricole Catholique (MIJARC – Europe)
Germany
Spain
- CERAI
- Escola de pastors de Catalunya
- Plataforma Rural (Alianzas por un medio rural vivo)
- Pueblo Social
- Terra Franca
- soberaniaalimentaria.info (Spanish magazine on food sovereignty)
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Sindicato Labrego Galego (SLG) – Galicia
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Sindicatos de Obreros del Campo (SOC) – Andalucia
- EHNE Bizkaia
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(Universidad de Córdoba)
Portugal
UK
- The Land Workers’ Alliance
- their Rural Manifesto
- SPIN farming
- Landshare
- Sustainable Food Trust
- Regenerative Agriculture (RAUK) is a network/training organisation which promotes Regenerative Agriculture by connecting the world’s leading pioneers with farmers and smallholders in the UK via short courses, seminars and workshops, and by facilitating peer-peer learning and practitioner lead experimentation and exploration
- Global Justice Now / Food
- Torth y Tir
Italy
Greece
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Nea Aгpotikh Kinh εh (NEAK) – New Agricultural Movement of Greece
Austria
- Netzwerk Existenzgründung in der Landwirtschaft (Network aiming to support start-ups in agriculture and forestry)
- Österreichische Bergbauernvereinigung (Via Campesina).
Romania
- Eco Ruralis – in support of organic and traditional farmers
Denmark
Finland
Norway
Georgia
- Elkana – Biological Farming Association
Colombia
Brazil
- AS-PTA – Assessoria e Serviços a Projetos em Agricultura Alternativa. AS-PTA’s mission is to support capacity building and institutional policies of family farming organisations so that they increasingly assume a leading role in the formulation and defense of rural development patterns that combine social equity, economic viability and conservation of environmental resources. Read their magazine online
Cuba
- Asociación Nacional de Agricultores Pequeños (National Association of Small Farmers)
- Comités de Defensa de la Revolución (Committees for the Defense of the Revolution)
- Central de Trabajadores de Cuba (National Labor Trade Union of Cuba)
- Federación de Mujeres Cubanas (Federation of Cuban Women)
- Movimiento Cubano por la Paz y la Soberanía de los Pueblos (Cuban Movement for Peace and Sovereignty of the Peoples)
- Instituto Cubano de Amistad con los Pueblos (Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples)
- Red En Defensa de la Humanidad-Cuba (Network In Defense of Humanity – Cuba)
- Unión de Jóvenes Comunistas (Union of Young Communists)
- Federación Estudiantil Universitaria (University Students’ Federation)
- Organización Continental Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Estudiantes (Latin American and Caribbean Continental Students’ Organization)
- Organización de Solidaridad de los Pueblos de África, Asia y América Latina (Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin America)
USA
- Greenhorns
- Agrarian Trust
- Seed Savers Exchange
- National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) – non-profit organization that serves as a national link for grassroots organizations working on family farm issues. Fair Prices. Local Jobs. Fresh Foods
- National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) (alliance of grassroots organizations that advocates for federal policy reform to advance the sustainability of agriculture, food systems, natural resources, and rural communities)
- Organic Seed Alliance
- National Young Farmers Coalition, NYFC (represents, mobilizes, and engages young farmers to ensure their success)
- Polyface Farm
- EcoFarm
Agriculture
- European Plaform for food Sovereignty
- Groen Kennisnet
- Nederlandse Melkveehouders vakbond (NMV)
- Multifunctionele Landbouw Taskforce
- Platform Aarde Boer Consument (ABC)
- Verantwoorde Veehouderij
- Via Campesina
- World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF)
- Zorgboeren.nl
- Hobby Farms
Access to Land
- Access to Land
- BD grondbeheer (Netherlands)
- Landgenoten (Belgium)
- Terre en Vue (Belgium)
- Terre de Liens (France)
- NEL – Netzwerk Existenzgründung in der Landwirtschaft Germany)
- Hofgruender (Germany)
Right of Indigenous Peoples:
- Galdu
Idle No More
Apache Stronghold
Indigenous Environmental Network
Moccasins on the Ground
Honor the Treaties
First Peoples Worldwide
American Indian Movement
Tanka Fund
Assembly of First Nations
AgroBiodiversity
ArcheNoah
Bingenheimer Satgut
Stichting Zaadgoed
Chain
Biokennis
Social Trade Organisation
Stichting Hemmens Land
Sustainable Living
Ecovillage Design Education
Vereniging Aardehuis
Society
Milieudefensie
Both Ends
Stichting Alert
Transition Towns
X min Y
Studium Generale
NGOs
ASEED Europe
De Nieuwe Tuin
Land Grabbing
Nederlandse Akkerbouw Vakbond (NAV)
Werkgroep Landbouw en Inkomen
Werkgroep voor een Rechtvaardige en Verantwoorde Landbouw (WERVEL)
Training & Education
PTC+
Wageningen UR
Farm Experience Internship (FEI), Wageningen university
Warmonderhof, school for bio dynamic farming/gardening
Food
Kaas van Brandrood vee in Ede
Voedselverspilling
World Food Day in the Netherlands
Landwijzer
Info for Social Movements
- Online ebook on Dragon Dreaming
- Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making
- Ice Breakers and Energizers
- Interactive learning styles (Barefoot Guide)
