title: Land, Life, and Security: An Interview with Edgardo Garcia, Secretary General of the Association of Farm Workers in Nicaragua.
abstract: This is an interview with Edgardo Garcia, Secretary General of the Association of Farm Workers in Nicaragua and Oscar Berríos from the Nicaraguan National Engineering University. The interview was conducted in Nicaragua in October 2013. Garcia and Berríos address the importance of organizing among formal workers and informal workers, and the shared conditions of both in Nicaragua. They highlight the history and context of the agricultural workers who began organizing during the national armed revolutionary war, the role of government to create conditions for healthy and safe work, and the need for workers to organize and advocate for themselves. Finally, they highlight the importance of solidarity among workers and the need for alliances with unions and technical assistance providers around the world.
authors.affiliation: Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA mls@bu.edu.
authors.forename: Madeleine K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Scammell
authors.affiliation: National Autonomous University of Nicaragua at León, Nicaragua Department of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology of London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
authors.forename: Marvin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D000072480:Farms; D006801:Humans; D009527:Nicaragua; D016272:Occupational Health
keywords: Nicaragua; agricultural workers; education; farm workers; informal workers; land rights; organizing; training; women’s rights