Category: Genetically Modified Seeds

Commercialisation of genetically modified sugar cane crops strongly opposed

KARACHI: Highlighting the hazards of genetically modified (GM) crops, the Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT) has urged the National Biosafety Commission (NBC) to reject the proposal for commercialisation of two GM sugar cane crops. In a press release, the PKMT stated that it strongly opposed the recent move of the Technical Advisory Committee, operating under the Environment Protection Agency (EPA), …

Farmers Reject United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS)

Press Release | 22 September 2021 Roots for Equity and Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek held the National Food Systems Summit at Renewal Center, Lahore on September 22, 2021. The National Summit was held as national mobilization towards the Global People’s Summit (GPS) for Just, Equitable, Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems. The GPS has been organized through the coordinated efforts of …

ہم جینیاتی بیج کی مخالفت کیوں کرتے ہیں؟

بیج اپنی پیدائش سے ایک آزادقدرتی وسیلہ ہے جس کے کئی افعال ہیں، بیج جینیاتی وسائل کا ایک ذخیرہ ہے اور ہماری خوراک کا ایک ایسا بنیادی جز ہے جو اپنے اندر زندگی سمو کر کرہ ارض پر ناصرف انسان بلکہ ہر جاندار کی زندگی کو رواں رکھتا ہے۔ اس لیے بیج کو تجارتی جنس بنانا ایسا ہی ہے جیسے …

Feeding our “Swarming Millions”

Azra Talat Sayeed The question of “feeding the stomach of our swarming millions’ keeps getting raised over and over again. It seems that there is no other way to reach this objective without accepting genetically modified seeds. But such a myopic viewpoint can only be termed nonsensical. Hunger can easily be assuqged without GMO crops, if only our government would …