Mobilizing Communities for an Equitable World
Wheat Fiasco The month is marked by many critical happenings pertaining to political economy of agriculture. The issue of wheat importation as well as lack of wheat procurement from farmers, which had also been discussed in the previous issue, deserves further attention. Many aspects of the wheat fiasco are worth highlighting. First, that the shortfall in the amount of wheat …
March 29, 2022 | Press Release Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek along with peasant movements, food sovereignty advocates, and supporters of genuine agrarian reform around the world, mark this year’s Day of the Landless enraged by the renewed push of big corporations, the rich governments representing them, and the governments of poor countries subservient to foreign and private capital of their …
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 …
A Brief prepared by Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek and Roots for Equity Seed was born free. It has multiple functions: it is the reservoir of genetic resources, it is the basic unit for our food, it holds life in its core, essential for maintain human and all life on this planet. Commodification of seed is commodification of life! Following are …
Posted on November 14, 2015 Dr. Azra Talat Sayeed In Pakistan, newspapers have been rife with news on the pink bollworm attack on the cotton harvest this year. The scenario is indeed disastrous on many accounts. Of course, the very first in line to be caught in the destruction are Pakistan’s millions of small farmers. With cotton being a major cash …
Posted on November 23, 2015 AZRA TALAT SAYEED NEWSPAPERS have been rife with reports about a pink bollworm attack on the cotton crop this year. The scenario is indeed disastrous on many accounts. Of course, the very first thing to be destroyed is the livelihood of the country’s millions of small farmers. With cotton being a major cash crop, millions rely …
Posted on April 4, 2016 JAMAL SHAHID ISLAMABAD: The government has approved over 100 varieties of genetically modified corn and cotton to be sold in the market, but the move has drawn concern from some agriculture experts. They have argued that the regulatory system and national bio-safety laws, and the standard operating procedure for the commercialisation of genetically engineered technology have …
Posted on April 4, 2016 ASHFAK BOKHARI A HEATED controversy is raging over whether or not the government has given a go-ahead to some multinationals to make commercial sale of GM corn seeds at a time when the Seed (Amendment) Bill, which allows it, has yet to be passed by the Senate. The companies claim to have received a formal permission …
Posted on May 20, 2016 The Express Tribune, May 20th, 2016 Shahzad Anwar ISLAMABAD: Commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) seeds, which could cause cancer according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), has been approved without consultation with key stakeholders such as farmers, environmentalists and consumers. The National Bio-safety Committee (NBC), which examines seed varieties for approval, gave the go-ahead to GM seeds …
Posted on September 1, 2016 Press Release August 31, 2016 Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT) and Roots for Equity had organized a protest rejecting the promotion of Bt/GM in Punjab, Pakistan in front of Lahore Press Club. Farmers from various districts from Punjab participated in the protest. Addressing to the protest PKMT secretary Wali Haider told that government is pursuing policies …