Mobilizing Communities for an Equitable World
SPACE program held a two-day event for grade 5-10 studentson 13 February, 2019. A total of 210 students participated in these activities. Two different modules were used for the events. For grade 5th to 7th a basic module was used to highlight the importance of safe and nutritious healthy food. Children were shown different pictures of two different categories of …
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 …
Posted on February 15, 2016 Based on the Document: ‘Proposed resolution for UNEA on Paris Agreement’ & ‘A Reality Check on the Paris Agreement from the Women and Gender Constituency (WGC)’ While the others might want us to move forward with the process, the Women and Gender Constituency provided a reality check. So, what does it really mean to promote an …
Posted on May 24, 2016 May 24, 2016 Respected Chair, Excellences, Delegates. Colleagues from the UN Agencies, Major Groups and the CSOs I am Wali Haider from Roots for Equity, Pakistan representing farmer major group Unstainable practice of over extraction and overproduction is at the heart of unsustainable consumption and production. Agriculture and food production being marked as a lucrative sector …
Posted on July 20, 2016 Azra Talat Sayeed, Roots for Equity July 13, 2016 In Pakistan, the word climate change-related disasters are generally related to upheaval of rural communities, especially riverine communities. However, what has happened today in a squatter settlement of Guslhan-e-Iqbal, Karachi belies this belief. National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on July 10, issued a warning about the “weather …
Posted on July 26, 2016 The endless suffering of the riverine area farmers in Pakistan depicts the disaster that climate change is bringing to the most vulnerable marginalized communities. In March 2015, sudden rains and low floods had washed away the almost ready to harvest wheat crops of various villages along the Chenab River in the area called Ghanta Ghar, Mozan Nawabpur, Multan …
Posted on August 1, 2016 HAMID AHMAD MIR For the past three decades climatologists have been raising alarms about global warming and its consequences, and now geologists have also got involved in the issue. World’s renowned geologists are of the opinion that rapidly melting glaciers will result in increasing number of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis. This is based on the …
Posted on August 12, 2016 The Express Tribune, August 12th, 2016. Peer Muhammad ISLAMABAD: Experts are currently debating whether introduction of genetically modified crops (GMCs) would help fulfil nutritional requirements and improve agricultural productivity – or carry with it unwarranted adverse consequences if GMCs are introduced without following standard safety measures. The views were expressed during a brainstorming session on commercialisation of …
Posted on August 13, 2016 Press Release During the press conference PKMT national coordinator Raja Mujeeb, provincial coordinator sindh Ali Nawaz Jalbani, national core group member Hakim Gul and district coordinator ghotki Ali Gohar speaking to the media. August 12, 2016 The Standing Committee on National Food Security and Research (NFS&R) on August 9, 2016 approved the ‘Plant Breeders Bill 2016’ …
Posted on October 17, 2016 Press Release: World Hunger Day The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nation holds 16th October as “World Hunger Day” every year for the past 70 years. The United Nations slogan for World Hunger Day is “Climate is changing. Food and Agriculture Must Too.” However, Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT) and Roots for Equity in …