Posted on March 14, 2017 M Haleem Asad Speakers at a national conference named “Sustaining Lives and Livelihood: Fighting for Food Sovereignty and Climate Justice,” held at the Auditorium Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi asked farmers across the country to reject corporate agriculture which promotes intensive use of chemicals and pesticides, hybrid and genetic seeds that would damage the very foundations …
Category: Climate Change
Statement on behalf of Farmers Constituency during UNEP Senior Official Meeting
Posted on September 7, 2017 Agenda Item 8 Wali Haider, Roots for Equity, Pakistan Thank you Mr. Chairman! I am Wali Haider from Roots for Equity, Pakistan on behalf of the Farmers Constituency of the Asia Pacific Regional CSOs Engagement Mechanism (APRCEM). While we appreciate the space for interventions given to CSOs, we also would like to stress that we feel …