Posted on July 19, 2017 Press Release: July 16, 2017 The Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT) Khyberpakhun Khua chapter holds its 5th provincial assembly on July 16, 2017 in Bagh Darai, lower dir. All of the PKMT members for KPK province participated in large numbers. Altaf Hussain, PKMT National Coordinator spoke on water issues and market rate for the grower. He stress …
Category: Corporate Agriculture
INDIAN STATE TO INSPECT CULTIVATION OF UNAPPROVED MONSANTO GM COTTON
Posted on October 7, 2017 Dawn, October 7th, 2017 New Delhi: A top Indian cotton-producing state has ordered an inspection of fields planted with an unapproved variety of genetically modified seeds developed by Monsanto, which is fighting to retain its market in the world’s biggest grower of the fibre. Farmers in Andhra Pradesh have planted 15 per cent of the cotton …
WORLD FOODLESS DAY, OCTOBER 16, 2017
Posted on October 20, 2017 Press Release The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report 2017 jointly released by FAO and other intergovernmental agencies have highlighted some shocking information: people suffering from hunger and malnourishment have risen from 777 million in 2015 to 815 million in 2016, of which a vast majority (520 million) live in Asia. Globally, …
Celebrating 10th Anniversary of PKMT
Posted on October 23, 2017 Fighting Patriarchy- women’s voices. Rural Women’s Day, October 15, 2017 Food Sovereignty: A Comprehensive Ideology to overcome Hunger and Malnourishment Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek Celebrating Its 10th Anniversary – Lok Virsa, October 16, 2017 Resisting Feudalism: a theater by PKMT activists, at a Mela celebrating 10th Anniversary of PKMT Resisting …
FROM BRUSSELS TO ARKANSAS, A TOUGH WEEK FOR MONSANTO
Posted on November 13, 2017 International New York Times, Nov. 9, 2017 Danny Hakim Opposition from France and Italy doomed a European Union vote on Thursday to reauthorize the world’s most popular weedkiller, glyphosate, a decision that came hours after Arkansas regulators moved to ban an alternative weedkiller for much of 2018. The decisions are a double blow to the agrochemical …
THREAT TO STOP SELLING BT COTTON SEEDS IRRESPONSIBLE: MAHYCO MONSANTO
Posted on January 22, 2018 17 January 2017 The war of words between Mahyco Monsanto Biotech (India) Private Limited (MMBL) and the National Seed Association of India (NSAI) continues with MMBL issuing a rebuttal to the allegation made by the latter on the failure of Bollgard II and its consequences. MMBL has contended that it is not responsible for development of resistance in pink bollworm and …
Authorities get another chance to respond to plea against amended seed act
Posted on June 11, 2018 Justice Sayyed Mazhar Ali Akbar Naqvi of Lahore High Court on Friday expressed serious concerns over the failure of the authorities concerned to submit a reply on a petition challenging the Pakistan (Amended) Seed Act 2015. The judge remarked, “It is shocking that local farmers’ future has been put in jeopardy,” adding that the amended law could endanger …
WORLD FOODLESS DAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018
Posted on October 16, 2018 PRESS RELEASE The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) celebrates the World Food Day on October 16 every year. This year FAOs slogan is “A#ZeroHunger World by 2030 is possible.” But across the world, small and landless farmers, labour organizations commemorate the day as “World Hunger Day”. Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT), Roots for Equity, PAN AP, …