Mobilizing Communities for an Equitable World
Posted on June 19, 2018 Nov 2014 By Kasim Tirmizey The village of Kanwan Wali, a government sponsored tent community on an embankment vulnerable to flooding. | Photography: Kasim Tirmizey Kachchhi – sone di pachchhi. Riverine land is a basket of gold. – Punjabi proverb in the Shahpur District of Punjab1 Under a burning sun, the Khana Padosh tribe of the Moza …
Posted on June 19, 2018 By Our Correspondent Published: November 28, 2016 KARACHI: The government is not inefficient but they do not show their efficiency in matters related to public interest, said Azra Talat Sayeed, who is an activist and the executive director of Roots for Equity. She was addressing the audience at a discussion on ‘Food Justice and Farmers’ Rights’ held at …
Posted on November 5, 2018 Mohammad Hussain Khan Updated October 01, 2018 The hari-landlord relationship remains undocumented in Sindh. This makes peasants vulnerable to all forms of exploitation. Weaker laws and regulatory framework deprive haris of legal protection. In many cases, they survive in subhuman conditions and fall prey to slavery. Sindh Tenancy Act (STA) 1950 seeks to protect their rights, thanks …
ہفتہ وار زرعی خبریں 2018 Posted on November 9, 2018 نومبر 1 تا 7 نومبر، 2018 گندم پنجاب کی آٹا ملوں نے گندم برآمدکرنے کی مخالفت کرتے ہوئے گندم سے تیار شدہ اشیاء برآمد کرنے کا مطالبہ کیا ہے۔ حبیب الرحمن لغاری کی قیادت میں ہونے والے پاکستان فلور ملز ایسوسی ایشن، پنجاب کے اجلاس میں مطالبہ کیا گیا ہے کہ …
Posted on June 28, 2017 Corn producers claimed contaminated crops hurt sales to China Class-action lawsuit involved genetically modified seeds Syngenta AG was ordered to pay $217.7 million to a group of Kansas farmers who claimed the company carelessly marketed its genetically modified corn seed, causing contamination of U.S. crops and a rejection of export sales to China by officials there. …
Posted on June 28, 2017 Regulators in California took a pivotal step on Monday toward becoming the first state to require the popular weed killer Roundup to come with a label warning that it’s known to cause cancer. Officials announced that starting July 7 the weed killer’s main ingredient, glyphosate, will appear on a list California keeps of potentially cancerous chemicals. A year later, …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …