Farmers asked to avoid corporate agriculture
Posted on March 14, 2017 M Haleem Asad Speakers at a national conference named “Sustaining Lives and Livelihood: Fighting for Food…
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…
Destruction of the Cotton Harvest: A Golden Opportunity for Transnational Corporations?
Posted on November 14, 2015 Dr. Azra Talat Sayeed In Pakistan, newspapers have been rife with news on the pink bollworm…
Cotton crop disaster: opportunity for global seed corporations
Posted on November 23, 2015 AZRA TALAT SAYEED NEWSPAPERS have been rife with reports about a pink bollworm attack on the…
Experts question approval of GM corn, cotton to be sold in market
Posted on April 4, 2016 JAMAL SHAHID ISLAMABAD: The government has approved over 100 varieties of genetically modified corn and cotton…
Controversy over commercial use of GM corn seeds
Posted on April 4, 2016 ASHFAK BOKHARI A HEATED controversy is raging over whether or not the government has given a…
RISKING AGRI-OUTPUT: BIOSAFETY BODY APPROVES GM SEEDS WITHOUT CONSULTATION
Posted on May 20, 2016 The Express Tribune, May 20th, 2016 Shahzad Anwar ISLAMABAD: Commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) seeds, which could…
Farmers Reject GM Cotton/BT Cotton
Posted on September 1, 2016 Press Release August 31, 2016 Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT) and Roots for Equity had organized…
FOREIGN FIRMS BEING INVITED TO OVERCOME COTTON SEED SHORTAGE
Posted on November 30, 2016 Business Recorder, 30 November 2016 Tahir Amin ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to invite foreign seed…
LHC issues notices to federal govt over unconstitutional legislature
Posted on January 11, 2017 The Lahore High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the federal and Punjab governments in writ…