Tag: Climate Change

INTENSIFY PEASANT STRUGGLE AGAINST IMPERIALIST PLUNDER, WAR, AND MILITARISM!

STATEMENT FOR THE 2025 DAY OF THE LANDLESS – 29 March 2025 We, peasants, farmers, farmworkers, Indigenous Peoples, fisherfolk, pastoralists, herders, rural women, rural youth and children, along with our organizations, coalitions, networks, and allies in civil society organizations, reaffirm the anti-imperialist position and the centrality of the peasant struggle for land, food, and justice in achieving sustainable agriculture and …

Points to Ponder May 2024

Wheat Fiasco The month is marked by many critical happenings pertaining to political economy of agriculture. The issue of wheat importation as well as lack of wheat procurement from farmers, which had also been discussed in the previous issue, deserves further attention. Many aspects of the wheat fiasco are worth highlighting. First, that the shortfall in the amount of wheat …

World Foodless Day 2024

The Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT) is marking the “World Hunger Day’ on October 16, 2024 – a day which is marked by the United Nations as the World Food Day. However, the global data by the same esteemed organization gives a poor condition of food security, globally and in Pakistan, which has been ranked 109th out of 127 nations in …

Points to Ponder April 2024

Wheat as Food or Wheat as Lucre? The country is going through a period of dismal debt and economic crisis that is further worsened by the climate crisis. Government policies do not necessarily help in alleviating the dire situation. While the government had been expecting a bumper wheat crop, and directives were given for ‘good price’ for the farmers, and …

Points to Ponder January 2024

Unabating Debt With the start of a new year, the situation in the country sees no real change in terms of economic stability. It is unfortunate that in 75 years, it has gone to the IMF 23 times for financial bailout programs. The State Bank of Pakistan has received the second tranche of $700 million, which is approximately equivalent to …

Point to Ponder October 2023!

Agriculture is a complex system in which natural resources, whether they be land, seed or water, play a critical role in socio-economic and political scenarios. For a water scarce country like Pakistan, the dilemma is now increasing. This critical issue was highlighted with an emphasis on promoting drip irrigation system at the “Food-Water Nexus: Connecting Dots,” hosted by the Sindh …

Points to Ponder August 2023!

IMF Conditionalities – the suffering of the people! The impacts of the IMF conditionalities set in its Standby Agreement that was signed last month have become glaringly visible in this month, and strikes, street protests and rallies have been held across the country. In Kamoke, and many others areas in Punjab, people burnt their electricity bills raising slogans against the …

Small and landless farmers: Pay Heed!

“Save our Invaluable Rural Assets: Campaign for Dairy and Livestock” The People: Pay Heed! The government is imposing restrictions on fresh natural open milk; new laws have been made. The government has decreed it is necessary to pasteurize fresh natural open milk. Without pasteurization, fresh milk cannot be sold. Millions of small and landless farmers, workers, especially women farmers and …