Vision Statement
“Our vision is a society that is truly democratic, equal, just, culturally diverse, and based on food sovereignty, gender justice and environmental sustainability.”
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On 3rd December 2008, activities to draw attention to the life threatening impacts of chemical pesticides such as Endosulfan, on people and the environment will be taking place across Asia and the Pacific.
Who Needs Golden Rice?
Golden Rice is a genetically engineered rice with the capability to produce beta carotene, the precursor of Vitamin A. It is called Golden Rice (GR) because of its characteristic, orange/yellowish color, the color of carotenoids.
GE RICE - The Genetic Engineering of the World's Leading Staple Crop
Click here for a brief content of this amazing book.
Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Asia and the Pacific proudly announces the publication of
“Pesticides and Breast Cancer: A Wake Up Call”
written by PAN AP scientist and coordinator of PAN Aotearoa/New Zealand, Dr. Meriel Watts PhD.
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PRESS RELEASE BY ALL NEPAL PEASANTS FEDERATION, 29 JUNE 2009
Nepal Commemorates Rice Cultivators Day as Part of YORA Celebrations
The All Nepal Peasants Federation (ANPFa), an umbrella association of Nepali peasants' organizations, celebrated the Year of Rice Action (YORA) on 29 June, 2009, by commemorating Rice Cultivators Day with events held across the...
PRESS RELEASE BY TNWF AND APC, 25 JUNE 2009
APC joins the call for a GM Free India
The militant Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) and Tamil Nadu Women's Forum (TNWF) joins the call for "GM Free India". In a joint statement, APC and TNWF says, "Demonstrations in India had spread all over to protest the use of...
24 JUNE 2009
Indian Rice is in Danger! Bayer: Hands off our rice!
The Tamil Nadu Women’s Forum (TNWF) joined the coalition for a “GM Free India” to say that, “we are not labrats” and joined others in exposing the University at Coimbatore for experimenting on BT corn. The coalition enjoined many...
PRESS RELEASE, 23 JUNE 2009
PAN AP Commends Vietnamese Ministers for Choosing Rice over Recreation
Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN AP), a regional centre of PAN working to protect Asia's rice through its Save Our Rice Campaign and Year of Rice Action (YORA), commends the Vietnamese Minister of Planning and...
Documentation of Selected Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change in Rice Cultivation
Excerpts reproduced here with the kind permission of the East Asia Rice Working Group (EARWG).
PRESS RELEASE BY TNWF, 18 JUNE 2009
TNWF Organised Seminar on Rice / Food Crisis and Livelihood
The Tamil Nadu Women's Forum (TNWF) organised a seminar on "Rice/Food Crisis and Livelihood" in continued observance of the Year of Rice Action (YORA). The event was held on 18 June 2009 at Kadambanallur, Arakkonam Taluk, Vellore...
YORA FEATURE STORY, 17 JUNE 2009
Back to Basics: Saving Asia's Agriculture
Following a year when the world limped from one crisis to another-the food crisis, fuel price hike and the financial turmoil-2009 promises to be a year of many turning points. The year began on a sobering note that we must get...
PRESS RELEASE, 10 JUNE 2009
PAN AP Hits Croplife on Aerial Pesticide Spraying in Davao del Sur's Banana Plantations and Commends DOH Study
Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN AP), an international group working towards the reduction and elimination of pesticides, criticized Croplife and the Philippine Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA)...
DOES ENDOSULFAN HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE?
Non-Pesticidal Management - A large-scale success story from Andhra Pradesh, India
Report and Photographs by Shibu K. Nair. Published by Thanal, May 2009. Published with the support of IPEN Pesticide Working Group
PRESS RELEASE BY LOK SANJH FOUNDATION, MAY 2009
Lok Sanjh Foundation Conducted a System of Rice Intensification Training in Pakistan
Lok Sanjh Foundation (LSF) organized a one day training workshop on System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in relation to Biodiversity-based Ecological Agriculture (BEA) on 26 May 2009 at Sheikhupura District, the main Basmati...
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