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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.
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.”
Check out the new Pesticides Animation!
The Staff and leadership of the Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific mourns the passing of Mr. Bishan Singh.
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STATEMENT BY R SRIDHAR, COORDINATOR, THANAL, INDIA, REPRESENTING AS WELL CAPE (COMMUNITY ACTION FOR PESTICIDE ELIMINATION- INDIA) AND THE PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK (PAN) ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, 30 OCTOBER 2008
Statement at the High-level Ministerial Segment of the Fourth Rotterdam (PIC) Convention Conference of Parties (COP4) in Rome, Italy
Madame Chair, Distinguished Ministers, and members of Party and Non-party delegations, Friends at the Secretariat, and Dear Industry and Civil-society observers,
Let me start with a small story - In the State of Kerala in...
BY MA. BERNADETTE A. PARCO, CEBU DAILY NEWS, 23 OCTOBER 2008
NGO: Stop oil, gas search in Argao
A fact-finding monitoring team composed of non-government organizations (NGO) from Asian countries called on the national government to end oil exploration activities in the Visayas.
PRESS RELEASE, 22 OCTOBER 2008
Off-shore mining in Philippine marine biodiversity centers violates right to food and livelihood of thousands of fisherfolk, says International Fact-Finding Mission
An International Fact-Finding Mission (IFFM) today declared that it found overwhelming evidence that off-shore mining exploration activities of foreign transnational companies in marine biodiversity centers in Central Visayas,...
ENDOSULFAN MOVES CLOSER TO INTERNATIONAL BAN: PRESS RELEASE FROM PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK NORTH AMERICA, 21 OCTOBER 2008
Thousands call on EPA to take action now on dangerous pesticide
San Francisco – Pesticide Action Network, in coalition with Earthjustice and United Farm Workers, this week delivered more than 25,000 individual signatures to EPA calling for the dangerous and antiquated pesticide endosulfan to...
PRESS RELEASE, 16 OCTOBER 2008
Millions of People observe October 16 as World Foodless Day
A Global Day of Simultaneous Actions that resist forces
maintaining the Financial and Food Crises
Today, 16 October, 2008, millions of farmers, agricultural workers, fisherfolks, pastoralists and herders, indigenous peoples,...
PRESS STATEMENT BY IBON, 16 OCTOBER 2008
GLOBALIZATION, PROFITEERING, LACK OF GENUINE AGRARIAN REFORM BEHIND WORSENING FOOD CRISIS
Civil society groups call October 16 ‘World Foodless Day’
As the world celebrates World Food Day today, research group IBON join civil society groups worldwide in denouncing globalization polices and corporate profiteering,...
PRESS RELEASE BY IMSE ON WORLD FOOD DAY, 16 OCTOBER 2008
Press Release on World Food Day
The world is facing unprecedented food crisis in recent times. Hunger and poverty have been intensified in last decades, despite several promises and interventions like Millennium Development Goals and promises taken during World...
CONSUMERS INTERNATIONAL KUALA LUMPUR OFFICE (CI KL) EXTENDS ITS SUPPORT TO PAN AP’S WORLD FOODLESS DAY ON 16 OCTOBER 2008
World Foodless Day
Recent increases in the price of food have had an impact on consumers around the world. Although international prices have dropped slightly in recent months, we are unlikely to see a return to stable and low prices for some time...
PRESS STATEMENT BY TENAGANITA ON WORLD FOODLESS DAY AND INTERNATIONAL RURAL WOMEN'S DAY, 15 OCTOBER 2008
STOP THE RAPE AND TRAFFICKING OF INDIGENOUS AND RURAL WOMEN IN MALAYSIA. RESPECT THE RIGHTS TO LAND AND LIVELIHOOD AND FOOD SECURITY OF PEOPLE
Today the world remembers in a special way, international rural women’s day. Rural women, both globally and in Malaysia are the most marginalized, poorest and exploited group. Yet, they contribute to 60% of the labor and tasks...
PRESS RELEASE BY ASIAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION (ASA) ON WORLD FOODLESS DAY, 15 OCTOBER 2008
Up in Arms with the Rural Youth on World Foodless Day
The Asian Students Association joins hands with our fellow rural youth – peasants, farmers and fisherfolk – as we join the Pesticide Action Network Asia Pacific in commemorating the World Foodless Day on October 16.
Press Statement, 28 April 2008
INTERNATIONAL FACT FINDING MISSION FOR NCR LAND RIGHTS
The continued arrest of indigenous community leaders by the police, acting in collusion with plantation companies in Sarawak must stop immediately. The recent arrests of five community leaders in the Kg. Wawasan area with trumped up charges organized by the company with the support of the police reflects the high handedness in which plantation companies violate the native customary rights to land by the indigenous communities. more...
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