October 1
◦ (India / APVVU, SAHANIVASA and NISARGA) Press release on the 16 Days of Global Action activities
◦ (India / Kudumbam) Oct 1-15: Facilitate orientation with the rural youth on availing different welfare schemes for farmers during the pandemic crisis; Oct 1-7: Facilitate solidarity initiatives with youth in rural areas
◦ (India / SRED) Training on agroecology for youth women Thazavedu Village
◦ (Ivory Coast / JVE) Oct 1-16: Digital campaign on social media to promote agroecology
October 2
◦ (India / APVVU, SAHANIVASA and NISARGA) On the eve of Gandhi Jayanti, inaugurate the 16 Days of Global Action; distribution of pamphlets on the protection of agroecology and food sovereignty in the present context; (Oct 2-14) solidarity and village level educational campaign on the recent three anti-farmer and corporate-driven legislations and submit the memorandums to the parliamentary committee to oppose the bills
◦ (India / Kudumbam) Oct 2-4: Facilitate farmer collective actions engaging rural youth in identifying farmers interested in cultivation and revival of traditional seeds, especially traditional paddy and millets
◦ (India / SRED) Planting palm tree seeds in Pallur Village
◦ (Senegal / PAN Africa) Organize a press conference with national and local media (radio stations, written press)
October 3
◦ (India / SRED) Training on natural compost making at Pallur Village
October 4
◦ (India / SRED) Training on Agroecology for youth and women of Mittapalayam Village
◦ (Philippines / UMA & SAKA) Balik Bungakalan (Practicing Agroecology in IPAM field learning site)
October 5
◦ (India / Kudumbam) Oct 5-8: Facilitate community collective actions; Engage incoming college students in revival of village common lands through tree plantations
◦ (India / SRED) Promote home garden at Sirunamalli Village
◦ (Philippines / YFS) Shadow play depicting the struggles of the peasantry
October 6
◦ (India / SRED) Seed exhibition in Padunelli Village
◦ (Philippines / UMA & SAKA) Tulong Anakpawis Kitchen (Organic produce feeding program)
October 7
◦ (India / SRED) Leadership training for youth in Pudumalli Village
October 8
◦ (India / SRED) COVID – 19 awareness program in Perumalrajapet
◦ (Philippines / YFS) Rural Youth Rising webinar series launching – Rural youth state amidst the pandemic
October 9
◦ (India / Kudumbam) Oct 9-10: Capacity building with school children on household food and nutritional securities through establishing backyard kitchen gardens
◦ (India / SRED) Training on sustainable agriculture ◦ (Ivory Coast/JVE) Digital campaign on social media to promote agroecology (Oct 1-16)
◦ (Nepal / WOREC) Community interaction at Jaleswor municipality rural ward on the Importance of Eco-village for Agroecology
October 10
◦ (India / SRED) Promote Home garden in Keelvenbakkam
◦ (Ivory Coast / JVE) Conference on Agroecology with a group of students from Daloa University
◦ (Nepal / WOREC) Interaction on indigenous Knowledge on Preservation of Indigenous Seed, Cultivation practices on Ecovillages of Udayapur
◦ (Philippines / KADAMAY-Pandi) Oct 10-11: Training on Agroecology with MASIPAG
◦ (Senegal / PAN Africa) Discussion with women farmers on the impacts of COVID, agroecology and access to resources; Photo and Video Documentation on the impact of COVID-19 on rural populations and their urgent demands and aspirations
October 11
◦ (India / SRED) Campaign on Agroecology in various villages of Ranipet district ◦ (Ivory Coast/JVE) Digital campaign on social media to promote agroecology (Oct 1-16)
◦ (Nepal / WOREC) Interaction on indigenous Knowledge on Preservation of Indigenous Seed, Cultivation practices on Ecovillages of Udayapur, Siraha and Dang
◦ (Philippines / MASIPAG) Webinar on youth and agroecology, Youth Sowing a Better Normal
October 12
◦ (India / SRED) Impact on COVID -19
◦ (Philippines / UMA & SAKA) Peasant Family Day (Fruit tree and vegetable planting for our agroecology heroes)
October 13
◦ (India / SRED) Village meeting on Agroecology in Nemili village
◦ (Nepal / WOREC) Interaction with Community people and politicians for Ecovillage in Janakpur
◦ (Philippines / UMA & SAKA) Tulong Anakpawis Kitchen (Organic produce feeding program)
October 14
◦ (India / SRED) Campaign on Agroecology in various villages of Thriuvallur district
◦ (Nepal / WOREC) Interaction on indigenous Knowledge on Preservation of Indigenous Seed, Cultivation practices on Ecovillages of Udayapur, Siraha and Dang
October 15
◦ (Regional / ARWC) Women Speak Out ◦ (India/Kudumbam) Facilitate orientation with the rural youth on availing different welfare schemes for farmers during the pandemic crisis (Oct 1-15)
◦ (India / APVVU, SAHANIVASA and NISARGA) Rural Women’s Day demand land to the landless women
◦ (India / SRED) Webinar on Rural Women’s Day
◦ (Ivory Coast / JVE) Exchanges with women from the Namané Cooperative in the village of tchébloguhé in Daloa
◦ (Nepal / WOREC) Day celebration 15th October-International Rural Women Day-Mithila Art competition and gallery at Janakpur; Rural women holding placard gathering at Udayapur; Day celebration 16th October-World Hunger Day- Fruits plantation at Paddha, Baraha tal premises, Dang
◦ (Pakistan / KHOJ) Rural women’s festival
◦ (Pakistan / Roots for Equity and PKMT) Rural Women’s Day in Sahiwal and Haripur districts.
◦ (Philippines / UMA & SAKA) Rally on Rural Women’s Day
◦ (Philippines / YFS) Rural Youth Rising Webinar Series
October 16
◦ (India / APVVU, SAHANIVASA and NISARGA) Public meeting to release the Fact Finding Mission Report on the Polovaram dam displaced Adivasis and Dalits
◦ (India / SRED) Festival on World Food Day in Katrakunta Village
◦ (Nepal / WOREC) Day celebration 16th October-World Hunger Day- Fruits plantation at Udayapur
◦ (Pakistan / Roots for Equity and PKMT) Online national consultation on World Hunger Day
◦ (Philippines / MASIPAG) “Patikim sa Haran” Harvest Festival and Covenant signing for Agroecology and IP Rights
◦ (Philippines / UMA & SAKA) Rally on World Hunger Day; Mural Making (Artists groups and advocates will paint a larger than life mural for our farmers)
◦ (Philippines / YFS) Fansign protest on World Hunger Day
◦ (Zambia / Zambia Social Forum) Zambia Traditional Seed and Food Festival
Participating organisations include: Bangladesh Research Centre for Indigenous Knowledge or BARCIK; Instituto Politekniko Tomas Katari (Bolivia); Coalition of Cambodian Farmer Community or CCFC; Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT), Roots for Equity and Khoj Society for People’s Education (Pakistan); MTKP (Guatemala); Society for Rural Education and Development SRED, Kudumbam, and Andhra Pradesh Vyavsaya Vruthidarula Union or APVVU (India); SERUNI (Indonesia); Eastern and Southern Africa Small Scale Farmers Forum or ESAFF (Kenya); Tenaganita and ARROW (Malaysia); Women’s Rehabilitation Centre or WOREC (Nepal); Peasant Movement of the Philippines or KMP, Union of Agricultural Workers or UMA, Artist Alliance for Genuine Land Reform and Rural Development or SAKA, MASIPAG, Amihan, Gabriela, NNARA Youth and Kadamay-Pandi (Philippines); Vikalpani National Women’s Federation (Sri Lanka); Research Centre for Gender, Family and Environment in Development CGFED (Vietnam); Young Volunteers for the Environment or JVE (Ivory Coast); PAN Africa (Senegal); Zambia Social Forum; Youth for Food Sovereignty; Asian Rural Women’s Coalition; People’s Coalition on Food Sovereignty; Asian Peasant Coalition; and PAN North America.
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