{"id":2586,"date":"2020-07-17T16:40:32","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T08:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panap.net\/?p=2586"},"modified":"2020-07-17T16:40:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T08:40:32","slug":"why-india-should-ban27pesticides","status":"publish","type":"panap_updates","link":"https:\/\/panap.net\/beta\/updates\/why-india-should-ban27pesticides\/","title":{"rendered":"Why India Should #Ban27Pesticides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On July 16, PAN Asia Pacific and PAN India conducted a webinar discussing the need for the Indian government to ban 27 toxic pesticides.<\/p>\n<p>Last May, the Indian government announced that it is moving to ban 27 pesticides that are linked to health and environmental harm. However, the agrochemical industry quickly moved to oppose the ban. As the Indian government is set to decide in the coming weeks, various experts laid down the reasons why the ban is doable and necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the webinar:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"[Webinar] Why India Should Ban27Pesticides\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yjnMC_9Ztfg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Download the presentations of the speakers here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/files.panap.net\/resources\/Webinar-Ban27Pesticides-Dr-Narasimha-Reddy-Donthi-Relevance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Relevance of the Pesticides Ban<\/a> by Dr. Narasimha Reddy, Public Policy Expert and Consultant, PAN India<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/files.panap.net\/resources\/Webinar-Ban27Pesticides-Dileep-Kumar-Hazards-of-27-pesticides.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hazards of 27 Pesticides<\/a> by Dileep Kumar A. D.\u00a0 Assistant Director, PAN India<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/files.panap.net\/resources\/Webinar-Ban27Pesticides-Dr-Indira-Devi-Pesticide-Use-and-handling.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pesticides Use Practices in India<\/a> by Dr. Indira Devi P., Rtd. Research Director, Kerala Agriculture University<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/files.panap.net\/resources\/Webinar-Ban27Pesticides-Anoop-Kumar-Biological-pest-control-using-predators.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Agroecological Alternatives<\/a> by Anoop Kumar C. P.,\u00a0 Organic Farming and Horticulture Consultant<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/files.panap.net\/resources\/Webinar-Ban27Pesticides-Sarojeni-Rengam-HHPs-Global-Treaty.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Advocacy for a Global Ban on Highly Hazardous Pesticides<\/a> by Sarojeni Rengam, Executive Director, PAN Asia Pacific<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To help the campaign to #Ban27Pesticides, you may write your comments in support of the ban to:<\/p>\n<p>Joint Secretary (Plant Protection)<br \/>\nMinistry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare<br \/>\nDepartment of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare<br \/>\nKrishi Bhawan, New Delhi 110 001<\/p>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:catish@ias.nic.in\">catish@ias.nic.in<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:jspp-dac@gov.in\">jspp-dac@gov.in<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 16, PAN Asia Pacific and PAN India conducted a webinar discussing the need for the Indian government to ban 27 toxic pesticides. Last May, the Indian government announced that it is moving to ban 27 pesticides that are linked to health and environmental harm. However, the agrochemical industry quickly moved to oppose the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2587,"template":"","update_categories":[116],"class_list":["post-2586","panap_updates","type-panap_updates","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","update_categories-webinar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/panap.net\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/panap_updates\/2586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/panap.net\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/panap_updates"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/panap.net\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/panap_updates"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panap.net\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/panap.net\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/panap_updates\/2586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panap.net\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/panap.net\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"update_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panap.net\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update_categories?post=2586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}