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Syngenta expects its pesticides to poison people
written by Dr. Meriel Watts Over the past two weeks of intensive talks on global regulation of a number of pesticides draw to a close in Rome, PANAP observer Dr
GMOs are not needed in the Asia-Pacific Region
Globally we produce enough food to feed everyone, yet, losses (40%) are incurred during harvest and processing (developing countries) and at the retail/consumer level (industrialized countries). The Food and Agriculture
Farmers’ caravan to Manila highlights fight vs. land grabs, fascism
But Carmelito has not given up his right to land. He, together with 170 other agrarian reform beneficiaries from Mindanao, held a campout in Manila. Farmers from the Southern Mindanao
Kickstart of 2 weeks of UN meetings on chemicals
Tuesday October 17th kickstarted two weeks of intensive talks on a number of pesticides at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) Headquarters in Rome. First up is
Debt and destruction: China-funded projects in Sri Lanka stir controversy, conflict
But the project, like many others bankrolled by China in Sri Lanka, is also causing the massive displacement of small farmers and fishers while pushing the country deeper in debt.
No Sweet Deal: community resists Chinese sugarcane land grab
“Prame is our home,” 60-year-old Tep Toem told PANAP during a visit to their community. “Before us, it was our parents’, grandparents’, and great grandparents’ home.” When PAN Asia Pacific
Concerned over death of two children in Indonesia by pesticides
The death of a nine-year-old and four-year-old girls in Indonesia after being exposed to an insecticide further proves that the use of pesticides for lice should be banned. Reports show
Judicial harassment vs land activists in the Mekong Region on the rise
Using the courts and legal system, governments and private corporations are intensifying the persecution of land rights activists in the Mekong region. Land rights activists face different forms of harassment
One killed every week for defending right to land in the Philippines
Of the 68 victims of extrajudicial killings during the first year of the Duterte administration, 66 were farmers, farmer-community leaders, and land rights activists. This translates to more than five