Our Correspondent; February 12, 2021 Leaders of the Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT) and Roots for Equity on Wednesday criticised the Ministry of National Food Security and Research’s recent decision to start the registration process for granting intellectual property rights (IPRs) for plants and seeds under the Plant Breeders’ Rights Act, 2016 and said that […]
02.12.2021
Categories: Agroecology, Farmers, Food Sovereignty, Genetic Modified Seeds, GMOs, Landless, Resistance, Seed Sovereignty, Women | Comments Off on Intellectual property rights over plants and seeds opposed
02.12.2021
Categories: Agroecology, Farmers, Food Sovereignty, Genetic Modified Seeds, GMOs, Landless, Resistance, Seed Sovereignty, Women | Comments Off on Farmers condemn launch of Plant Breeders’ Rights Registry
Faiza Ilyas KARACHI: Describing a recent federal government decision to launch Plant Breeders’ Rights Registry from Feb 15 as ‘illegal’ and ‘unethical’, representatives of Pakistan Kisan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT) at a press conference held at the Karachi Press Club on Wednesday demanded that all laws granting control over agriculture to “imperialist states and corporations” be […]
02.10.2021
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Press Release; February 10, 2021 Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT) and Roots for Equity held a press conference at the Karachi Press Club on February 10th, 2021 to protest against the decision of the Ministry of National Food Security and Research to start the registration process for granting intellectual property rights over plants and seeds under […]
01.01.2021
Categories: Agroecology, COVID-19, Farmers, Food Sovereignty, Landless, Resistance, Seed Sovereignty, Women | Comments Off on PKMT organises conference on impact of pandemic
SUKKUR: The 13th Annual Conference on “Impact on Peasants and Labourers during the Pandemic” was organised by the Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT) through video link. While talking about the national and global impact of Covid-19, Dr Azra Talat Syed, Roots for Equity, said the global capitalist system was responsible for the pandemic. She said […]
12.28.2020
Categories: Agroecology, Farmer, Farmers, Food Sovereignty, Landless, Resistance, Seed Sovereignty, Women | Comments Off on کورونا میں سامراجی ہتھکنڈے اور کسان مزدوروں پر اثرات
26-12-2020:پریس ریلیز پاکستان کسان مزدور تحریک (پی کے ایم ٹی) نے 26 دسمبر، 2020 کو کورونا وباء کو مدنظر رکھتے ہوئے تیرہواں سالانہ اجلاس آن لائن منعقد کیا جس میں ملک بھر کے مختلف اضلاع سے پی کے ایم ٹی کے چھوٹے اور بے زمین کسان مزدوروں اور دیگر شعبہ جات سے تعلق رکھنے والے […]
12.28.2020
Categories: Agroecology, COVID-19, Farmers, Food Sovereignty, Landless, Resistance, Seed Sovereignty | Comments Off on The Pandemic and Imperialist Impositions: Impact on Peasants and Labour
Press Release: December 26, 2020 The Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT), In light of the coronavirus pandemic, held its 13th Annual Conference online on 26th December 2020. PKMT members from numerous districts of Pakistan were in attendance as well as others also joined. Dr. Azra Talat Sayeed from Roots for Equity, while talking about the […]
11.16.2020
Categories: Agroecology, Farmers, Food Sovereignty, Resistance, Seed Sovereignty, Women | Comments Off on PKMT Jazba Farmers’ Cooperative Lower Dir Farm Land Preparation
Preparation of land for sowing seeds has been started on one acre land of the farmer named Bakhtiar Zaib from district Lower Deer, Khyber Pakhtoon Khwa. The Farmer is spreading organic manure on the field to make it ready to implant seeds. […]
11.11.2020
Categories: Agroecology, Farmers, Food Sovereignty, Resistance, Seed Sovereignty, Women | Comments Off on PKMT Jazba Farmers’ Cooperative Muzaffargarh Farm Seeds Sowing
On November 10, 2020, PKMT Jazba cooperative sown 25 different varieties of wheat seeds in Muzaffargarh agroecology farm Muzaffargarh, Punjab. The farm is divided into two swaths of land, one is comprising of seven plots of 3.5 Marla in which 4 kilograms of seed sowed in each plot. The second swaths of land comprised 18 […]
10.19.2020
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Press Release October 16, 2020 Roots for Equity and the Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT) in collaboration with People’s Coalition for Food Security (PCFS), Pesticide Action Network, Asia and Pacific (PANAP) and Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) is marking the World Food Day as World Hunger Day on October 16, 2020. A webinar and protest has […]
10.06.2020
Categories: Agroecology, Farmer, Farmers, Food Sovereignty, General, Seed Sovereignty, Women | Comments Off on Inspiration to create a Farmer’s Market
Introduction: This is a summary of an interview of Ms Maheen Zia conducted by Naveed Ahmed, Seed Sovereignty Program Coordinator from Roots for Equity. The context of the interview is on Maheen Zia’s work with Karachi Farmer’s Market based in Karachi, Pakistan. Ms Zia is one of the key founders of the Karachi Farmer’s Market. […]