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 […]
10.19.2020
Categories: Agroecology, Farmer, Farmers, Food Sovereignty, Genetic Modified Seeds, Land Grab, Landless, Resistance, Seed Sovereignty, Women | Comments Off on “Rural People are Hungry for Food System Change”
10.16.2020
JUMNI The field staff of Roots for Equity met a farmer named Jumni in the village known as old Lashari of district Tando Muhammad Khan. She is also a member of Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT). At that time she was plucking grass out of the ground. She said that she is picking grass to […]
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. […]
09.23.2020
Categories: Agroecology, Farmers, Food Sovereignty, GMOs, Landgrabbing, Landless, Resistance, Seed Sovereignty, Women | Comments Off on Boosting Performing Art Skills of Theatre Artistes working on Social Change
Imam Uddin Soomro is an active member of the Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT), an alliance of small-scale and landless farmers including women farmers. Imam collects data on crops and conducts awareness sessions for farmers on sustainable agriculture, green revolution and globalization. As a member of a local theatre group named, PUKAR, since 2018, Imam […]
05.26.2020
Categories: Agroecology, Farmers, Food Sovereignty, Resistance, Women | Comments Off on Free virus testing for workers demanded
Bureau Report May 02, 2020 PESHAWAR: The rights activists on Friday demanded of the government to start free mass coronavirus testing, especially for workers and farmers, besides ensuring their social protection. The demand was made during a webinar organised by Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek and NGO Roots for Equity here to mark the Labour Day. […]
05.01.2020
Categories: Agroecology, Farmers, Food Sovereignty, Landless, Resistance, Women | Comments Off on کورونا کا سبق: سرمایہ داری کا خاتمہ لازم
یکم مئی: مزدوروں کا عالمی دن پریس ریلز یکم مئی 2020 دنیا بھر میں یکم مئی، 1886 میں شکاگو کے مزدوروں کی جدوجہد کی یاد میں مزدوروں کے عالمی دن کے طور پر منایا جاتا ہے۔ پاکستان کسان مزدور تحریک (پی کے ایم ٹی) اور روٹس فار ایکوٹی نے لاک ڈاؤن کی پابندیوں کے پیش […]
03.31.2020
Categories: Farmers, Food Sovereignty, Landless, Resistance, Women | Comments Off on Landless Farmers Day marked: ‘Lockdown and quarantines should not increase people’s sufferings’
Our Correspondent March 31, 2020 SUKKUR: Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT) and Roots for Equity, a local NGO, joined hands with the Asian Peasant Coalition (APC), and Pesticide Action Network Asia & the Pacific (PANAP) to mark the Landless Farmers Day. PKMT celebrated the Landless Farmers Day with utmost concern as landless farmers were among […]
03.31.2020
Categories: Farmers, Food Sovereignty, Landless, Resistance, Women | Comments Off on Govt urged to protect rights of small farmers
Bureau ReportMarch 30, 2020 PESHAWAR: The organisations working for welfare of peasants and farmers have called upon the government to ensure that the lockdowns and quarantines are not carried out at the expense of the food security of the people. They asked the government to provide immediate economic relief to the marginalised sectors including the […]