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. […]
10.06.2020
Categories: Agroecology, Farmer, Farmers, Food Sovereignty, General, Seed Sovereignty, Women | Comments Off on Inspiration to create a Farmer’s Market
08.12.2020
Categories: Farmer | Comments Off on Progression in PKMT Jazba Farmers Cooperative
PKMT Farmers Cooperative Jazba is going smoothly in different districts of the three provinces Sindh, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtoon Khwa. Though it was not easy to communicate or visit in the days of lock down due to corona virus but still the farmers manage to share their work by sending pictures of their farms. In […]
04.27.2020
Categories: Agroecology, Farmer, Farmers, Food Sovereignty, Seed Sovereignty | Comments Off on PKMT Jazba Farmers’ Cooperative proceeding towards Harvesting
Under the PKMT Jazba Farmers’ Cooperative, farmers from all over Pakistan have started agroecological farms. They have sown the traditional seeds and make organic compost. As time passes the farmers from Sindh and Punjab are now sampling the crops and started harvesting and thrashing. The farmers from Shikarpur, Ghotki Tando M Khan (Sind) and Multan […]
03.29.2020
Categories: Farmer, Farmers, Food Sovereignty, Land Grab, Landgrabbing, Landless, Resistance, Seed Sovereignty | Comments Off on Assert and Defend the Rights of Small and Landless farmers amid the COVID-19 pandemic!
Press Release: Day of the Landless 2020, March 29, 2020 Roots for Equity and Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT) join hand with Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) and Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN AP) to mark the Day of the Landless March 29, 2020. Today, we commemorate the Day of the Landless with […]
03.12.2020
Categories: Farmer, Farmers, Food Sovereignty, Genetic Modified Seeds, GMOs, Landless, Resistance, Seed Sovereignty | Comments Off on PKMT Jazba Farmers’ Cooperative Awareness Program
PKMT Jazba Farmers’ Cooperative organized an awareness session program based on the Agroecology farming and sustainable agriculture on village level at different districts of Sindh, Punjab and KP. In Sindh district Tando Mohammad Khan, Shikarpur and Ghotki, in Punjab district Multan and in KP district Haripur and Lower Dir the session were organized. The session […]
02.15.2020
Categories: Farmer | Comments Off on Sustainable Agriculture Orientation
Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT) organized Sustainable Agriculture Orientation SAO’s in different villages of a district Ghotki, Khairpur in Sindh, Rajanpur, Multan and Sahiwal in Punjab and Mansehra in KP. The aim of the sessions was to realize the difference between the lives of farmers before and after the adaptation of green revolution and to analyze the […]
01.27.2020
Categories: Agroecology, Farmer, Farmers, Food Sovereignty, Resistance, Seed Sovereignty | Comments Off on Preparation of Green Compost at the lands of women Farmers in Punjab and Sindh
Under the base of PKMT Jazba farmers cooperative there are four Agro ecological farms which tend by women. A woman’s presence led farms are entirely new experience and will be a model for rural women empowerment. Farmers are having meetings and preparing green compost for their crops.
01.16.2020
Categories: Farmer, Farmers, Food Sovereignty, Resistance, Seed Sovereignty | Comments Off on Interviews from the farmers of PKMT Farmers Cooperative Jazba
Under PKMT Farmers’ Cooperative Jazba there are 12 agroecological farms in three provinces, Sindh, KPK and Punjab. Each farm is on one acre of land. Six farms are in Sindh, four farms are in KPK and two are in Punjab. Out of these twelve farms, women farmers manage four. During our visits to the Jazba […]
01.15.2020
Categories: Farmer, Farmers, Food Sovereignty, Seed Sovereignty | Comments Off on Upscaling and Strengthening Agro ecology:
Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT) has established a Farmers Cooperative and named it Jazba. Jazba has enlisted various farmers to further agro ecology-based farms in seven districts spread over three provinces of Pakistan with the collaboration between various actors, that include mass-based farmers’ organizations, non-government organizations, academia and consumer groups. Jazba aims to upscale and […]
01.03.2020
Categories: Farmer, Farmers, Food Sovereignty, Landless, Resistance, Seed Sovereignty | Comments Off on “Corporate Agriculture: Decent Livelihood, Pure Nutritious Food and Environmental Justice Impossible!” (PKMT) 12th Annual Assembly
Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT) held its 12th Annual Conference 28, December, 2019 in Jampur, Rajanpur. The theme of the conference was “Corporate Agriculture: Decent Livelihood, Pure Nutritious Food and Environmental Justice Impossible!” The Annual conference started with the registration of the members from various districts of the country. The 12th PKMT General Assembly was […]