پریس ریلیز 16 اکتوبر 2022 زراعت اور خوراک کا عالمی ادارہ فاؤ دنیا کی اشرافیہ کے ساتھ ملکر آج خوراک کا عالمی دن منا رہی ہے جبکہ چھوٹے اور بے زمین کسانوں، شہری اور دیہی مزدوروں اور عوام کے لیے یہ بھوک کا عالمی دن ہے۔ پوری دنیا میں بھوک اور قحط کی موجودہ صورتحال […]
10.16.2022
Categories: Agroecology, Climate Change, Farmers, Food Sovereignty, Genetic Modified Seeds, GMOs, Resistance, Seed Sovereignty, Women | Comments Off on بھوک کا عالمی دن 2022: خوراک کی خود مختاری اور موسمیاتی انصاف کی جدوجہد
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
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 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
Categories: Agroecology, Farmers, Food Sovereignty, Genetic Modified Seeds, GMOs, Resistance, Seed Sovereignty, Women | Comments Off on Plant Breeders’ Right Act – an Anti-Farmer Law
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
03.08.2019
Categories: Farmer, Genetic Modified Seeds, GMOs, Resistance, Seed Sovereignty | Comments Off on Say no to GM maize
March 01, 2019 Zubeida Mustafa THERE is bad news and there is good news for our environmentalists, agriculturalists, healthcare givers and all those who care for the welfare of Pakistan. First, the bad news. In January, the Prime Minister’s Office announced that Cargill, the global food and agricultural producer with an annual revenue of $114.6 […]
02.21.2019
Categories: Farmer, Genetic Modified Seeds, GMOs, Seed Sovereignty | Comments Off on Petitioner’s arguments concluded in Farmer’s Rights case
Press Release Lahore, 21 February 2019: A Full Bench of the Lahore High Court heard arguments by Petitioners challenging the Seed (Amendment) Act, 2015 and the Plant Breeder’s Rights Act, 2016. Advocate Sheraz Zaka, appearing on behalf of the NGO One-World, submitted that these laws were passed at the behest of multinational seed and GMO […]
02.14.2019
Categories: Farmer, Genetic Modified Seeds, GMOs, Landless | Comments Off on Peasants declare “NO TO GM MAIZE!”
Press Release February 13, 2019 There has been news in print media, which indicates that the Ministry of National Food Security & Research has distanced itself from going ahead with approval of genetically modified maize in Pakistan; the first indication was the cancellation of Variety Evaluation Committee (VEC) by PARC, where it was expected that […]