-Centre for Science and Environment * Releases new report that presents irrefutable evidence of the benefits of non-chemical agriculture * Yesterday’s Budget promises to promote chemical-free natural farming, but it is a half-hearted promise at best, as no separate allocation has been made in it, says CSE * CSE’s asks: Invest in organic and natural farming. Make it a mass movement New Delhi, February 2, 2022: “Despite the push given to it through periodic...
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Recently held Peasant and Indigenous Press Forum reveals that indigenous farmers and farming are facing the danger of extinction
-Recordings of the Peasant and Indigenous Press Forum organised by Growing Culture, held on 16th November, 2021 A Growing Culture co-organized the Peasant and Indigenous Press Forum on 16th November, 2021. It was a unique opportunity for media representatives, to connect with peasant and Indigenous groups in order to highlight the striking realities of our global food systems, and engage in intersectional, holistic story-telling. In this forum, groups shared the latest news...
More »CoP26: Why is forest-rich India staying away from Glasgow Declaration -Jayanta Basu
-Down to Earth India not happy with the effort to link infrastructure development and related activities with forest conservation in the Glasgow Declaration’s final text India, one of the 10 most forest-rich countries of the world, chose to stay away November 2, 2021, as more than 100 world leaders committed to saving the world’s forests at the 26th Conference of Parties (CoP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in...
More »UN Food Systems Summit marginalizes human rights and disappoints, say experts
-United Nations Human Rights Office of The High Commissioner GENEVA 22 SEPTEMBER 2021: On the eve of the Food Systems Summit, UN human rights experts are deeply concerned that the event will not be a “people’s summit” as promised. They are worried that the Summit will instead leave behind the most marginalized and vulnerable people. According to the three human rights experts, who were involved in the Summit preparation, “The Summit claims...
More »How Grassroots Organic Seed Saviours Challenge Monopolies, Promote Sustainable Farming -Gargi Parsai
-TheWire.in Several local women farmers recalled their struggle in persuading their family to convert hazardous, chemical-driven conventional farming into environment-friendly organic farming. Dehradun: “When I die I am not going to leave behind gold or currency for my grandchildren. I will leave for them organic seeds that I have saved over the years which they will remember as their grandmother’s legacy. They must know that this biodiversity is the symbol of our...
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