Dr. Romeo Quijano, chairperson of PAN Asia Pacific, has personally witnessed the damaging effects of Highly Hazardous Pesticides on people’s health and the environment over the past decades. He calls for the accountability of pesticide manufacturers and plantation companies for human rights violations related to the use of pesticides.
This short documentary highlights the successful efforts to establish pesticide-free buffer zones around schools in Asia. In Vietnam, children were taught early on the harmful effects of pesticides and to move towards alternative methods. Meanwhile, in Cambodia, farmers stopped spraying pesticides on school days. This was a result of an education campaign launched after students […]
Women lead the way by showing that in replacing Highly Hazardous Pesticides with agroecology, a pesticide-free world is possible! With support of the Swedish Chemicals Agency (KemI) and Sida – Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete
PAN Asia Pacific has been spearheading a grassroots-empowered pesticide risk reduction project to astounding success in Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines and China. Here are some the key lessons we learned, as we move towards a #PesticidesFreeWorld: Awareness campaigns convinced governments to support farmers’ markets Farmers’ networks were created through capacity building and community organising Public awareness […]
In the villages of Samrong Tong, district of Kampong Speu province, Cambodia, women vegetable farmers are at the forefront of promoting agroecology. In this short documentary, watch how the Women Organic Vegetable Producer Group, with the support of the Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC), are able to improve their health and […]
