It’s been a hard year, especially for food producers. Let’s end 2020 with an inspiring story of how farmers in the Philippines continue to assert their rights & people’s #foodsovereignty.
It’s been a hard year, especially for food producers. Let’s end 2020 with an inspiring story of how farmers in the Philippines continue to assert their rights & people’s #foodsovereignty.
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 […]
Concrete results show that Integrated Pest Management principles help farmers to reduce cost and improve the health of the farmers and their family.
Miao farmer continue to plant agroecological crops so that more people will recognise the health and environmental benefits of pesticides-free crops.
Rural woman farmer chooses agroecology practices over pesticides spraying to protect their health and the environment of their community.
This video tells a vivid and inspiring story of how 20 Dalit women fought for the right to own land and cultivate it collectively. Their fight continues until the present.
A study on women workers from selected plantations in the country revealed certain critical issues that need urgent attention. The study comprised a questionnaire survey, blood sampling for plasma pseudo cholinesterase enzyme and self-health monitoring cards ori which respondents recorded their daily symptoms of pesticide exposure. This ensured the participation of women in the monitoring […]
Victims Without Voice portrays women pesticide sprayers in the Malaysian plantations. They are the victims without a voice – victims of the society’s indifference, and focus of this book, pesticide poisonings. This book attempts to document the hazards of pesticide use in Malaysian plantation. The book examines briefly why women are particularly vulnerable to pesticide […]
