January 2019

Wage Crisis of the Plantation Workers in Sri Lanka: Fair & Living Wage for the Plantation Workers

Background Information:

The Plantation People (Indian Origin Tamils) form a Minority community that consists of about  4.4% (2012) of the population in Sri Lanka and   at   present it is estimated as approximately 1.5 million. When in […]

September 2017

16 Days Of Global Action: Advance Food Sovereignty And Agroecology! Promote Youth’s Participation In Agriculture!

Advancing food sovereignty and agroecology

Studies and experiences1  of small food producers worldwide have demonstrated that agroecology (including all forms of biodiverse, integrated and diversified farming approaches combined with local knowledge systems) have sustained and fed […]

October 2016

With the theme “Defend Food Sovereignty! Strengthen Community Resilience amid Climate Crisis,” the 16 days of global action on land and resources successfully reached out to more than 380,000 people across the globe, with more […]

April 2015

Commute the Death Penalty on Mary Jane Veloso and Other Victims of Human Trafficking!

Her father used to be a seasonal sugar agricultural worker  (sacada) in Hacienda Luisita and even in Batangas up to the 1980’s. Her mother like him is a landless peasant. The back breaking work and […]

June 2012

Please sign the online petition to support the farmers and indigenous peoples in Southern Philippines in reclaiming their land

Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN AP) has just concluded an international fact-finding mission in Mindanao, Philippines where PAN AP and its partners intervened in land conflict case that involved a palm oil […]

November 2011

Permanent People’s Tribunal Session on Agrochemical Transnational Corporations

On December 3 to 6, 2011, a Permanent People’s Tribunal (PPT) will convene to indict Agrochemical Transnationals for gross violations of human rights. An international opinion tribunal, the PPT will gather farmers, agricultural workers, Indigenous […]

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