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| Partner |
Roots for Equity |
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| Project Title |
Food Security and Women Farmers |
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| Project Time Frame |
Three Year Project |
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| Contact |
Dr. Azra Talat Sayeed
A – 113, Block 13-D
Gulshulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi. Pakistan
Tel: 0092-21-4979267, Fax: 0092-21-4979267
Email: roots@super.net.pk |
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| Description of Project |
The project “Food Security and Women
Farmers” has been initiated based on the harmful impacts of modern
farming and the use of mechanized farming techniques. After the
introduction of green revolution technologies, a further shift has been
toward genetically modified crops and seeds.
The assault on small farmers has been pushed through turning agriculture
into a profit-making industry, taking away its critical importance as
food and livelihood provider to the world’s majority. The ten-year grace
period provided by the World Trade Organization is reaching its end. And
with the limited time left, the intensification of the market-based
reforms can be clearly seen. The changes in the Agreement on Agriculture
which had been initiated through the Harbinson Text have not wrought any
changes in the exploitative measures suggested through the AoA. All this
does not augur well for the landless and small farmers of Pakistan.
The project “Food Security and Women Farmers” has been implemented in
six villages, a majority of which are Hindu communities, working as
daily labor in farms owned by landlords. The work over a period of
nearly two and a half years in these villages has shown that the
situation of the landless and small farmers is indeed highly vulnerable,
and they are facing an extremely difficult situation both with respect
to food security as well as the livelihood question.
Project Objectives
 | develop an awareness raising programme on the impact of
pesticides, cultivation of genetically modified seeds on the
environment, health and rural economy in general and particularly on
women farmers in Sindh;
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| create an understanding to the rural and urban populations the
inter-links between the poisoning of the environment to health, food
security and economic activity
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| initiate an advocacy campaign at national and international
level focusing on the risks involved due to the current hazards
being introduced in the rural and urban environment on the health of
communities, economic impact on the farmer communities, and long
term impact on food security with especial emphasis on women |
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