AMENDMENTS SOUGHT IN THE PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT BILL, 2020 BEFORE IT IS PASSED IN PARLIAMENT The following are some key amendments sought in the Pesticides Management Bill 2020, which has been tabled as Bill No XXII of 2020, to be passed in Rajya Sabha sometime in/after the week starting from Sep 14th 2020 during the Monsoon [...]

You can find presentations from this webinar here: 1. Dr Nicolas Defarge’s presentation: http://www.kisanswaraj.in/wp-content/uploads/NicolasDefarge-ASHA-Webinar-Glyphosate-18th-Sept.pdf 2. Dr Peter Clausing’s presentation: http://www.kisanswaraj.in/wp-content/uploads/Peter_Clausing_ASHA_Webinar-200918.pdf 3. Dr Suman Sahai’s presentation: http://www.kisanswaraj.in/wp-content/uploads/SumanSahai_HT_PPT_ASHA-Webinar-17-Sept2020.pdf Abstract: Glyphosate is one of the most controversial agro-chemicals debated world over in the last two decades. Initially claimed to be ‘safer than table salt’, it has been classified as ‘probably carcinogenic [...]

ASHA presents brief notes on the context, serious deficiencies and implications on the 3 “agriculture reform” ordinances which are to be tabled in the Lok Sabha on the 14th of September 2020 as Bills. These are in essence agri-business facilitation bills that will steer Indian agriculture towards greater corporate control at the expense of farmers’ [...]

Webinar can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQPPfPoHxoc and https://www.facebook.com/AshaKisanSwaraj/videos/796190571150505 Presentations can be accessed here: Dr Sudha Narayanan’s in english: http://www.kisanswaraj.in/wp-content/uploads/20200911_Narayanan_ASHA_3ordinances-final.pdf In Bangla here In Gujarati here In Hindi here In Kannada here In Odia here In Telugu here   Kiran Vissa’s in english: http://www.kisanswaraj.in/wp-content/uploads/Kiran-Vissa-3-Ordinances-ASHA-Webinar-11-Sept-2020.pdf In Bangla here In Gujarati here In Hindi here In Kannada here In Odia here In [...]

PRESENTATIONS OF THE SPEAKERS Salome Yesudas’s presentation can be downloaded here : http://www.kisanswaraj.in/wp-content/uploads/Salome-Yesudas-Uncultivated-Foods-4th-sept-webinar.pdf Dr Debal Deb’s presentation can be downloaded here : http://www.kisanswaraj.in/wp-content/uploads/Debal-Deb-Forest_Foods-Webinar-sept-4th.pdf Debjeet’s presentation can be downloaded here : http://www.kisanswaraj.in/wp-content/uploads/Debjeet-World-Worldviews-Knowledge-Practices-of-Kondh-community-sept-4th-2020.pdf  Brief introduction to the Speakers of this webinar is given below: SALOME YESUDAS, FREELANCE RESEARCHER Salome is a nutrition scientist who has been part of the ICAR-KVK (Indian Council for [...]

International Webinar on Bt Cotton in India: Myths and Realities (An Evidence based Evaluation) August 24, 2020 Organized by Centre for Sustainable Agriculture (CSA) and JATAN In Collaboration with Alliance for Sustainable and Holistic Agriculture (ASHA) and India for Safe Food  The webinar can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4o4clmQrDk Dr Peter Kenmore’s presentation can be accessed here: http://www.kisanswaraj.in/wp-content/uploads/Dr-Peter-Kenmore-Webinar-on-Bt-Cotton-in-India-CSA-Jatan-ASHA-24-August-2020.pdf Prof [...]

You can download ASHA’s response to the Government of India’s draft ban order on 27 pesticides, including a table on the 27 pesticides in pdf format here. Annexure to the letter on Bannable Pesticides in India, which have been banned in 2 or more countries elsewhere is downloadable here. ———- Forwarded message ——— From: ASHA [...]

From: ASHA Kisan Swaraj <asha.kisanswaraj@gmail.com> Date: Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 1:57 PM Subject: ASHA’s response on the draft Restriction of use on Glyphosate Order 2020 To: <jspp-dac@gov.in>, <catish@ias.nic.in> Cc: <ns.tomar@sansad.nic.in> To: Date – 4th August 2020 The Joint Secretary, Plant Protection, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers’ Welfare, Krishi Bhawan, [...]

Date 3rd August, 2020   To Mr. T. N. Ninan, Chairperson, Board of Directors, Business Standard Pvt. Ltd. tn.ninan@bsmail.in   Mr.ShaileshDobhal, Editorial Lead, Business Standard Pvt. Ltd. shailesh.dobhal@bsmail.in   Re: The disgraceful advertorial published in the Business Standard on 29/7/2020    We strongly condemn the disgraceful and slanderous full-page advertorial published in your newspaper on 29/7/2020 [...]

Response from ASHA to the allegations made against Ms. Kavitha Kuruganti in the advertorial sponsored by Crop Care Federation of India (CCFI– An association of the pesticide industry) in Business Standard (BS) on the 29thJuly, 2020.   Alliance for Sustainable and Holistic Agriculture or ASHA-Kisan Swaraj network is a volunteer-driven, large informal network of organisations and [...]