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20May

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March Against Monsanto 2017

UBINIG and Nayakrishi Andolon || Saturday 20 May 2017 Farmers say NO to Bt Brinjal Over 500 Farmers from 18 villages in Delduar Upazilla in Tangail and Atghoria Upazilla in Pabna in two separate events held today (20 May, 2017) at 10 am. In Tangail it was held in Silimpur Bazar, Pathrail Union, Delduar and in Pabna, rally was held in village Tong Boira, Chandbha Union, Atghoria Upazilla. These rallies were organised by UBINIG and Nayakrishi Andolon on the occasion of the Global MarchAgainst Monsanto, 2017. There were women and men chanting slogans against the aggression of the corporations like Monsanto into their local seeds and against poisoning of our food system. It was a hot summer morning, yet the farmers held the rally with great enthusiasm and determination. Farmers star...

19May

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RESIST Monsanto in Bangladesh

UBINIG and Nayakrishi Andolon || Friday 19 May 2017 UBINIG and Nayakrishi Andolon are organising two rallies on 20th May, 2017 on the occasion of the Global March Against Monsanto, 2017 at the village level in two districts, Tangail and Pabna in Bangladesh. Nayakrishi farmers, practising ecological farming and preserving local varieties rice, vegetables, pulses, oilseeds, fruits and other inbdigenous crops are concerned about the threats of genetic intervention threatening the foundation of Bangladesh agriculture. Negative impacts of GMOSs on biodiversity, human health and the rights of small famers are now well recognised. Nevertheless, Bt Brinjal, a genetically modified food crop, has already been released for field cultivation since 2014 and is being continued des...

4May

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Organise Against Corporate Crimes

UBINIG and Nayakrishi Andolon || Thursday 04 May 2017 UBINIG and Nayakrishi Andolon “Our environment is poisoned, our food is poisoned. We must act collectively against the corporate crimes”, speakers at the Press Briefing on Monsanto Tribunal stressed. The briefing was held on 4 May, 2017 at the National Press Club, Dhaka. The Press Briefing was organised by UBINIG and Nayakrishi Andolon to share the Legal Opinion delivered by Judges of Monsanto Tribunal. In this Tribunal, a testimony was presented by Farida Akhter of UBINIG on Bt Brinjal, a Monsanto-Mahyco initiative imposed on the farmers through Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI). The Press Briefing was chaired by Dr. Zafrullah Chowdhury. Delwar Jahan of Prakritik Krishi, Human Rights Activist Adv. Adilu...

2May

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Monsanto Tribunal Legal Opinion

Nayakrishi Andolon & UBINIG 4 May, 2017 at 10.30 pmNational Press Club, Dhaka Bangladesh Organised by Nayakrishi Andolon and UBINIG A Press Briefing meeting is organised to share the Legal Opinion delivered by Judges of Monsanto Tribunal. The Monsanto Tribunal, an international civil society initiative to hold Monsanto accountable for human rights violations, for crimes against humanity, and for ecocide was held in the Hague, Netherlands during 15 - 16 October, 2016. Eminent judges heard over 30 witnesses, lawyers and experts. In April 2017, the Judges publicly delivered a legal opinion following procedures of the International Court of Justice. A distinct and parallel event, the People's Assembly, was a gathering of social movements from all over the...

1Jun

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World No tobacco Day Award 2016

UBINIG || Wednesday 01 June 2016 UBINIG was awarded for its commendable contribution to tobacco control in Bangladesh Awards are offered every year on the World No Tobacco Day for significant contribution to tobacco control activities. UBINIG (Policy Research for Development Alternative) has been offered the World No Tobacco Day Award 2016. UBINIG has been working with the farmers in Kushtia and Bandarban for cultivation of food crops shifting out of tobacco since 2006. In addition, UBINIG organized Tamak Birodhi Nari Jot (Anti Tobacco Womens’ Alliance), TABINAJ involving women’s’ organizations in 64 districts and has been working for controlling the use of smokeless tobacco products including jarda, sadapata, gul, etc. since 2011. Mr. Mohammad Nasim, M.P., Honourable Minister, ...

15Apr

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Budget 2016-2017: Opinion Sharing

Shasthya Andolon According to media, the Ministry of Finance, Government of Bangladesh is now at the concluding stage to prepare the Annual Budget 2016-2017. The media also reported that the Government has prioritized Human Resource Development, Power, Skill Development and Information Technology for the coming financial year. Media did not present any information about Health Sector budget, which is extremely important to serve mainly the poor and marginal people. Most of them are deprived from health service. Shasthya Andolon – Health Movement has been active for about last 15 years to ensure improved health service for people and mainly poor and marginal people. We all are aware about problems of Health Sector. It includes less man-power, shortage of equipments and machine...

14Nov

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Tabinaj Conference 2015

Tamak Birodhi Nari Jote (TABINAJ) Tabinaj Conference, 2015: 2 December 2015, LGED Auditorium, Dhaka Women’s role in controlling smokeless tobacco and tobacco cultivation December 2, 2015 Venue: LGED Auditorium, Agargaon, DhakaTime: 9:30 am – 5:30 pmOrganised jointly by National Tobacco Control Cell (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare),Directorate of Women’s Affairs, National Heart Foundation, Progga and Narigrantha Prabartana

12Nov

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FAO honoured Nayakrishi Farmer

Ubinig and Nayakrishi Andolon FAO Bangladesh sent one woman farmer Ms Rina Begum to FAO Regional office, Thailand on the occasion of the world food day 2015. She is a Nayakrishi farmer from the Delduar Upazilla of Tangail district. Rina Begum was chosen by the Ministry of Agriculture as one of the best farmer. Nayakrishi is the practice of biodiversity-based ecological agriculture following 10 simple rules. Because of the ecosystemic approach to agriculture and the use of good and healthy seed maintained and conserved by experienced farmers, pesticide is not required. As a principle Nayakrishi farmers use no biocides. As soil production from the on-farm composting is a regular practice, there is hardly any need for chemical fertiliser. Nayakrishi does not use ground wa...

Stop Bt. Brinjal and Golden Rice Field Cultivation

2Nov

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Stop Bt. Brinjal and Golden Rice Field Cultivation

GMO Birodi Morcha and Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon (BAPA) Discussion meeting on impact of GMO Crops: Bt Brinjal and Golden rice was held on 2 November, 2015 at the National Press Club, Dhaka. GMO Birodi Morcha and Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon (BAPA) jointly organized the discussion meeting. The environmental activist, development workers and journalist participated in the discussion meeting. Professor Moazzem Hossain, Vice President, BAPA chaired the discussion meeting. Farida Akhter, Member, GMO Biridi Morcha, presented the key note speech. The panel speakers were Delowar Jahan, Staff reporter, The daily Shokaler Khabor; Dr. M. A. Sohban, agricultural scientist and Sakiul Millat Morshed, Executive Director, Shishuk. The other speakers included Samiron Biswas, CCDB, Bangladesh; Ibnu...

Farmers Training on Food Safety: Delduar

4Oct

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Farmers Training on Food Safety: Delduar

Jahangir Alam Jony || Sunday 04 October 2015 Farmers’ Training on Safe Food Issues Prior to Declaration of Delduar as a Safe Food Upazila was organized at UBINIG center, Bishnupur, Delduar Upazila, Tangail district on 6 September, 2015. The event was organized by UBINIG on behalf of Bangladesh Food Safety Network (BFSN) with the support from Food and Agriculture Organization – Food Safety Project (FAO –FSP). A total of 36 Nayakrishi farmers from 20 villages of seven Unions of Delduar Upazila participated in the training workshop. Among the farmers there were 18 female farmers and 18 male farmers. The representatives from Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO-FSP); Chairman of Delduar Upazila Parishod and UBINIG representatives also participated in the event. The training workshop ...