Tag: Food

International Conference on Shifting out of Tobacco
8Aug By testNo Comments
Tobacco

International Conference on Shifting out of Tobacco

UBINIG || Monday 08 August 2011 Impact of Tobacco Cultivation and Policy Advocacy for Shifting to Food and Other Agricultural Crops The concerns about the harmful affects of consumption of tobacco products and tobacco cultivation in Bangladesh have drawn considerable attention over last few years. Since the efforts at the global and national level to regulate the use of tobacco products which include the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) entering into force in Bangladesh on 27th of February, 2005 and The ‘Smoking and Tobacco Product Usage (Control) Bill, 2005’ of Bangladesh passed into law a month later the Anti-Tobacco movement has gained much momentum.  The Anti-tobacco advocacy and campaign have also been able to achieve s...
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Farmers Against Tobacco Cultivation
6Apr By testNo Comments
Tobacco

Farmers Against Tobacco Cultivation

UBINIG Say 'No' To Tobacco Cultivation Kushtia. 30 March. A farmers' meeting in village Boro Gangdia (Union Khalisha Kundi) of Daulatpur upazilla on 30 March, 2010 expressed grave concern over the aggrssive extnsion of tobacco production in the district of Kushtia, threatening serious crisis in food and destruction of environment, ecology, bodiversity and livelihood of local communities.  The meeting was organized by UBINIG with participation of farmers, NGO, journalists, college teachers and local government leaders. The Chief Guest was Afazuddin Ahmed Member of Parliament, special guest was Hares uddin, Upazilla Chairman and chairperson was Farida Akhter, Executive Director of UBINIG. Farmers and rserchers presented facts and figures arguing that unless government take i...
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Stop Tobacco Cultivation, Grow Food
30Mar By testNo Comments
Tobacco

Stop Tobacco Cultivation, Grow Food

UBINIG || Tuesday 30 March 2010 Don't poison Matamuhuri River by Tobacco Cultivation Chakoria 24 March: Food and water crisis is going to be severe in areas where tobacco cultivation is expanding. Tobacco companies are facing resistance from the farming communities in old plantation areas and are moving to fertile lands such as the rich envivironmnet and ecology of the Matamuhuri complex. Unlike other rivers of Bangladesh, Matamuhuri is unique; it has originated within the political boundary of Bangladesh and created a fabulous environmental and ecological complex to support life forms that obviously includes farmers, fishers and diverse ethnic communities. Matamuhuri is the lifeblood for all. But these have already changed and situation is rapidly turning into a disaster. T...
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Nayakrishi & Green Deal
12Mar By testNo Comments
Nayakrishi Andolon

Nayakrishi & Green Deal

Farida Akhter A Nayakrishi Perspective on New Green Deal   Introduction Global Green New Deal is on the road to make growth look green. How green it is for the southern countries; is an extremely important question. Policy Brief of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP March 2009)) on Global Green New Deal (GGND) is about the "worst financial and economic crisis'' and raises the question whether the response of financial stimulus of US$3 trillion globally is sustainable. UNEP recommends a green stimulus of 1% of global GDP (approx. 750 billion), which is only one-fourth of the total proposed fiscal stimulus could provide a critical mass of green infrastructure "needed to seed a significant greening of the global economy". However, the focus of the green stimul...
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