After a careful documentation of the land reclaiming struggle of farmers in Indonesia, peasant organization API and support organization Bina Desa launched a book on land reclaiming entitled “Land to the Tiller: Initiating Land Use in Pasir Randu” during the seminar-workshop on sustainable agriculture last September 15, 2006 in Batu City, Malang Indonesia. Case Documentation: […]
Adapted from the video documentary version of the book Land reclaiming is an inseparable part of the agrarian reform movement in Indonesia that the state has regarded an illegal act until now. It arose because of the failure of agrarian reform implementation in the country since it became independent. Most often, the peasants who reclaim […]
Since 2003, around 10 peasants in Kediri regency have either been sued in court or put in jail after being accused by PT Bisi, a seed company, of illegal breeding and stealing of company seeds. The Aliansi Petani Indonesia (API) has been documenting these cases involving their peasant members.
History The issue over transgenic seeds stems from farmers confusion as to why they had to buy the corn seeds every time they want to plant corn. Plants were created by God and no man should not claim them as his/hers. The high cost of the seeds and the high cost of planting adds to […]
Hira Jhamtani and Dey Patria Some Indonesian farmers were recently prosecuted at the behest of a seed marketing company for breeding their own seeds instead of purchasing them from the company. Although the cases did not involve genetically modified seeds or seed multinationals, they have some disturbing implications. IN early 2005, without too much media […]
Food and Fertilizer Technology Center | http://www.fftc.agnet.org/ Soil and water conservation technologies and approaches are critical factors toward the sustainable use of the natural resource base for agriculture in Asia. It is estimated that about 80 percent of all available water supply in the region is mainly used for irrigation. Increasing withdrawals of water for […]
September 12, 2006 | www.greenpeace.org The Philippines is at serious risk from illegal GE (genetically-engineered) rice contamination as the international scandal around genetically-manipulated rice varieties which have not been commercially approved for human consumption grows bigger, Greenpeace warned today in a press briefing in Quezon City. Recent Greenpeace tests reveal that illegal GE rice from […]
By Daniel Altman | International Herald Tribune Published: September 12, 2006 Efforts by leading industrial and developing nations to resuscitate global free trade talks known as the Doha round fizzled last weekend in Rio de Janeiro. But globalization marches on. The International Herald Tribune’s global economics columnist, Daniel Altman, recently moderated an online discussion between […]
