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16th Peliti Seed Exchange Festival
MESOCHORI, PARANESTI, DRAMA, GREECE, 7 May 2016 — Join Navdanya and the Global Movement for Seed Freedom at the 16th Peliti Seed Festival in Greece from May 6th to May 8th 2016* [...]
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International Permaculture Day 2016
1st May 2016, Everywhere — FEED SOILS and PEOPLE WITH PULSES — celebrating INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF PULSES
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VAMOS CELEBRAR AS LEGUMINOSAS
MORA, PORTUGAL, 8 May 2016 — Queridos Amigos, è com imenso prazer que vos convidamos para virem Celebrar as Leguminosas.
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Free exchange festival for old and traditional seeds, seedlings and saplings
ELIN PELIN, BULGARIA, 14-15 May 2016 — Free exchange festival for old and traditional seeds, seedlings and saplings.
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30 years of Navdanya and Anna Swaraj 2020
NEW DELHI, 21 May 2016 — Navdanya was established 30 years ago to defend our seed sovereignty and food sovereignty […]
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March against Monsanto
21 May 2016, Everywhere — Find a May 21 march near you Register your March Against Monsanto event: email addmymarch@gmail.com
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Seeds and Seedlings Exchange Day
ISTANBUL, TURKEY, 22 May 2016 — We use local seeds and we provided those seeds from people who make organical farming. After we procure those seeds, […]
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A-Z of Agroecology & Organic Food Systems
15 September – 15 October 2016, at Earth University, Navdanya Conservation Farm, Dehradun. India
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In Focus |
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Media Release: Mobilisation for start of mass opposition against patent on tomatoes
Joint Opposition – Actions against EP 1515600 patent on tomatoes held by Syngenta. PRINT + POST by May 2nd !
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Seeds of drought
Native seeds and organic farming are the answer to drought and climate change, to farmers’ suicides and to the agrarian distress. They are also the answer to hunger and malnutrition.
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India: Bt cotton failure forces govt to promote native seeds
With bollworm developing resistance to Bt cotton crop, the government has decided to promote cultivation of indigenous varieties of the crop […]
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Monsanto vs Indian Farmers
Hundreds of thousands of Indian farmers being driven to suicide because of high costs of seed, and false promises is enough ground for the government to revoke Monsanto’s Bt cotton […]
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Navdanya Community Seed Banks
Navdanya has set up 120 community seed banks across India, to help farmers access fairly priced native seeds, breaking Monsanto’s […]
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Gandhi and Globalisation course gets people from all over the world to Dehradun
Over 40 participants from five continents have come to the Biodiversity conservatory farm at […]
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Seed swaraj (Seed Sovereignty)
When ordered to reduce Bt cotton seed prices by 74 per cent, Monsanto’s immediate response was to threaten to quit India, confirming that it cannot respect the law or farmers’ rights.
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In the News |
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The beginning of the end for glyphosate?
The European Parliament just voted to re-authorise glyphosate, but with significant restrictions on its use.
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Burkina Faso seeks $84 million from Monsanto over GM cotton strain
By Mathieu Bonkoungou – Reuters, 4 April 2016
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Africa to lose heritage crops to multinationals ‘donating’ GM technology…
ACBio, 3 April 2016
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Nigerians Overwhelmingly Reject Monsanto’s Risky Gm Maize and Cotton
More than 100 groups representing over 5 million Nigerians are opposing Monsanto’s attempts to introduce GM cotton and maize into Nigeria’s […]
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Transition Network – New film: ‘8 days @ COP21′
We are delighted to present our new film, ‘8 days @ COP21′. It captures those days last December […]
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Seedy Sunday 2016 – Brighton
Article and Photos by Elisa Mussio for Navdanya International, 26 February 2016 — On Sunday 7th February Brighton’s Corn Exchange hosted […]
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A Timeline of Key Events and Actions for Seed Freedom| January – December 2015
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