1. Workshop at 24. September 2008 in Hamburg, Germany
"Using crop diversity to reduce dependency on cotton and combat poverty"
The project "Fibre, Food and Beauty for Poverty Reduction" aims to develop new trade models and options supporting farmers to reduce dependency on cotton as the only source of income. Together with civil society organisations and public and private donors we want to discuss how such a framework has to look like to realise real sustainable trade models for southern projects.
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2. Workshop at 25. September 2008 in Hamburg, Germany
"CSR in a development context: Using crop diversity to reduce dependency on cotton and combat poverty"
This workshop addresses companies of the food and cosmetic sector and who are committed to responsible trade. We want to discuss how companies can contribute to poverty reduction, as stated in UN's Millenium Development Goals. Further information is available in the leaflet.
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More and more species disappear. They loose their habitats or they are affected directely. For example though pesticides. Although pests can be controlled without chemicals. The film shows what frog, bird, flower and worm think of it.
Six crop specific field guides on non-chemical pest management in the tropics have already been published in a series by PAN Germany. This field guide is different - it is about how to avoid the insecticide endosulfan in crop production. Endosulfan is one of the most hazardous agricultural pesticides worldwide. This field guide provides information for small scale farmers on how to grow crops where endosulfan might be used without using endosulfan or other chemical pesticides.
Download (2,18 MB)This PAN International position paper came out from the PAN working group on Alternatives and was collectively developed by the PAN Regional Centres and their partners. This paper provides PAN’s views and analysis on alternatives to synthetic pesticides in agriculture, proposes solution and presents the network’s commitment to resolve the issue.
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