Climate and environmental activists in Asia held protests in 7 countries yesterday (October 19) to demand governments to address the global food and climate crisis.
The protests held in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines are part of the Asia Day of Action on Food and Climate timed to coincide with the celebration of World Food Day and thetaking place on October 16-20 at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, Italy.
“We demand sustainable food systems that prioritize domestic food needs and ensure adequate and nutritious food for all,” said Lidy Nacpil, coordinator of Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development . “Southern and Asian governments have made themselves complicit and subservient to big agribusiness. They have allowed big agribusiness to monopolize land, seed, chemicals and agricultural technology and continue the colonial legacy and neo-colonial policies of import-dependence and export-orientation. Staple food farms for domestic consumption are marginalized in favor of cash crop plantations for global exports.
“We call on our governments to end agricultural monopolies, phase out pesticide and herbicide use, democratize land, seed, and technological ownership, and enable the participation, if not leadership, of smallholder food producers in decision-making affairs on national and local agriculture,” said Santos.
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