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WORA 2008 Country Plans
Country: Bangladesh | Organisation: Shisuk |
Activities | Date |
Press conference to launch WORA | 2 Apr 2008 |
Forum on GE rice | 2 Apr 2008 |
Music/ drama festival on GE rice | 3-5 Apr 2008 |
Youth rally against GE rice / crops | 3-5 Apr 2008 |
Declaration of GE Free Zone/s | 3-5 Apr 2008 |
No GE Rice Drive- leafleting, talks at schools, villages and towns/ cities | 1 Jan - 30 Mar 2008 |
Country: China | Organisation: PEAC |
Activities | Date |
Workshop on traditional rice conservation | 24 Nov 2007 |
Biodiversity and rice varieties investigation | Mar 2008 |
Biodiversity training for the young farmers | Mar 2008 |
Workshop on GE rice | 4 Apr 2008 |
Declaration of GE Free Zone in 3 villages | 4 Apr 2008 |
Country: Cambodia | Organisation: CEDAC |
Activities | Date |
2-day workshop on GE rice, impact of IRRI in Asia and alternatives to GE rice/ crops | Apr 2008 |
Youth rally against GE rice/ crops | Mar 2008 |
No GE Rice Drive: to publish the info on GE rice and WORA in Farmer Magazine | Apr 2008 |
2-day rice and organic product trade fairs | 18-19 Feb 2008 |
Country: India | Organisation: APVVU |
Activities | Date |
2 days workshop on politics of corporate sector on rice culture and people | 2-3 Apr 2008 |
Propagation through cultural programmes and educative pamphlets against GE foods and promotion of biodiversity crops | 4-13 Apr 2008 |
Lobby for the proper functioning of Public Distribution System | 6-13 Apr 2008 |
Simultaneous press meets in 15 districts | 5 Apr 2008 |
Declaration of GE Free Zones | 8 Apr 2008 |
Dialogue with the State Minister of Agriculture | 10 Apr 2008 |
Submission of the signature campaign to the Minister of Agriculture, Andhra Pradesh Government | 10 Apr 2008 |
Submit memorandum to the Prime Minister and Chief Minister through District Collectors | 14 Apr 2008 |
WORA 2008 Culmination: Celebration of Dr.B.R. Ambedtkar Jayanthi as a symbol of Dalit's right to food & dignity | 14 Apr 2008 |
Country: India | Organisation: Kudumbam |
Activities | Date |
Panchayat Resolution against GE Free Panchayat | Mar 2008 |
Rally and road show | Apr 2008 |
Cultural Yatra programme | Apr 2008 |
Video show (Rice: The Life of Asia) | Apr 2008 |
Signature campaign | Mar - Apr 2008 |
Workshop on revival of traditional varieties and exhibition | Apr 2008 |
Country: India | Organisation: SRED |
Activities | Date |
GE crops workshop for farmers, consumers, youth and women | 14-15 Dec 2007 |
Anti GE campaigns through cultural activities to farmers and public | 24-28 Mar 2008 |
Demonstration in front of GE hotspot (GMO Research Institute) | 14 Jan 2008 |
State level consultation focusing on the key issues surrounding GE and decline of rice | 5 Apr 2008 |
Distribution of posters and handbills that highlight the importance of rice | Feb 2008 |
Country: India | Organisation: THANAL |
Activities | Date |
Exhibition on GE crops with a specific focus on GE rice | Feb - Mar 2008 |
Workshop and film show on GE crops and its challenges | 2-8 Apr 2008 |
Country: Indonesia | Organisation: KRKP |
Activities | Date |
Seminar and workshops on GE rice | 2-3 Apr 2008 |
Dialogues with academia, policy-makers, consumer groups | 5-8 Apr 2008 |
No GE Rice Drive by leafleting and talks at schools, villages and town/ cities | Mar - Apr 2008 |
Media campaigns (visit to university, journalists, press release, briefing) | Mar - Apr 2008 |
Rice and organic product trade fairs in university and village | 2-3 Apr 2008, 4-8 Apr 2008 |
Cultural festivals/ revivals | 8 Apr 2008 |
Declaration of GE free zones | 8 Apr 2008 |
Press conference | 8 Apr 2008 |
Country: Japan | Organisation: No! GMO Campaign |
Activities | Date |
Workshop on WORA in the World Social Forum in Tokyo | 26 Jan 2008 |
Nationwide conference on GMO Free Zones | 20-21 Mar 2008 |
Public forum on cedar pollen allergenic GM rice | Apr 2008 |
Publication |
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Country: Korea | Organisation: Consumers Korea |
Activities | Date |
Awareness raising and education on the threats of GE rice by talks and leafleting in 4 places | 2-8 Apr 2008 |
Country: Malaysia | Organisation: PACOS Trust |
Activities | Date |
Public promotion campaign (exhibition, quiz, slogan contest) on GE rice and available alternatives | 29 Mar 2008 |
Promotion | Mar - Apr 2008 |
Country: Nepal | Organisation: ANPFa |
Activities | Date |
Workshop on GE rice | 28 Mar 2008 |
Youth peasant rice rally | 4 Apr 2008 |
CD production about rice cycle |
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Farmer school: rice culture | 5-6 Jan 2008, 18-19 Jan 2008 |
Workshop on women peasant and GE rice | 8 Mar 2008 |
Country: Pakistan | Organisation: Lok Sanjh |
Activities | Date |
Forum on GE rice and other GE crops | Mar 2008 |
Farmer's assembly on the threats of GE | 2 Apr 2008 |
Meeting with farmers and scientists on ecological rice cultivation | 5 Apr 2008 |
Seminar on "No GE Rice and other GE Crops" | 8 Apr 2008 |
No GE Rice Drive by posters, materials and documents |
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Country: Philippines | Organisation: RESIST |
Activities | Date |
Awareness raising film showing series | Feb 2008 |
Legislators forum on GE rice | Mar 2008 |
Farmers' forum on GE rice and land | Mar 2008 |
Youth forum on GE rice | 2 Apr 2008 |
Poster -making contest dubbed "Rice is Life" | 3 Apr 2008 |
Rice and organic product trade fairs | 2-8 Apr 2008 |
Press conference to launch WORA | 2 Apr 2008 |
Kids' Art workshop | 7 Apr 2008 |
Community forum on GE rice | 5-6 Apr 2008 |
Mass rally in front of Dept of Agriculture's national office (Quezon City) | 4 Apr 2008 |
Declaration of GE Free Zone Areas | 8 Apr 2008 |
Country: Sri Lanka | Organisation: Vikalpani |
Activities | Date |
8 provincial level awareness programmes on GE, GE rice, GE crops & Agrochemical TNCs | Dec 2007 - Mar 2008 |
Press conference/ national level awareness programme on the same topics as above | 19 Mar 2008 |
Anti GE, GE rice and GE crops music/ drama with the involvement of youths | 2-8 Apr 2008 |
Declaration of GE free zone/s | 8 Apr 2008 |
National level conference | 8 Apr 2008 |
Protest rally against IRRI | 8 Apr 2008 |
No GE Rice Drive by leafleting, talks at schools, villages and towns/ cities | 2-8 Apr 2008 |
Country: Thailand | Organisation: RRAFA |
Activities | Date |
2-day Partner organisation forum: seminar on rice situation analysis and strategy planning among the partner organisations and networks | Jan - Feb 2008 |
4-day Farmer forum on rice situation and people alternative |
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2-day Public forum to conserve our rice mother |
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