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DAILY UPDATE 39: SEPTEMBER 30
STATEMENT OF THE ASIAN PEASANTS MOVEMENTS
The International Year of Rice
Rice is life to us, people of Asia. Rice is our staple food and millions of farmers are involved in its production. These farmers, the women, their families and the communities depend on rice as...
DAILY UPDATE 38: SEPTEMBER 30
Kathmandu, NepalSTATEMENT OF THE PEOPLE’S CARAVAN FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY 2004
The People’s Caravan moved from community to community, from village to the cities, of 16 countries in Asia and Europe sharing the struggles, the devastating impact of globalised corporate agriculture through the WTO leading to...
DAILY UPDATE 37: SEPTEMBER 30
People’s Caravan rally in Kathmandu City draws 5,000 strong crowd
About 5,000 people took part in the around Ratnapark in Kathmandu, capital of Nepal on September 30.
DAILY UPDATE 36: SEPTEMBER 29
People's Caravan culminates without a hitch in Kathmandu despite two-day strike called by Maoist rebels
The culmination program of the People’s Caravan 2004 for Food Sovereignty - an event organised mainly by Malaysian-based Pesticide Action Network Asia Pacific - went on without a hitch in Kathmandu today despite a two-day strike...
DAILY UPDATE 35: SEPTEMBER 28
People’s Caravan participants captured by Nepali Maoists and burn two of their vehicles
About 20 participants of the People’s Caravan traveling through India into Nepal by road were captured by a group of Maoist Insurgents in the early morning of Tuesday, September 28.