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Pesticide Action Network (PAN) International released an updated version of its List of Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) to coincide with a key meeting in Stockholm of the Strategic Approach for International Chemicals Management (SAICM) process. The expanded list now includes 306 c

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is hosting the 2nd Global Symposium on Agroecology this week in Rome, Italy. Pesticide Action Network (PAN) International has 10 delegates from nine countries at the Rome meeting, with all five PAN Regional Centers represented (

On World Malaria Day Pesticide Action Network stands with communities in the Global South that are facing the scourge of malaria. The World Health Organization (WHO)’s latest figures on malaria incidence are very concerning. 226 million cases of malaria were reported worldwide in 2016

April 30, 2018 — On May 2, experts from around the world will gather in Rome for a global symposium on soil pollution. The event, organised jointly by several UN agencies, offers an important opportunity to highlight the urgent need to invest in soil health, according to the leaders o

Greengrants the Global Fund (GGF) is a Foundation based in the United States. It’s provide small grants to small organizations of civil society in the South to carry out activities in the field of Environment and Sustainable Development. For several years, Pesticide Action Network adv

Highly Hazardous Pesticides: A persistent problem Input-intensive chemical-based agricultural systems have pervaded communities across the globe. Pesticides contami- nate every environmental medium, travelling through air and by rivers and seas to distant locations. They are endangeri

As rural peoples confront the challenges of the hunger crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The 16 Days of Global Action on Agroecology is an annual campaign from October 1 to 16 aimed at promoting agroecology as an alternative to chemical-based corporate agriculture and as a w

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recently announced their intention to deepen their collaboration with CropLife International, a trade association whose member corporations specialize in pesticides and associated biotechnology products such as genetically modified seeds. We

As part of the activities supported by the Marisla Foundation, an awareness day for farmers on good agro-ecological practices was organized by PAN Africa on Monday, September 6, 2021 in Beer (Niayes). The meeting saw the participation of more than thirty producers from the Union des P