ASHA denounces funding by US govt of a dubious PR firm to discredit anti-GM, anti-pesticide activists
ASHA denounces the financial support extended by the US Government to a ex-Monsanto employee’s private social network profiling/tracking anti-pesticide and anti-GMO activists... Read More
Letter to Union Agri Minister on ICAR’s HT basmati varieties
———- Forwarded message ———From: ASHA Kisan Swaraj <asha.kisanswaraj@gmail.com>Date: Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 12:35 PMSubject: Reg. Herbicide Tolerant (HT) basmati varieties launched by ICAR-Serious Objections-Reg.To:... Read More
Pesticides PIL WP(Civil) 1079 of 2017
A Public Interest Litigation was filed by some members associated with ASHA in the Supreme Court of India, in 2017, with the... Read More
Pesticides Management Bill 2020 – Key Amendments needed before the Bill is passed
AMENDMENTS SOUGHT IN THE PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT BILL, 2020 BEFORE IT IS PASSED IN PARLIAMENT The following are some key amendments sought in... Read More
Webinar on “Glyphosate – Lessons for India”, Sept. 18th 2020
You can find presentations from this webinar here: 1. Dr Nicolas Defarge’s presentation: https://kisanswaraj.in/wp-content/uploads/NicolasDefarge-ASHA-Webinar-Glyphosate-18th-Sept.pdf 2. Dr Peter Clausing’s presentation: https://kisanswaraj.in/wp-content/uploads/Peter_Clausing_ASHA_Webinar-200918.pdf 3. Dr Suman Sahai’s... Read More
#Ban27Pesticides: ASHA’s Feedback on S.O. 1512(E) Draft Order – Banning of Insecticides Order, 2020
You can download ASHA’s response to the Government of India’s draft ban order on 27 pesticides, including a table on the 27... Read More
ASHA, Civil society representatives & Scientists write to Business Standard on advertorial by pesticide industry NGO on 29/7/2020
Date 3rd August, 2020 To Mr. T. N. Ninan, Chairperson, Board of Directors, Business Standard Pvt. Ltd. tn.ninan@bsmail.in Mr.ShaileshDobhal, Editorial... Read More
Response to allegations made against Ms. Kavitha Kuruganti in CCFI’s advertorial
Response from ASHA to the allegations made against Ms. Kavitha Kuruganti in the advertorial sponsored by Crop Care Federation of India (CCFI–... Read More
Jul.30th, 2020: Webinar on Scientific Approach to Pest Management – Shift from Molecules to Management Systems
The webinar video proceedings can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoGM-xcLAP4&t=7s
Livestreaming Links for Webinar (Part 2) on “Why Government’s Proposal to Ban 27 Pesticides is Welcome”
Livestreaming of Part 2 of Webinar on “Why Government’s Proposal to Ban 27 Pesticides is a Welcome Development” July 14th 2020, 4pm... Read More