Speaker Details for 11th July webinar on "Why Government's Proposal to ban 27 Pesticides is a Welcome Development" - at 4 pm

[Rohit Parakh]

Hi All - a reminder on registering for the webinar on 27 pesticide ban draft notification here. Notification available here http://agricoop.nic.in/sites/default/files/Notification.pdf

As some of you following this issue might know, this notification is being challenged by pesticide (also known as plant protection) industry and is open for inputs by mid-August.

Registration for webinar starting on 11th July (tomorrow) at 4 pm here -

https://tinyurl.com/27PesticidesBanWebinarPart1

Topics and speaker profiles for webinar on 11th July (tomorrow) here below -

Devinder Sharma - Introductory Remarks
Dr. D. Narasimha Reddy - Why ban on pesticides
Amit Khurana - Pesticide Management for safe food and health
Dr. G.V. Ramanjaneyulu - Successful & Safe Alternatives in Farming

Devinder Sharma is a distinguished food and trade policy analyst, writer, thinker, and researcher well-known and respected for his views on food and trade policy. Trained as an agricultural scientist (he holds a Master’s in Plant Breeding & Genetics), after many years of active journalism, he focuses on policy issues concerning sustainable agriculture, biodiversity and intellectual property rights, environment and development, food security and poverty, biotechnology and hunger, and the implications of the free trade paradigm for developing countries. 

Dr. D. Narasimha Reddy is associated with Pesticide Action Network-India, he has been a passionate campaigner on environmental and development issues. He was a Board member of IFOAM-Asia, Member of a Cotton Advisory Board Committee and Advisory Council of Textile Exchange (a global non-profit). He has contributed to public discourse and policy changes in electricity, seed, rice, cotton, sugarcane, sericulture, handloom and textiles, land, water and other related areas. An intense team player, he has built campaigns, advocacy programmes and policy change projects. He is an author, writing on different subjects in regional, national and international publications. He also guides students on their Ph.D and other research activities.

Amit Khurana is the Director of Centre for Science & Environment (CSE)'s programme on food safety and toxins. Along with his team, he works towards necessary policies to contain anti-microbial resistance from animal and environmental routes, marketing of junk foods and pesticide use in crops.   

Dr. G.V. Ramanjaneyulu obtained his Ph.D. in Agricultural Extension from the Indian Agricultural Research Institution in New Delhi. After working as an Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) scientist for a few years, he has been the Executive Director of the Centre for Sustainable Agriculture in Secunderabad since 2003. The Centre works with communities and with various partners, in the states of AP, Telangana, Maharashtra and Punjab and with the governments of A.P., Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Jharkand to help farmers establish ecologically and economically sustainable models of agriculture and organize themselves to improve their livelihoods and realize their rights.

The webinar will also go live on ASHA youtube and facebook channels too. Exact links to be shared later as well.

Registration for webinar on 14th July can be done here -

https://tinyurl.com/27PesticidesBanWebinarPart2

Speakers for part 2 of the webinar are - Sridhar Radhakrishnan, Anantha Sayanan, Yudhvir Singh and Kavitha Kuruganti

For any queries, please do not reply all - and write to asha.kis...@gmail.com

Warmly,

Rohit

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From: Rohit Parakh <rohit...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2020 at 16:24
Subject: 2-part webinar on "Why Government's Proposal to ban 27 Pesticides is a Welcome Development" - 11th and 14th July 4 pm

The Government of India has put out a notification proposing to ban 27 pesticides.

In a 2-part Webinar Series, eminent panelists will debate the implications of this draft ban order.

Please Register Here & Block Your Calendar:

Part 1, July 11th 2020 (Saturday) 4pm:
https://tinyurl.com/27PesticidesBanWebinarPart1

Part 2, July 14th 2020 (Tuesday) 4pm:
https://tinyurl.com/27PesticidesBanWebinarPart2

[Rohit Parakh]

The webinar is being streamed live on youtube through the link here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhCVM0u6qMw

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