People's Caravan For Food Sovereignty Sweeps through Asia
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People's Caravan - Special Page

Hundreds of peasant organizations and support NGOs, representing millions of poor Asian farmers, are currently participating in the People’s Caravan 2004 for People’s Food Sovereignty that is sweeping through 15 countries across Asia and Europe. After a first caravan in 2000, this year's caravan bears the theme "Asserting Our Rights to Land and Food" and will culminate in Nepal with a public rally and the Conference on Alternatives to Globalization on September 30.
The People's Caravan 2004 kicked off in Malaysia. While two legs are heading through Sri Lanka and India, the third is covering several South East and Central Asian countries and is now in the Philipines. In addition, a small group travels through Europe where they will attend the protests against the Agricultural Biotechnology International Conference in Cologne (12-13 Sept) among others.

PC2004 aims to raise awareness on the issues involved in food sovereignty, including the World Trade Organization (WTO), genetic engineering (GE), pesticides, agrochemical transnational corporations (TNCs), workers' rights, and the promotion of sustainable agriculture. [ Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Asia Pacific | Resist Agrochemical TNCs | Indymedia Biotech | IMC-QC (Philipines) | radiomundoreal Spanish Radio Coverage ]