PEOPLE'S CONGRESS URGES LAND, FOOD WITHOUT POISONS

PEOPLE'S CONGRESS URGES LAND, FOOD WITHOUT POISONS

MANILA, Philippines, April 7, 2003 (ENS) - Agricultural workers and their families are being poisoned, rural lands, forests, oceans and waters are devastated, biodiversity is being destroyed, and food is unfit for human consumption. With these words, 140 participants from 17 countries at the First Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific Congress in Manila last week warned the world that industrial agriculture as conducted by transnational corporations is undermining the resources needed to sustain food production.

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