Op zaterdag 25 april organiseert de Evert Vermeer Stichting de jaarlijks terugkerende Afrikadag. Dé dag waarop Afrika en ontwikkelingssamenwerking in de schijnwerpers staan. Spannende debatten met politici, boeiende colleges, tientallen workshops en een spetterend cultuurprogramma zijn de belangrijkste onderdelen van de EVS Afrikadag. Ook Both ENDS organiseert op de 2009 editie een boeiend debat.
Pesticide Action Network and 430 civil society and indigenous peoples organizations from 69 countries have sent a letter of concern to the 170th session of FAO council about the FAO partnership agreement with CropLife International.
CropLife International is a global trade association whose members are the world's largest agrichemical, pesticide and seed companies: BASF, Bayer Crop Science, Corteva Agriscience, FMC Corporation, Sumitomo Chemical and Syngenta. The UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) en CropLife International have started a partnership in 2020 to collaborate on pesticide use. We think that this partnership is incompatible with FAO's obligations to uphold human rights, directly counters any efforts toward progressively banning Highly Hazardous Pesticides, and undercuts the FAO and several Member States' support for agroecology and other transformative practices.
The letter asks the Council to review and end immediately the partnership agreement with CropLife International.