Seminar on the dangers faced by the ‘Rice Culture of Asia’

A seminar on the dangers faced by the ‘Rice Culture of Asia’ with special focus on Sri Lanka is to be held in view of the 50^th Anniversary of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) of Philippines on 19^th of July, 2009 at the Mehaweli Center Auditorium from 10.00 am – 02.30 pm with the participation of peasantry and intellectuals.


The keynote address will be given by Mr. Danilo Ramos, the secretary General of the Peasant Movement of the Philippines (KMP) and the Asian Peasant Council (APC). He will be speaking on “Asian rice culture and the international rice research and technology”. Mr. Ramos is a leading campaigner on the call to abolish IRRI and its affairs in the Philippines and Asia. The Seminar is organized by the Vikalpani People’s Alliance and the Union for the Protection of the rice culture in Sri Lanka. 

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