Resources Catalogue 3

Forging Our Future : Women in Agriculture 2000, 97pp.(US$10\-) This book, is a collection of papers, reflections and sharing of experiences on the issue of Women in Agriculture that was presented at the Task Force meeting. The collection covers an overview section, followed by major struggles of women farmers for their rights and hazardous. The last section of the book shares the campaigns and programmes that we are involved in to push for new alternatives to the Old Paradigm and thinking of the Green Revolution.

Harvesting Hope - Empowering Women in Pest Management by Sarojeni V. Rengam, 1998, 16pp) This concise, illustrated booklet shares PAN-AP's experience with a successful integrated pest management (IPM) project. Based on a project with farmers in Sungai Buaya, Malaysia, the booklet reveals how women were empowered through the implementation of the IPM project. The booklet highlights the dangers of industrial-chemical agriculture and demonstrates how it deprives women of their traditional role as farmers by excluding them from and reducing their visibility within the development process. The IPM project, however, offered women the space to reclaim knowledge, community leadership, and visibility. As PAN-AP discovered, the correction of gender bias and the empowerment of women are fundamental to the success of any development project.

Invisible Farmers - A study on the role of women in agriculture and the impact of pesticides on them, by Nasira Habib, 1996. Invisible Farmers is a testament to the struggles of women in rural Pakistan, their contribution and the reality of their situation and lives. It clearly documents that women who are involved in agriculture, come in contact with pesticides and suffer as a result. What is truly remarkable is the depth of understanding of the way in which women in Pakistan have been patently living without recognition, without acknowledgement that they are contributing to their family well being and the income of the nation.

Pesticides and You: 44 Questions and Answers 1989, 39pp - Gretta Goldenman and Sarojeni V. Rengam provide an overview of pesticide problems, their hazards, the politics of their use and marketing, and role of government. It is produced in an essay question and answer format and has been translated into Thai, Bahasa Indonesia, Tamil, Urdu, Sindhi, Hindi, Sinhala, Arabic and Nepali.

The Pesticide Handbook: Profiles for Action, 3rd. ed. 1991, 413pp - Edited by Sarojeni V. Rengam and Karen Snyder, this handy reference tool contains information data sheets on health and environmental impact and regulatory country of fifty problem pesticides. It also contains a bibliography and selected papers/articles on the pesticide issue.

Reducing Reliance : A Review of Pesticide Reduction Initiatives - - by Meriel Watts and Ronald Macfarlane, 1997, 84pp) Examines pesticide use reduction policies worldwide, including national and local initiatives in Asia, Europe, North America and Cuba. Discusses advantages and disadvantages of range of policies, including reduction targets for volume and application frequency, transition to integrated pest management and transition to organic. Presents brief descriptions of pesticide policies in many countries and cities worldwide. Recommends important elements of successful use reduction policies, including accurate measures of progress, ongoing research, supportive policy environment and training of extension workers.

Citizens o Pesticides o Hoechst: The Story of Endosulfan and Triphenyltin, 1994, 55pp. In April, 1993, Hoechst slapped a law suit on Dr. Romy Quijano, a toxicologist and a pesticides and human rights activist, for criticising a Hoechst product, Thiodan (endosulfan). The legal suit also included a feature service agency - The Philippines News and Features - which printed Dr. Quijano’s statement about the Hoechst product. In addition, a farmer named Erminia Abongan narrated the ill effects of Brestan, another Hoechst product. Several Hoechst personnel reportedly sought out Erminia Abongan and interrogated her in the municipal hall in her town, which has left her fearful. This book reports on the activities of this powerful transnational corporation in its attemps to silence critics of its products. It also profiles the two pesticides produced by Hoechst.