Resource Pointer #228
December 15, 1999
For copies of the following resources, please contact the
appropriate publishers or organizations directly.
*Pesticide Monitor, March 1999 -- Women: Knowledge to Feed the World
* Quarterly journal published by PAN Asia and the Pacific (PANAP).
March 1999 issue features women's agricultural knowledge, with
reports on pilot studies sponsored by PANAP and other groups in
Pakistan and India. Includes overview of PANAP's programs on effects
of pesticides and globalization on women. March 1999 issue also
contains Annual Report for 1998, covering publications and
activities such as Community Pesticide Action Kit, new Pesticide
Database, study of Pesticides and Credit, and more. 40 pp.
Subscriptions US$10 individuals, US$15 NGOs, US$30 universities,
US$100 businesses. Contact PANAP, P.O. Box 1170, 10850 Penang,
Malaysia; phone (604) 6570271 or 6560381; fax (604) 6577445; email
panap@panap.po.my; website http://www.poptel.org.uk/panap/
*Women Resist Globalization, Assert Women's Rights, 1999*
Proceedings of November 1998 Third International Women's Conference
Against Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Agreement,
organized by PAN Asia and the Pacific (PANAP) and other groups.
Provides workshop reports on land, food security and sustainable
agriculture; indigenous women rejecting globalization; health,
reproductive rights and globalization; and more. Appendices include
international organizers' contact list plus press clips on
conference. Comes with conference poster. 54 pp. US$7. Contact PAN
Asia Pacific, P.O. Box 1170, 10850 Penang, Malaysia; phone (604)
657-0271 or (604) 656-0381; fax (604) 657-7445; email
panap@panap.po.my; website http://www.poptel.org.uk/panap
*Women's Information Services and Networks: a Global Source Book,
1999* International Information Centre and Archives for the Women's
Movement (IIAV). Provides contact information and description of
women's resource centers, groups and services in 78 countries. Also
includes essays on women's networks in Africa, Asia and the Pacific,
and Central and Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States.
Contains annotated bibliography plus information on web resources.
176 pp. Netherlands$35. Contact Royal Tropical Institute,
Mauritskade 63, P.O. Box 95001, 1090 HA Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
phone (31 20) 5688711; fax (31 20) 5688286; email t.klees@kit.nl
*Women and IPM: Crop Protection Practices and Strategies, 1999*
Elske van de Fliert and Jet Proost, eds. Presents practical lessons
on women's roles in crop protection and ways to increase their
access to information on integrated pest management (IPM). Explores
interrelationships among social structures, power relations, and
economic changes such as privatization of farm services. Chapters
cover case studies from Bhutan, Vietnam, Indonesia, Russia, Costa
Rica, Honduras, Tanzania and Ghana. 107 pp. Netherlands$29. Contact
Royal Tropical Institute, Mauritskade 63, P.O. Box 95001, 1090 HA
Amsterdam, The Netherlands; phone (31 20) 5688711; fax (31 20)
5688286; email t.klees@kit.nl
*Organic Cotton: Working toward Sustainable Agriculture, 1999* Video
produced by PANNA. Promotes production and marketing of organic
cotton throughout the Americas. Combines examples of experiences
growing and producing organic cotton in Peru's Caņete Valley with
examples of growing interest in organic cotton manufacturing and
consumption in Northern countries. Appropriate for use by farm and
consumer groups as well as by retailers and manufacturers concerned
about heavy use of pesticides in conventional cotton. Available in
English and Spanish. 7 minutes. US$10. Contact PANNA, 49 Powell St.,
Suite 500, San Francisco, CA 94102; phone (415) 981-1771; fax (415)
981-1991; email panna@panna.org; website http://www.panna.org
We encourage those interested in having resources listed in the
PANUPS Resource Pointer to send review copies of publications,
videos or other resources to our office.
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