.: Sri Lanka: Fishing and small scale farming to fight hunger and poverty

The secretary general of the World Forum of Fisher People attended FAO meeting on the environment, development and food security. In order to fight hunger and preserve the environment multinationals must be held at bay in favour of environmentally-friendly farming.

Negombo – For Herman Kumara (pictured), secretary general of the World Forum of Fisher People (WFFP), the invasion of multinationals must be stopped through support for small-scale farming and fishing. This way we can counter climate change and meet the challenges of the ongoing food crisis. AsiaNews met Mr Kumara after he attended the meeting of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) held in Rome on 12 and 13 October on the topic of ‘How to Feed the World in 2050’. for more

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NAFSO (National Fisheries Solidarity Movement), organizes fishermen to lobby the government to defend their rights and to bring about good environmental practice in coastal areas. ...NAFSO has helped a fishing community to take legal action against a proposal to build a five-star hotel on a mangrove where fish spawn."We are not against hotels, because they bring tourism and income. But 3,000 families and 15,000 fishermen use this lagoon and all of them could be affected by the developments. Only 200 would be employed by the hotel. The lagoon is our mother, and we must protect her." Jude Preman Fernando, local fisherman. At the present situation we are continuing our campaign with small scale fishermen to urge the government to take legal action against Destructive Fishing Practices around the coastal areas of Sri Lanka. View my complete profile

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Sri Lanka: Fishing and small scale farming to fight hunger and poverty