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| Formation | 1984 |
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| Headquarters | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Region served | Bangladesh |
Official language | Bengali |
| Website | www |
UBINIG (Unnayan Bikalper Nitinirdharoni Gobeshona, the Policy Research for Development Alternatives) is a non-governmental organization based in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.[1] Founded in 1984, the organization has established nine vidyaghar (learning places). Farida Akhtar is the organization's executive director.[2][3]
History
[edit]UBINIG was established in 1984 by Farhad Mazhar.[4][5] It founded Prabartana, an organization promoting traditional agriculture and textile manufacturing in 1989.[5] It founded Naya Krishi Andolon, which campaigns against genetically modified and hybrid corps.[6][7]
UBINIG's stated goals include equality and justice, diversity, and the promotion of social rights and responsibilities. It seeks to train communities in environmental concerns, trade policies, family planning, and labor rights, particularly as they apply to women employed in the clothing industry. It has conducted research on the nutritional values of regional food supplies [8] and made major contributions to the formulation of policies protecting biodiversity in the region.[9]
On seed policy, the organization opposes the use of hybrid seed varieties in the region as requiring burdensome purchase costs along with additional needs for fertilizers, pesticides, and water.[10] In 2008, the organization expressed its opposition to a leading Bangladeshi NGO, BRAC, which promoted hybrid varieties.[11] UBINIG representative Farida Akhter attended the World Bank's annual meeting in October 2023 to present a letter carrying 70,000 supporters' signatures demanding the right for farmers to preserve and use their own seeds.[12]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Zaman, Mustafa. "Cancun and the Future of Fair Trade". archive.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
- ↑ "Law and Our Rights". archive.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
- ↑ "Advisers to the interim government". The Daily Star. 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
- ↑ "About Us". ubinig.org. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
- 1 2 "Star Weekend Magazine". archive.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
- ↑ "Environmental activists raise concern over Golden Rice". The Daily Star. 2019-02-26. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
- ↑ "Star Weekend Magazine". archive.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
- ↑ "SIAN CASE STUDY - NAYAKRISHI & MOG". McGill University. Retrieved 2009-05-20.
- ↑ Esbern Friis-Hansen; Bhuwon Ratna Sthapit, eds. (2000). Participatory approaches to the conservation and use of plant genetic resources. Biodiversity International. ISBN 978-92-9043-444-3.
- ↑ "The Poverty Challenge" (PDF). Bournemouth University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2009-05-20.
- ↑ Kelly, Annie (2008-02-20). "Growing discontent". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2009-05-20.
- ↑ Akhter, F., "Seeds of Hope" in CAFOD's Side by Side magazine, Spring 2024, page 10