Devinder Sharma in Britain 23 March

Devinder Sharma in Britain

Devinder Sharma is a noted Indian journalist and outspoken critic of
industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, globalisation and free trade.

22 March - 31 March, 2004

[Examples of Devinder's Writing | Biographical Details | Past 2003 Tour of US ]

Monday, 22 March —— 1000 hrs Genetically Modified Rice: Is the EU prepared to promote it? Addressing a joint press conference at Brussels (through video conferencing from London) Jointly organised by Friends of the Earth Europe and Greenpeace Europe unit Place: Eurovillage Hotel, 80 Boulevard Charlemagne, 1000 Brussels Contact: Geert Ritsema geert.ritsema@foeeurope.org Monday, 22 March —— 1915 hrs Debate on "GM Crops are good for us !" Speakers include: Professor Conrad Lichtenstein, Kerry Preete, Professor Vivian Moses, Dr Sue Mayer, The Rt Hon Michael Meacher MP and Devinder Sharma. Place: Natural History Museum, London Tickets: £20, Credit card bookings can be made by calling 020 7494 3345 Web links: www.intelligencesquared.com Contact: John Gordon, Email: info@intelligencesquared.com For audio stream, go to <www.ukabc.org/gmcrops.htm > and click on the Devinder Sharma speech.

Tuesday, 23 March —— from 1000 to 1100 hrs Parliamentary Briefing on GM Crops and the Developing World by Devinder Sharma [DETAILS | AUDIO STREAM | More] Hosted by Joan Ruddock MP Place: House of Commons, Room W4 (off Westminster Hall) Organised by the UK Food Group and the Gaia Foundation Contact: Teresa Anderson teresa@gaianet.org Ph: 07984 932 655 and Patrick Mulvany patrickmulvany@clara.co.uk Web: *www.ukabc.org/gmcrops.htm

Mar 24 —— 1800 hrs Talk on "GMOs and world hunger: Who really benefits?" by Devinder Sharma Place: Friends Meeting Room, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh Organised by the International Development Group of the Scottish Parliament (IDG is a cross party group of the Parliament) Contact: David Halliday david.halliday@scottish.parliament.uk

Thursday, 25 March —— 1800 hrs "Trade, Biotechnology and Hunger"—— Talk by Devinder Sharma Place: Room 4.65, Department of Economics, Strathclyde University, Curran Building, 100 Cathedral Street Glasgow G4 0LN. Contact: Moira Devaney m.m.devaney@strath.ac.uk

Friday, 26 March Solidarity visit and discussions with Devinder Sharma Organised by Munlochy GM Vigil, at Munlochy, Ross and Cromarty Inverness Contact: Anthony Jackson jacko@roskill.fsnet.co.uk Mobile: 07753865540 www.munlochygmvigil.org.uk/

Saturday, 27 March —— From 1000 hrs to 1630 hrs "Who Controls Food?" Talk by Devinder Sharma Trade Justice Conference, Organised by Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF) for its supporters Place: St. Margaret's Academy, Livingston, by Glasgow Contact: Kate Robinson krobinson@sciaf.org.uk Web: www.sciaf.org.uk

Monday, 29 March —— 1300 hrs Trade, Biotechnology and Hunger: Talk by Devinder Sharma DETAILS Place: Room S1.05 First floor of the Social Science Building, Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation The University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL Contact: Mrs Denise Hewlett denise.hewlett@warwick.ac.uk; tel: +44 (0) 24 7657 2533 1930 - 2100 hrs Discuss international development and the environment: can agriculture be sustainable? Working dinner with Hilary Benn MP, Minister of State, Department for International Development Place: Private Dining Room, House of Commons, Westminster, London Organised by: SERA Labour Environment Campaign sera.office@btconnect.com (by invitation only)

Tuesday, 30 March —— 1130 hrs Food Sovereignty in the International Year of Rice: Talk by Devinder Sharma DETAILS | AUDIO STREAM* Place: Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG) Schumacher Centre Bourton, RUGBY, CV23 9QZ Contact: Patrick Mulvany; Email: patrickmulvany@clara.co.uk Web: *www.ukabc.org/gmcrops.htm & www.itdg.org