Gene Campaign, a grassroots level organisation with a presence in 17 states of India, was started in 1993 by Dr. Suman Sahai and a group of people concerned about food and livelihood security. Gene Campaign is recognized as a leading research and advocacy organisation working in the field of bioresources, farmers' and community rights, intellectual property rights and indigenous knowledge, biopiracy, issues related with GE food and crops.

 

India International Center and Gene Campaign series on The Road to India's Food Security.

 

India International Center and Gene Campaign are jointly organizing a program called  The Road to India's Food Security under the rubric  Civilizations Survive on Agriculture. This will consist of a series of events at the India International Center, Delhi, highlighting what India needs to do to achieve Food and Livelihood Security. 

 

 

Virtual Congress of Mahila Kissans : Nine Point Charter

 

At the Jan 2008 Science Congress in Vizag, Dr Suman Sahai coordinated a Virtual Congress of Mahila Kissans organised by the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation  (MSSRF), and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The Virtual Congress joined groups of women farmers by satellite link from seven stations in Andhra Pradesh , Tamil Nadu , Orissa, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. The women farmers sought solutions to the  problems they face in their efforts to grow food and feed their families. 

Dr Suman Sahai receives FICCI Outstanding Women Achievers award 2008

Dr Suman Sahai was honored with the 2008 FICCI Outstanding Women Achievers Award for Excellence in the Field of Science. Dr Sahai was presented the award in recognition of her  pioneering work on promoting scientific and legal literacy among the lay public, especially in rural areas. 

Submissions to Government

Seeds Bill

Task Force Report (The report of the Planning Commission Task Force on Biodiversity & Genetically Modified Organisms )

 Biotech Lobby