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Power of the PoorFor a Positive Economy
Ransingh Parmar
In Asia & Africa family farmers account for 80 percent of all land
holdings & provide about 80 percent of the developing world's food
Source: www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/04/world-bank-enabling-agribusine-2014412134645827557.html
Yet, between 2000 and 2010
500 million acreshave been transferred from communities to large corporations in the name of agro business, bio-fuels, urbanization, dams, mines, infrastructure etc.
That is 3 times the size of France and 8 times the size of UK!
Source: www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/04/world-bank-enabling-agribusine-2014412134645827557.html
How do we create a truly Positive Economy for
everyone?
A 25 year old journeyInspired by the concepts given by Gandhiji
सर्वो�दय | Sarvodaya Antyodaya | अं�तोदय
Working for People's controlover land and natural livelihood resources
In an agrarian economy like India, land is not just a
financial asset.
It is a source of identity, dignity and security
Jansatayagraha 2012100,000 landless dalits and adivasis walked on foot
for one month covering distance of 350 kms
VIDEO
One who is a Vaishnav (Devotee of Vishnu); Knows the pain of others; Does good to others; Without letting pride enter his mind.
Samvad Yatra
350 days
350 districts
26 states of India
80,000 kilometres
30,000 signatures
800 soil samples
Camp leaders
10 group leaders per camp leader
10 section leaders per group leader
5 village leaders per section leader
9 participants per village leader
= 20 Camp leaders
= 200 group leaders
= 2000 section leaders
= 10,00 village leaders
= 100,000 participants
Developing Community Leadership
(including the village leader)
Getting ready!
Student volunteers in cities
Documentations of grievances
Case studies
Post-card to the Prime Minister
5000 quintals of grain
Just per day needs
1.2 million litres water
300 quintals grain
25 quintals lentils
Scale of logistics
125 water tankers
100 trucks for food supplies
3000 mobile toilets
20 ambulances
12 kms of Foot marchers{ 100 groups of 500 peace activists each }
A fist full of grain, one rupee per day and
the 10 point agreement
Entitlements over 35,000 acres of agricultural land in the 5000 villages
7048 acres of land distributed for homestead purposes
Entitlement over 5413 acres of community forest land
Jansatayagraha 2012Facilitated by FOUR pillars of social transformation
Power of Non-violence
Power of Solidarity
Power of Poor
Power of Youth
Jai Jagat 2020To bring back the questions of ethics and justice
into the discourse of development
International Campaign to address the driver of land-grab
www.ourlandourbusiness.org
International Land Coalitionhttp://www.landcoalition.org
World Forum on Access to Land http://www.agter.asso.fr/article1013_en.html
Land Watch Asiahttp://landwatchasia.wordpress.com
International Campaigns and Coalitions on land
Great Land Grab Rush
World’s Farmland Threatens Food Security-poor
From summit resolutions to farmers’ fields
Climate change, food security and smallholder agriculture
Our Land, Our Lives
Time out on the global land rush
Resources
Oakland Institute IFAD Oxfam
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A true Positive Economy in Global North
REQUIRESA positive economy in Global South
This presentation was made possible by the kind support from Navin Pangti (www.pangti.com)
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