kobe japan presentation jan 20, 2005
DESCRIPTION
Lecture on food security by Dr. P. V. Sateesh, DDSTRANSCRIPT
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FARMING HOPE
STORY OF DDS SANGHAMS
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Nature of communities
• Multiple marginalisation
• Rural• Poor• Dalit• Women
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“Their” agriculture
• Semi arid area• Totally rainfed• Ecological and
diverse• Low input • traditional
knowledge
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“Others” Agriculture
• Driven by “new” policies
• Monoculture• Totally chemical• High external
input and knowledge
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The crisis & Disaster
• Cash crop dependence
• Debt ridden• Collapse of small
farmers• Over 10,000
suicides
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The Contrast• Externalised
agriculture collapses; produces despair
• Community controlled, autonomous farming flourishes; generates hope
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SEEDS OF HOPE
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Seed Sovereign
ty
OURSEEESOURKNOWLEDGE
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SEED SOVEREIGNTY
•EVERY FARMER HAS OWN SEEDS AT HOME•WORKS WITH OVER 15 VARIETIES
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SEED SOVEREIGNTY
• OVER 100 VILLAGES ESTABLISH OWN SEED BANKS: COMMUNITY GENE FUND;NO NEED FOR OUTSIDE SEEDS
• SUPPLIES UNAVAILABLE VARIETIES• CAN SUPPLY SEEDS FOR ADDL 100
ACRES IN EVERY VILLAGE• STORES FOR FUTURE
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THE CONTRAST• CASH CROPPING FARMERS ARE
DESPARATE FOR EXTERNAL SEEDS • RUSH TO GOVT DEPOTS; FIRED UPON;
TRAMPLE EACH OTHER; SEVERAL DEATHS
• SEED SOVEREIGN SANGHAM WOMEN ARE NEVER DESPARATE. CONTINUE LENDING SEEDS TO OTHERS
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ECOLOGICAL FARMING
DIVERSE, RAINFED, NO EXTERNAL INPUT
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OUR CROPSOUR
KNOWLEDGE
WOMEN LEDFARMING
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WE WILL PRODUCE
FOR OURSELVE
S
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OUR KNOWLEDGE CAN FEED
US
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LOCAL PRODUCTION,
STORAGE,DISTRIBUTION
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SELF PROVISIONING COMMUNITIES• 52 COMMUNITIES PRODUCE ALL THE FOOD &
FODDER THEY NEED• PROVIDE FOR THE LANDLESS, POOR AND THE
DESTITUTE• CREATE A SELF PERPETUATING
COMMUNITY GRAIN FUND• GENERATE FODDER, LIVELIHOODS AND
MULTIPLE SECURITY
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IN THE YEAR OF DROUGHT
• HIGH TECH STATE OF A P BORROWS 500,000 TONNES OF FOOD EVERY MONTH TO FEED ITS HUNGRY
• GREEN REVOLUTION MODEL FAILS TO RESCUE POPULATION FROM HUNGER
• WOMEN IN SEMI ARID, RAINFED DECCAN THROUGH THEIR ECOLOGICAL AGRICULTURE, REFUSE OUTSIDE FOOD
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FOOD SOVEREIGNT
YINDIRECTLY WORK WITH OVER 1000COMMUNITIES
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BIODIVERSITY FESTIVALSCELEBRATORY
CULTURAL CAMPAIGN
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BIO DIVERSITY FESTIVALS
DIALOGUED WITH OVER 200,000 FARMERS
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SOME LESSONS• COMMUNITY CAPACITY TO
COPE ARE ENORMOUS• POOR AND THE WEAK CAN
LEAD US OUT OF DISASTERS• THEIR KNOWLEDGE ROOTS
ARE STRONG, LIFE AFFIRMING
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SOME LESSONS• GLOBALISED AGRICULTURE IS A
LOOMING DISASTER• GOVERNMENT POLICIES MUST
PREVENT THIS DISASTER BY BEING ENABLING FOR SMALL FARMERS AND STAND BY THEM
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SOME LESSONS• FARMING MUST BE LED BY
WOMEN’S PERSPECTIVES; IT IS LIFE-INFUSING
• LOCAL FARMING SYSTEMS MUST BE RESPECTED, STRENGTHENED & SUPPORTED THROUGH FISCAL AND AGRICULTURAL POLICIES