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

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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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This presentation was made possible by the kind support from Navin Pangti (www.pangti.com)