Power Of The Poor

1. Power of the Poor
For a Positive Economy
Ransingh Parmar

2. 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

3. Yet, between 2000 and 2010
500 million acres
have 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

4. How do we create a
truly Positive Economy for
everyone?

5. सर्वोदय | Sarvodaya Antyodaya | अंतोदय
A 25 year old journey
Inspired by the concepts given by Gandhiji

6. In an agrarian economy
like India, land is not just a
Working for People's control
over land and natural livelihood resources
financial asset.
It is a source of identity,
dignity and security

7. Jansatayagraha 2012
100,000 landless dalits and adivasis walked on foot
for one month covering distance of 350 kms

8. VIDEO
One who is a Vaishnav (Devotee of Vishnu);
Knows the pain of others;
Does good to others;
Without letting pride enter his mind.

9. Samvad Yatra
350 days
350 districts
26 states of India
80,000 kilometres
30,000 signatures
800 soil samples

10. Developing Community Leadership
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
(including the village leader)

11. Getting ready!
Student volunteers in cities
Documentations of grievances
Case studies
Post-card to the Prime Minister
5000 quintals of grain

12. 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 }

13. 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

14. Jansatayagraha 2012
Facilitated by FOUR pillars of social transformation
Power of
Non-violence
Power of
Solidarity
Power of
Poor
Power of
Youth

15. Jai Jagat 2020
To bring back the questions of ethics and justice
into the discourse of development

16. International Campaign to address the driver of land-grab
www.ourlandourbusiness.org

17. International Campaigns
and Coalitions on land
International Land Coalition
http://www.landcoalition.org
World Forum on Access to Land
http://www.agter.asso.fr/article1013_en.html
Land Watch Asia
http://landwatchasia.wordpress.com

18. 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

19. A true Positive Economy in Global North
REQUIRES
A positive economy in Global South
This presentation was made possible by the kind support from Navin
Pangti (www.pangti.com)
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