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The Independent Peoples Tribunal on Land Acquisition, Resource Grab and Operation Green Hunt |
Executive Summary
The Independent Peoples Tribunal on Land Acquisition, Resource Grab and Operation Green Hunt
Date: 9th to 11th April 2010
Venue: Constitution Club, Rafi AMrg, New Delhi
Central India is home to the Adivasis and Dalits, India’s first people. It is also home to the richest concentration of natural resources in the country. Today, as powerful Indian and global corporations race each other to gain control of the land, water, forest and mineral wealth of the region...
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Press Statement on the price rise, the hunger crisis and the proposed Food Security Bill |
Press Statement on the price rise, the hunger crisis and the proposed
Food Security Bill
On 5th of July the country is at a standstill because of Bharat bandh called by opposition parties to force the Government to address the crisis of the price rise of essential commodities including food.
The level of inflation in the country has not decreased significantly in the course of the year, steady around a shocking 17%. Basic items of consumption such as wheat, rice and milk that form the...
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Press statement: Creating food insecurity |
“Creating food insecurity: an analysis into the structural and policy factors increasing food insecurity in India”
Press statement
The food crisis of hunger and malnutrition in India is a reality we can no longer ignore. It is the face of the underweight children dying of starvation; it is the face of the farmer who committed suicide, unable to feed himself and his family with dignity; it is the face of every common man and woman, who come back from a market with empty bags, as food...
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Navdany's Earth Science School 2010 |
Earth Science School 2010
Bhumi Vigyan: Building Community through Love and Laughter
Bhumi Vigyan kicked off on May 31st as children aged 9 - 15 from the farming villages of Jhivan Redi, Ramgarh, and Naya Gaon arrived through the fields, foot paths, and orchards of Bija Vidyapeeth by foot, auto-rickshaw, and cycle. They arrived as willing participants in an experimental learning community (aka summer camp) designed to provide a loving and safe learning environment in which they might view...
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Navdanya Organizes Mango Festival on 11th July |
Navdanya successfully organised a mango festival at its Biodiversity Conservation farm at village Ramgarh on Old Shimla Road in Dehradun. About 75 people including some of the Navdanya family members were present at the occasion.
Participants were briefed about Mango and its varieties and history. Navdanya's Organic Mango orchard was visited where people saw 9 varieties of Mango hanging on the trees.
Mango tasting of 9 varieties was done before lunch. Mango varieties included Deshari...
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