Impact of Liberalisation-Privatisation- Globalisation on Small Farmers & Indigenous people in Orissa Living Farms Orissa India

ORISSA Home of the tribal & indigenous people – Dongarias, Konds, Gonds and Bondas and many more Living Farms Orissa India

The tribes of ORISSA Used to maintain the tradition of mixed cropping of a variety of rice, millets, oilseeds, fruits, vegetables, firewood and fodder etc... Living Farms Orissa India

Very rich in mineral resources. Living Farms Orissa India

Population Growth (in millions)‏ Living Farms Orissa India

Workforce Living Farms Orissa India

Distribution of Workers Living Farms Orissa India

Distribution of Operational Holdings Living Farms Orissa India

Plan Allocation for Agriculture Sector Living Farms Orissa India

65,000 rice varieties existed till Now we are left with an estimated 300 varieties. There used to be a vast genetic diversity with important agronomic characteristics like resistance to different pests, drought and flood tolerance, and various medicinal properties etc. Living Farms Orissa India

The policy of Liberalisation-Privatisation-Globalisation Prompted a major shift from subsistence and food crops to cash crops in the 1990s. Living Farms Orissa India

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Shift of focus from ‘food first’ to ‘market/export first’ resulted in Sharp decline of the share of agriculture in GDP 54.56% in 1954 has come down to 27.87% in Living Farms Orissa India

Market driven agriculture More and more land used for cash crop production Area for growing food crop reduced Filling the coffers of rich farmers while making the small and marginal farmers dependent on the market for their food Living Farms Orissa India

Source :-Economic Survey , GoO Living Farms Orissa India

Source :-Economic Survey Living Farms Orissa India

Source :-Economic Survey , GoO Living Farms Orissa India

Status of cotton in Orissa Living Farms Orissa India

Source :-Primary Survey Living Farms Orissa India

Government promoting GE crops to meet “food security needs” Living Farms Orissa India

Status of Bt cotton trials in Orissa Living Farms Orissa India

Contract farming Living Farms Orissa India

The mortality rate in Orissa is 91 per thousand and frequent instances of starvation deaths Living Farms Orissa India

Starvation deaths in Rayagada, Gajapati, Malkangiri and Kandhamal continue. Julem Majhi (55), Sindei Majhi (26), Lakhuna Majhi (36) and Araji Majhi (8) of village Pitajodi Chandu Ilias (5) Wana Majhi (65), Haras Majhi (25) Sorojini Majhi (30), Gahadi Majhi (18), Kumuti Majhi (23) and Lachhi Majhi (18) of village Panasgoda Subarna Todia (48) and Ghoshi Todia (33) of village Jhodiapada Saibati Jhadiani and Madhuri Naik (3) of village Maibhata Sadhu Majhi (50), Surata Majhi (28), Paila Majhi (23) and Sulme Majhi (21) of Bilamala. All these villages belong to block Kashipur in Rayagada district. Living Farms Orissa India

Naveen Patnaik, the Chief Minister of Orissa “The tribals of Orissa are dying, not because of starvation, but because of their ignorant and backward habits of eating poisonous mango kernels.” Living Farms Orissa India

Shift of focus from ‘food first’ to ‘export first’ resulted in Cash crop producing farmers unable to cope with the escalating cost of agriculture falling in debt traps – many of them committing suicides Living Farms Orissa India

Debt trap for cotton farmers Living Farms Orissa India

Farmers caught in debt trap resorting to mass suicides caused by escalating cost of agriculture crop failures sinking prices illegal money lenders prices of genetically modified seeds and the pesticides that go with them Living Farms Orissa India

Mass movements crushed by brutal force Baliapal Posco Kashipur Living Farms Orissa India

Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India, “The farmer has to “adjust and respond” to the growing pressures of the world market. He should do this by producing less food and more of other crops, especially after the removal of quantitative restrictions under the WTO regime. Only then will we able to “benefit” from the free market.” Living Farms Orissa India

Although the fields are dying government and mainstream media is projecting a “shining” India Living Farms Orissa India

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