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WINGS #49-21 Food Sovereignty
A grassroots movement in India
Uploaded: 21 Mar, 2022
Recording Date: 20 Mar, 2022
Recording Location: Bangalore, India, and surrounding rural locations
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Language: English
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Program Title: WINGS #49-21 Food Sovereignty
Description: The so-called Green Revolution in India increased one measure of "productivity" at the cost of much else, including nutrition, sustainability, loss of biodiversity, and local loss of control. The Green Foundation based in Karnataka state started by encouraging local seed-saving and has built a network of women farmers who also process their own crops locally - a growing trend in opposition to multinational corporate ag.
Host(s): Smita Ramanathan and Manju Venkat
Featured Speakers/Guests: Singer and farmer: Jayamma, from Therubeedi village near Bangalore; Vanaja Ramprasad, founder, Green Foundation; Sumathi, a longtime organic farmer who heads the Maruthi Oil Press Group in the village of Maralwadi; VijayaKumari and Sarvamangala from the Mahadeshwara Seed Producers’ Group
Credits: Smita Ramanathan – Producer, Interviews, Script, Narration; Manju Venkat – Co-producer, Interviews, Narration; Indu Ramesh – Programme Mentor, Script Adviser; M.R. Ramamurthy – Sound Engineer, Editor; Series Producer, Frieda Werden
Comments: Updated from "WINGS #23-16 Green Counter-Revolution
Green Foundation unites women farmers in India."
Books mentioned: Monsanto: Pollution, Corruption, and the Control of Our Food Supply, by Marie-Monique Robin, and
Living on the Edge: Women, Agrobiodiversity and Livelihood, By Vanaja Ramprasad
Website for more info: http://www.greenfoundation.in/
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Topic:
News
Type:
Weekly Program
Health > Food and Nutrition Regional > South Asia Created By BIPOC Education > Policy Politics > Activism Science and Technology > Earth Sciences Environment > Biodiversity Environment > Agriculture Society and Culture > Women |
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| Comments: Produced by Smita Ramanathan and Manju Venkat - 2016 - updated 2022
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