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A huge land grab is threatening India’s tribal people.
A huge land grab is threatening India’s tribal people. They need global help Mari Marcel Thekaekara About 8 million indigenous people in India are in danger of being evicted from forests that their ancestors have lived in for millennia. This grave injustice follows a shocking supreme court ruling that rides roughshod over the rights of India’s indigenous people, known […]
let them have the right, the privilege and the power
….to plant a seed,for a tree, that will be nurtured,and will grow, whether fruits of tree will be enjoyed by all.. because it will be common property.. and not to make this private property, not make it proprietary, but to make it open source, make it common property and let the people who cannot use […]
Response to the negative impacts of globalization
Our theoretical and conceptual framework grew out of our experience and practice. When India decided in 1991 to move down the path of globalisation, we realised that new economic structures were being created – ones over which we had little control. Decisions made in far away places could have huge negative impacts on the communities […]
Coffee Procurement
In the last 2 months, 7.5 tones of Coffee has been procured from more than 100 Adivasi farmers .
Forest shade grown coffee
Forest trees are good, for the environment and for your coffee too, having more forest trees maintains tree diversity and also increases coffee production and quality. India, the world’s sixth largest coffee-producer, grows ‘shade’ coffee, under the canopies of trees. The coffee gatherer have unique Naturally grown coffee plants under the shades of native trees […]