more than 250,000 farmers from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Punjab have taken their lives. Since then, RFSTE has been monitoring the impact of a trade liberalization policies on Indian farmers and Indian agriculture since the new economic policy (1991) and WTO rules of the agreement on agriculture (1995) came into force. In celebration of non-violent organic agriculture, every year Navdanya organizes Albert Howard memorial lecture on 2nd October, initiated in the year 2000 to pay tribute to the two messiahs of sustainability and non-violence; Mahatma Gandhi and Sir Albert Howard. Past speakers have included Frances Moore Lappe, Masanobu Fukuoka, Marion Nestle and H.H. Prince Charles. 2. FAIR TRADE Connecting Farmers to Co-producers At Navdanya the team ensures the linking of the Seed-to-the-Table and of Farmers to Co-producers through the Fair Trade Initiatives. One of its seminal contributions to Fair Trade practices has been the marketing of organic agricultural products directly from the farmers to the consumers, who through their consumption patterns become the co-producers of agriculture. To this end, there are two outlets in New Delhi. The first outlet one is at Dilli Haat, which is a platform where crafts people and artisans offer their wares to buyers in the true spirit of own country). The second one is at E-52, Hauz Khas Market, Swadeshi (of one’s New Delhi. A similar space is also in Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand, where there are a sizeable number of farmer members. At the outlets, Navdanya offers a very diverse range of agricultural produce both as grains and in a processed form. The diversity by way of rice, wheat, millets, cracked wheat, breakfast cereals, cookies etc. reflects the commitment to conserving local seeds and
more than 250,000 farmers from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Punjab have taken their lives. Since then, RFSTE has been monitoring the impact of a trade liberalization policies on Indian farmers and Indian agriculture since the new economic policy (1991) and WTO rules of the agreement on agriculture (1995) came into force. In celebration of non-violent organic agriculture, every year Navdanya organizes Albert Howard memorial lecture on 2nd October, initiated in the year 2000 to pay tribute to the two messiahs of sustainability and non-violence; Mahatma Gandhi and Sir Albert Howard. Past speakers have included Frances Moore Lappe, Masanobu Fukuoka, Marion Nestle and H.H. Prince Charles. 2. FAIR TRADE Connecting Farmers to Co-producers At Navdanya the team ensures the linking of the Seed-to-the-Table and of Farmers to Co-producers through the Fair Trade Initiatives. One of its seminal contributions to Fair Trade practices has been the marketing of organic agricultural products directly from the farmers to the consumers, who through their consumption patterns become the co-producers of agriculture. To this end, there are two outlets in New Delhi. The first outlet one is at Dilli Haat, which is a platform where crafts people and artisans offer their wares to buyers in the true spirit of Swadeshi (of one’s own country). The second one is at E-52, Hauz Khas Market, New Delhi. A similar space is also in Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand, where there are a sizeable number of farmer members. At the outlets, Navdanya offers a very diverse range of agricultural produce both as grains and in a processed form. The diversity by way of rice, wheat, millets, cracked wheat, breakfast cereals, cookies etc. reflects the commitment to conserving local seeds and
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