Re: [Assam] Fwd: [Assam Society] Mizo farmer's staple food will bebiodiesel

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:43:23 -0700

That's it-look at Tea and Assam. Look at what happened to Ireland.

Japan's Post ww2 constitution banned rice imports  "We eat our own rice or peerish"

mm



 

From: Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: RE: [Assam] Fwd: [Assam Society] Mizo farmer's staple food will bebiodiesel
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:43:10 -0500

>They all survive out of India's "Peace Dividend".


*** While it might be a cool way to live high on the hog on Mother_India's handouts, it cannot last for ever. In the meantime, what better way neutralize a restive population than to create "states" that produce little, have few resources and thus making them thoroughly dependent on 'mai-baap's" largesse ?

Mono-culture is a great way to rob indigenous peoples' autonomy by making them slaves to markets controlled by others. Imagine the day when Jathropa oil suddenly becomes unattractive and its price plummets? Like the tea that so many rural Assamese took to planting with the big tea houses now paying little for it.







At 9:48 PM +0530 10/10/05, mc mahant wrote:
I visited Mizoram in 1984. Just  one Road and row of  houses both sides. You could give a letter addressed to any Mizoramian(no stamps needed) to any truck driver heading uphill from Silchar--and you are sure it will be delivered without fail at the correct doorstep.
That is the population density. They all survive out of India's "Peace Dividend". They do  live in style. Yet they produce nothing. The land gives nothing. Steep slope. No plains, no water retention at all. Ginger grows. Grapes are growing very well.But dilemma is that  their own zealots have banned all drinks-so no winemaking. Assam can consume all the wine they  can produce-but nobody teaches the Assamese" Wine Shops" the difference between Beer, Rum ,whiskey and Wine. So no customer demands Wine. So the fine Grape Crop goes waste.
Did I see some Assam Netter wanting a viable investment opportunity in Assam --well this one !
All -Jatropha in Mizoram may bring in some cash for a while. But the people will have no food security for themselves for along time. This is dangerous. I hope they won't be so reckless.
mm

 
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Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 08:00:33 +0100 (BST)
Subject: [Assam Society] Mizo farmer's staple food will be biodiesel
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 Dear friends ,
Will any community survive if mono culture is introduced and biodiversity is ruptured, where as market will be controlled by others and local farming system which supports the lively hood now will be replaced by JATROPHA,let us think about Mizoram's tribal community after five years .
Jatropha toxicity is well studied around the world. The reference
literatures are full of information about its toxic effects. At the website
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Jatropha_curcas.html#To
xicity.The website http://www.inchem.org/documents/pims/plant/jcurc.htm
scientific evidences of Jatropha poisoning.
The senior natives of Chhattisgarh are also aware of its harmful effects. They explain its effects in simple words'Ek Beeja Se Pet Saf Hothe, Du Se Au, Teen Se Aspatal aur Char Se Upar' (One seed clears the motion, two results in more, three takes to hospital and four to God).

regards
ravi
Mizoram aims to become largest ‘Jatropha’ grower
 AIZAWL, Oct 8 – Agriculture Minister H Rammawi has expressed hope that Mizoram can be the largest Jatropha producing state in the country.

“We will try to make Mizoram the largest Jatropha producing state in India. This is possible with our climate which is perfect for the oil-bearing plant and our large area of arable land.

Mizo farmers can use the plant to substitute it for rice grown according to traditional shifting jhum cultivation,” the minister told officials of the D1 Oils India (Private) Limited.

On invitation from the state Agriculture minister, Steve Doury, a London-based reg! ional director and Surju Singh, chairman and managing director of D1 Oils India (P) Limited had a meeting with the state Horticulture officials and Mizoram Intodelhna (self-sufficiency) Project officials on their arrival here recently.

The state’s Horticulture department is tying up with the D1 Oils India company on a buy-back policy on produce.

“According to the MoU, the company will take up Jatropha cultivation in Mizoram in one lakh hectare from the next kharif season. The company will provide seeds and buy back the produce,” Samuel Rosanglura, director of Horticulture said today. The Horticulture department has already introduced Jatropha plantation under the Cengtral scheme of Horticulture Mission. It has distributed 600 quintals of Jatropha seeds to rural farmers this year. http://www.assamtribune.com


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