Dear human rights groups, dalit groups, feminist groups, conscious
citizens and friends at un
http://www.economist.com/debate/debates/overview/207&fsrc=nwl
please get on online and add your opinion.
Feminist groups- why should economist put dear sir. are we without brains???
Ranjani
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Dear Madam/Sir,
https://www.economist.com/user/4254097/commentsI have voted against the opinion
that an economy cannot succeed without a huge manufacturing base.
The UN states that food riots are likely in Latin America and Africa.
This report states that the past month’s protests in North Africa and
the Middle East were partly linked to agriculture costs.
Food riots are also breaking in parts of India, China and Russia
(www.isvarmurti.com/2010/04/21/food-riots-around-the-world/,
www.independent.co.uk › News › Business › Business News,
http://www.101centavos.com/2011/01/26/food-riots-and-chinas-12th-five-ye...).
How much should be under agriculture/allied, under manufacturing and services
should be decided by the oppressed groups
(http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-02-16/un-sees-latin-america-africa...).
In fact manufacturing companies in some places are dictating what
farmers should grow and taking away agriculture land,
grazing/waterhsed/forest land (see
www.publishaletter.com/readletter.jsp?plid=28210)
Hearing the voice of oppressed groups, the question "CAN economy
cannot succeed without a huge manufacturing base" is itself wrongly
framed. We need to ask how much land do oppressed groups in each rural
area think should be allocated to agriculture, manufacturing and
services to avoid poverty, malnutrition, climate change, conflicts? ?
What kind of land tenure system and rights do rural people want be they
landless, marginal and landless farmers, dalits, tribals, religious
minorities, migrants from low income states, poor in general (including
a few from dominant castes), sexual and gender minorities etc?
Prioritising women's rights is important. Collective rules with land
being distributed by DEMOCRATISED (WHICH IN MIXED VILLAGES REPRESENT
ELITE AND EXCLUDE WOMEN) community groups to families every few years
(as younger families come in)? State doing it has failed as seen in some
communist countries, but Cuba appears to be fine- where a revolution
from below happened http://monthlyreview.org/2004/01/01/food-security-in-cuba.
Should cropping patterns be left to individuals or collectively
decided by democratised community groups to avoid the paradox of private
interest to make profit for this generation for a short while (cash
crops, chemical fertilizer) overriding public interest for food and
nutritional security, bio diversity,seed security,
reversing/mitigating/adapting (to) climate change and not looking at
inter-generation security. Perhaps one should look at agriculture along
with fisheries, forests, livestock etc.
THERE IS A DANGER THAT MANUFACTURING LED GROWN CAN LEAD TO CORPORATE
CONTROL OVER AGRICULTURE, ADVERSE CLIMATE CHANGE AND CONFLICTS AFFECTING
THE ABOVE GROUPS MORE
WHY SHOULD ECONOMISTS MAKE DECISIONS? WHY CANNOT WE TRAVEL WITH
OPPRESSED GROUPS ASK THEM SOME CRITICAL QUESTIONS AND LISTEN TO THEIR
ANSWERS www.publishaletter.com/readletter.jsp?plid=28748 - Cached.? IT IS TIME
ECONOMISTS ACTED AS PUBLIC SERVANTS
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