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PEOPLES’ VOICESPEOPLES’ VOICES
Presentation by : Dr. Sai Bhaskar Reddy N
One Day Consultations workshop on Climate Change One Day Consultations workshop on Climate Change
July 28th 2004July 28th 2004
MSSRF - SDCMSSRF - SDC
PARTICIPANTSPARTICIPANTS
The participants include
farmers, representatives
of farmers’ cooperatives,
NGOs and also from
National / International
development agencies.
PRIMARY PRIMARY STAKEHOLERSSTAKEHOLERS
PRIMARY PRIMARY STAKEHOLERSSTAKEHOLERS
AGRICULTUREAGRICULTURE
Subsidy should be given for short duration
crops and the seeds of the species that
need less water & also practice of crop
rotation should be encouraged
- Mr. Aga Reddy, Karimnagar
AGRICULTURE ADAPTABILITY AGRICULTURE ADAPTABILITY POLICYPOLICY
The government should regulate the
cultivation of paddy based on the water
resources availability in an area and conserve
the ground water. This might be the only way
in improving ground water levels, particularly in
drought prone areas.
- Mr. Narayana reddy, Nalgonda
Due to deforestation, the drought problem has
got aggravated and that has led to mass exodus of
people from rural to urban centers.
People are shifting out of agriculture and taking up other
means of livelihood activities due to lack of water.
In this context food security has become another
important issue
- Mr. Sheshagiri Rao, Bharat Krishak Samaj Mahabubnagar
DEFORESTATIONDEFORESTATION
MITIGATIONMITIGATION
Integrated approach should be taken up to
tackle the climate change In the country people
are suffering from both drought and floods.
- Mr. Ramulu, Mahaboob Nagar
MIGRATIONMIGRATION Increase in migration in our village due to lack
of rains, the agricultural labor are migrating
to urban areas now unlike earlier where they
use to have enough livelihood opportunities in
agriculture activity.
- Mr. Balaram Reddy, Karimnagar
IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRANTS
Due to successive drought and lack of any
livelihood in the villages, people are forced to
migrate to the urban centers and a new
breed of urban poor are evolving.
- Mr. Narayana reddy, Nalgonda
SUMMARY – PRIMARY STAKEHOLDERSSUMMARY – PRIMARY STAKEHOLDERS
Importance of bringing together all the stake holders to
tackle climate change
Educating and training the farmers and other stakeholders
on scientific practices. Need to bring change in the
mindset of people
Shifting from awareness to understanding and leading
into action. Government intervention in regulating the
usage of ground water in order to conserve it.
SECONDARY SECONDARY STAKEHOLDERSSTAKEHOLDERS
SECONDARY SECONDARY STAKEHOLDERSSTAKEHOLDERS
RAINFALLRAINFALL
According to the reports, there is no change in
the total rain fall in the country. However, there
is a shift in the areas of the rain fall. As
such, the areas under the rain fall zone are slowly
going into the rain shadow zone. The reasons for
this shift in rain fall have to be analyzed.
- Ms Jasveen Jairath, SACI Waters Hyderabad
RAIN WATER HARVESTINGRAIN WATER HARVESTING
The use of rain water harvesting measures has
helped them to tide rough patches. Need to bring
change in behavior and practices As part of
adaptation.
- Mr. Satya Bhoopal, REEDS, Mahabubnagar
FOREST & GROUND WATERFOREST & GROUND WATERProtection of forests helped in ensuring ground
water protection.
The network in Ananthapur promoted digging bore
wells jointly by 3 or 4 farmers has helped in
ground water conservation.
In their region they dug only 11 bore wells for
90 families. There is need for strict regulations for
forests and ground water Management.
- Mr. Balaram, APPS, Anantapur district
FARMERS COMMITING FARMERS COMMITING SUICIDESSUICIDES
80% of the cultivable land in Anantapur
District is dependant on rains. Due to lack
of rainfall there is increase in migration. In
the year 1998, 424 farmers committed
suicides
- Ms. Bhanuja, REDS , Kadiri
NATURE AS CPRNATURE AS CPR
People are themselves responsible for the
changes in the climate. As people are considering
nature as a common property.
it is for us to find a solution to solve the
climate change problems.
- Mr. Prem kumar, SWSC, Prakasam
LIVELIHOODSLIVELIHOODS While dealing with the livelihoods and dwindling
number of working days in the farm sector and
the subsequent effects of decrease in the minimum
wages. This is one of the by products of the climatic
change. The livelihoods options in the areas they are
working are getting reduced drastically. With the farm
sector going down due to lack of water, there is heavy rush
towards the off farm sector livelihoods which are
very limited.
- Mr. Vasu, SARD, Ananthapur
TRAFFICKING OF WOMENTRAFFICKING OF WOMEN
Due to successive drought the trafficking of
women is on the increase. There is also an
increase in the number of local Commercial
sex workers too. There is rise in HIV +ve
cases too.
- Ms. Bhanuja, REDS , Kadiri
ABOUT CHANGE & MITIGATIONABOUT CHANGE & MITIGATION
Farmers are not averse to change and are
ready to adapt to new technologies in tune with
the changing times.
The mitigation efforts to reduce the agricultural
losses sustained through floods and drought
should be in place.
- Mr. Guruva Reddy, Federation of Farmers
Association, Hyderabad
POLLUTIONPOLLUTION
Pollution as a reason for the climatic changes.
The government policies have a lot of
influence on the pollution levels, in particular with
the industrial pollution which has a direct
bearing on the climatic changes.
- Ms Jasveen Jairath, SACI Waters Hyderabad
NGO’S ROLENGO’S ROLE There is need of the NGO’s to intervene in
helping the farming community and also
in helping them to adapt scientific
measures and crop management
techniques.
- Dr. J Premchand, APPS Anantapur district
SOME ACTION POINTSSOME ACTION POINTS Needs assessment survey on climate change and
its impact in selected villages.
Should work in limited number of districts for
developing a model and piloting that could be scaled
up to others.
Prioritizing the interventions in the selected districts
Documentation of experiences - traditional and latest
- G. Pakki Reddy, AP Netherlands Biotechnology project, IPE,
Hyderabad
OPEN SESSION POINTS - AGRICULTUREOPEN SESSION POINTS - AGRICULTURE
Climatic changes have direct bearing on
Agriculture.
Agriculture sector is neglected although it
contributes maximum to the economy of the
country. Meager funds are allocated to deal
with natural disasters linked to climate
change.
OPEN SESSION – ACTION OPEN SESSION – ACTION POINTSPOINTS
§ MSSRF and partners should segregate the
issues as they differ from place to place and
should help in bringing out an action plan.
§ Involvement of various stakeholders for
effective planning and implementation
was stressed.
§ All the participants stressed the issue of viewing this
with a long-term perspective.
WE WANT SECUREWE WANT SECUREWE WANT SECUREWE WANT SECURE
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