Farmers are demanding an Act, a legislation, which will guarantee a minimum level of income on par with that of Government servants.

A crucial reason for the success of the organic farmers of Kedia, Zaheerabad and Niyamgiri is that they are part of or helped by larger collectives.

In drought-hit Marathwada, where death looms large, Poi Tanda, a nondescript hamlet in Beed, is winning the fight.

The smaller group sessions focused on some very relevant issues in specific sectors and led to intense brain storming by the participants.

“We assert our sovereign rights to freely plant, use, reproduce, select, improve, adapt, save, share…as we have done for past millennia.”