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While global capital uses various mechanisms to control and govern the agri-food system, counter-movements have been rising with self-protecting measures against the intrusion of the market system and development. Ashok Kumbamu critically examines this ‘double movement’ in the agri-food sector at a time of convergence of three global crises of food, energy, and climate. He looks at the organizational strategies and alternative development initiatives of the Deccan Development Society in southern India.
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For a comparative analysis of nutritional value of millets, rice, and wheat, see www.ddsindia.com/www/gendering_agriculture.html, accessed 1 September 2011.
www.ddsindia.com/www/pdf/BHS%20of%20ZHB%20A%20Profile.pdf; www.ddsindia.com/www/pdf/12%20MBF%20report.pdf, accessed 1 September 2011.
The DDS receives funding from various international development agencies in Germany, Norway, Sweden, Canada, the UK, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, and also from various state and central government agencies. See www.ddsindia.com/www/default.asp, accessed 22 January 2010.
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I thank Michael Gismondi at Athabasca University for discussion and suggestions. I thank P. V. Satheesh and other members of the Deccan Development Society for sharing with me their experiences in building the organization. I also thank the participants of the ‘Green Economy and Sustainable Development’ conference organized by UNRISD, Geneva, in October 2011 for their comments and discussion.
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Presents the experience of the Deccan Development Society as an alternative to market systems in agriculture
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Kumbamu, A. The Agri-food Sector's Response to the Triple Crisis: Sustaining local social initiatives in Andhra Pradesh, India. Development 55, 104–111 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1057/dev.2011.101
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