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About GEAG
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In 1975 a motivated group of students, researchers and faculty of the Ecology lab
of the Botany department of Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur University, influenced by
the Chipko Movement at home and the Stockholm Conference of 1972 formed the Gorakhpur
Environmental Action Group (GEAG) to preserve the local environment and conserve
natural resources. Many local awareness and environmental education campaigns and
solidarity with various contemporary national and international environmental movements
widened the ideological horizons of the GEAG.
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In 1983 the informal organization was registered as a non-profit organization under
the Society’s Registration Act, 1960. Since then GEAG has emerged as a well established
implementing, resource, consultative and support organization in northern India
on low external input sustainable agriculture (LEISA), sustainable livelihood models,
and adaptation to climate change, gender equity and rights of small and marginal
farmers across the state.
Today GEAG implements several development programmes based on sound ecological principles
and gender sensitive participatory approaches to address the livelihood issues of
the marginalised and vulnerable: small and marginal farmers, women farmers and the
landless. Action research based advocacy at the state and national level has been
its forte backed by the formation of networks of small and marginal farmers, women
and community based organisations (CBOs). It is closely associated with more than
200 partner organizations working at the district, national and international levels.
Its publications have influenced the attitudes and practices not only of many NGOs
and CSOs, but also of the government.
GEAG’s core intervention strategies include
• Problem Solving Approaches.
• Participatory Learning and community led processes.
• Experimentation and promotion of innovations.
• Demonstration models of small farms.
• Community Institution Building.
• User friendly alternate agriculture information and extension
systems.
• Gender equity as a cross cutting agenda.
• Environmental protection.
• Integration of indigenous and contemporary scientific knowledge.
• Networking and advocacy using a wide variety of techniques.
• Grassroots research based policy making process.
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In 2000, the United Nation’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) recognized GEAG’s
expertise by according it a ‘Special Consultative Status on Agriculture’. It has
also been recognized as north India’s hub for InterSard South Asia – a network to
facilitate information sharing for sustainable agriculture and rural development.
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