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The analysis of
Census 2011 has
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Themes
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GEAG works around six core themes in order to reduce the vulnerability of the excluded
in eco-friendly, gender just and participatory ways. The first five of these are
overlapping in many ways. But all six are critical in ensuring the resilience of
the poor and the vulnerable to climate change caused by global warming.
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Securing livelihoods through sustainable agriculture
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Climate Change Adaptation
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Rights of Small, Marginal, Landless and Women Farmers
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Gender and Poverty
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Disaster Risk Reduction
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Urban Climate Change Resilience
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| 1-Securing livelihoods through sustainable agriculture |
In tune with the grassroots realities of rural India, GEAG identifies sustainable
livelihoods as the prime need of small and marginalised farmers, the landless and
the women farmers. It seeks to reduce rural poverty by enhancing livelihood options
based on sustainable agriculture, institution building, advocacy and networking. |
| 2-Climate Change Adaptation |
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The poor and the vulnerable are the most affected by the realities of global warming
and climate change. Yet villagers all across India, including in Uttar Pradesh have
a repertoire of adaptive strategies to deal with the impacts of climate change.
The prime livelihoods being based on agriculture, a sector that is most susceptible
to climate change, GEAG felt that its important to encourage adaptation that is
based on a synergy of indigenous and scientific knowledge and that the focus has
to be on small, marginal and women farmers.
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| 3- Rights of Small, Marginal, Landless and Women Farmers |
Denial of rights is associated with processes of exclusion. GEAG advocates the formulation
and implementation of policies and laws at the state and national levels in favour
of the rights of the small and marginal farmers, the landless and women farmers.
Rights awareness campaigns through public hearings, mass media, mass protests, dialogues
with the bureaucracy and the elected representatives, developing integrated networks
of civil society organizations and institutions have been the key mechanisms that
have contributed to a rebuilding of the identities of the excluded.
Women contribute more than 70% in agriculture activities but only 6.5% of women have legal ownership on land.
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