Thanks for your message. I suggest you to read special article on
Jatropha in Down To Earth, November 30, 2005. The author of this
article visited Chhattisgarh and interacted with tens of farmers and
activists before preparing this report. She can guide you about the
specific locations.

regards
Pankaj Oudhia

--- In jatropha@..., Kanishk Negi <damatrionegi@y...>
wrote:
>
> Dear Group Members,
> I am working with Society for Promotion
of Wastelands Development, western region office at Udaipur. We are
carrying out a study on promotion of Jatropha and its implications
on livelihoods of small and marginal farmer.
>
> Some of the issues identified in the study are as follows:
>
> · The plantation of jatropha on wastelands, which are
synonymus to commonlands, and degraded forest areas pose threat to
fodder availability for cattle and population dependent on
livestock; which is incidently section of small and marginal
farmers, who cannot fulfill the fodder erquirement from agricultural
residue and have to depend on common lands for fodder. Locking the
land under Jatropha plantation would shrink the land available as
pasture and commonland (already under severe threat from
encroachment). Especially in Chattisgarh there have been reports
where in platations have taken place on Panchayat/wastelands (that
too without consultation of gram sabha with dubious role of
panchayat heads raising doubts at govt's initiatives of involving
panchayats in allocation of land for plantation).
> Can some body from the group help in locating the areas where
this has happened and giving contact details of any perosn there,
as i would be visiting Chattisgarh from 9-12 of May and intend to
document the impact for the study as one of the fallouts of current
promotion pattern of jatropha.
>
> · Another issue is contract farming for Jatropha in
Tamil Nadu, where farmers have been initiated to take loans for
cropping Jatropha, the questions here are who is guiding them for
cropping and harvesting practices, how much is investment coming and
what;s the protection form insect or pest attack. Although there are
many more issues attached to this particular topic i would be
detailing later.
>
> Can some one help in giving any contact which would help in
reaching the farmers and examine the ground realities there. Also
where particularly this has taken place (geographical area, so as to
focus energies in visiting those areas directly). Meeting with D1
oils officials is also in offing on national and international
policies of the company.
>
>
> This study would be culminating in a workshop in Delhi organized
by SPWD New Delhi some time in July.
>
> I would be helpful if members of the group can help in this
regard.
>
> Kanishk Negi
> Programme Officer
> WRO, Udaipur
> Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development (SPWD)
>
>
>
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