TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vandana Shiva; Kunwar Jalees
AU  - SHIVA (Vandana); JALEES (Kunwar)
TI  - Seeds of Suicide: The Ecological and Human costs of seed Monopolies and Globalisation of agriculture
SN  - 911126856795
U1  - 150.8863 23
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Navdanya
KW  - Farmer Suicidal Behaviour
KW  - Stress
N1  - Psychology
N2  - May 22 has been declared International Biodiversity Day by the United Nations. It gives us an opportunity to become aware of the rich biodiversity that has been evolved by our farmers as co-creators with nature. It also provides an opportunity to acknowledge the threats to our biodiversity and our rights from IPR monopolies and monocultures.

Just as our Vedas and Upanishads have no individual authors, our rich biodiversity, including seeds, have been evolved cumulatively. They are a common heritage of present and future farm communities who have evolved them collectively. I recently joined tribals in Central India who have evolved thousands of rice varieties for their festival of “Akti”. Akti is a celebration of the relationship of the seed and the soil, and the sharing of the seed as a sacred duty to the Earth and the community; http://www.asianage.com/columnists/seeds-suicide-692
ER  -