Rhetoric of collective action in North East India: Lessons from Gin-Fed, Karbi Angling, Assam
By: Sutradhar, Rajib
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BookPublisher: Economic & Political Weekly Description: 61(25), Jun 22, 2024: p.57-64.Subject(s): North East India, Cooperative model, Indigenous growers, Market integration, Development challenges, Ginger cultivation, Karbi Anglong, Assam, Organic agriculture, Community federation, Trader dependence, GIN-Fed, Collective action, Development intervention, Traditional institutions, Institutional erosion, Agricultural policy, Indigenous cooperation, Economic marginalization, Policy critique
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Economic & Political WeeklySummary: In North East Indian, governments see cooperative as a new mode of embalmment with indigoes growers to overcome the challenges of integrating the region into market-led development. The Ginger growers commiserative federation was set unpin Karbi Anglon, Assam in the late 2000s to bring together ginger growers from different communities to facilitate better connections with the organic ginger market. After decades, the cooperative has been sourcing the bulk of it’s procure only via traders the agent it was supposed to replace. Thus, GIN-Fed represents only antiheroic of collective action, reminiscent of earlier development interventions that undermine traditional community Institutions, without which cooperation among indigenous growers is not fusible. – Reproduced
In North East Indian, governments see cooperative as a new mode of embalmment with indigoes growers to overcome the challenges of integrating the region into market-led development. The Ginger growers commiserative federation was set unpin Karbi Anglon, Assam in the late 2000s to bring together ginger growers from different communities to facilitate better connections with the organic ginger market. After decades, the cooperative has been sourcing the bulk of it’s procure only via traders the agent it was supposed to replace. Thus, GIN-Fed represents only antiheroic of collective action, reminiscent of earlier development interventions that undermine traditional community Institutions, without which cooperation among indigenous growers is not fusible. – Reproduced
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