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Interrogating Cauvery Calling
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Asian College of Journalism
12:20
12:21
Shrinivas Badiger says, "What has been missing in the debate so far are the tank systems in Peninsular India. Tank Systems have existed for thousands of years and are an integral part of agriculture."
He adds that the number of tank systems have now decreased to less than half of what they were before.
12:22
"Forests in different biomes have different roles," Shrinivas says and states that the present agricultural system has regular incomes unlike before where there were huge incomes at spurts.
12:24
Thanking the opportunity, M Siva says, "I am the only person who enjoyed the mist of the agroforestry, unlike all the city people."
12:27
Siva recalls, “When Coimbatore was developing with industries, the farmers were talking about suicides, because there was a lot of social pressure about selling trees.”
12:29
He adds that this did not directly affect the forest lifestyle back then. However, today there is a social pressure to lead such a lifestyle.
12:35
Easa questions, "What about the urban areas that surround the coast?"
12:36
Responding to Easa, Shrinivas says, "Livelihood of agrarian communities are being threatened now."
Does agroforestry help in maintaining the ecological balance or just remains an economically lucrative option over time?
Helps in ecological balance (100% | 2 votes)
 
Remains an economically lucrative option (0% | 0 votes)
 
Both (0% | 0 votes)
 
Total Votes: 2
12:38
"One thing we have to understand is that the system has degraded so much that it has to be understood what the policies are doing on the ground and how the policies are helping," states Shrinivas.
12:39
Easa advises, "Go for trees but also go for some shrubs or some greens. It is not just the trees that will make up the agroforestry. There should be  layers of small plants and grass as well."
12:41
According to Shrinivas, based on the consultations and discussions with the strike holders and experts, there should be a conservation plan and adds, "Otherwise this will be just another social forestry project taken up by an NGO."
12:42
"You can't change the system drastically. It has to be modified step by step. Incentivizing and taking smaller steps which can build over a period of 20 to 30 years will be more effective than steps taken drastically," observes Shrinivas.
12:43
Responding to Shrinivas, Easa says, "It should be an integrated management plan, then only you can go ahead and it should be socially acceptable."
12:46
Siva requests the students to check the Tripur Diar judgement to see how industrialisation has destroyed the Kunj river in the last 28 days.
12:50
Up next is the third panel on the theme, 'Is Extractive Development Affecting Cauvery?'
12:52
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