Jan 14, 2023
On today’s program, we are talking about food sovereignty global corporate food systems with Indra Shekhar Singh, an independent agri-policy analyst from India and who is visiting the US on a lecture tour to raise awareness of the farmers’ revolution in India and global agrarian movements.
Indra Shekhar Singh is an independent agri-policy analyst, writer and Host/Creator of the Wire’s agri-talk show Krishi ki Baat/ Farm Talks. He also served as director for policy and outreach for the National Seed Association of India.
Apart from contributing to various national and international
media organisations, Indra has travelled over
hundreds of villages across India working with farmers on
regenerative agriculture & seed sovereignty. He has
delivered over 200 lectures on agro-ecology, environment and
agrarian politics globally. These include invitations by the
International Labour Organisation, universities, international
seed and farmers’ forums, etc.
He has published over 500 articles on environment, agriculture
and politics for various media platforms like Civileats, The
Wire, Firstpost, etc and often invited for various
news debates on agrarian issues.
Indra in his early twenties was mentored by Dr Vandana Shiva and worked as the campaign manager and media spokesperson for Navdanya. He continues to save seeds and is also an urban food-gardener.
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