WGS273H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Gender Equality, Virtual Water, Millennium Development Goals
11 Dec 2016
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Textbook making peace with the earth by shiva chapter 3. Water scarcity despite abundancy bc excessive withdrawal, pollution. Financed/ assisted crisis by world bank driven irrigation proj. Paradigm shift water for life, for profits, water democracy some for all, all. Pushed ideology public/ domestic bad, private/ mnc good. Anti water privatization movement shifted privatization private sector privatization . Pricewaterhouse drafted law for water regulatory authority, allowing to bypass elected reps. Privatization outsourcing planning commission asked to make water supply management more transparent. Problem (1) vocab change doesn"t change meaning (2) chief ahluwalia should consult citizens, not planning commission. Though commission deputy chairman says govt"s priority is commodification, proved by them wanting farmers to pay for water. Problem of water waste is not agriculture, but green revolution mistakenly thought as chemical industrial farming. Organic farming produces more nutrition per acre using less water, conserves biodiversity, increases food availability.
