Speaker
Dr Rowee Joy Decena
Assistant Professor
Compostela Valley State College
Addressing Human Insecurities and Achieving Sustainable Small Scale Mining Communities: The Case of Community-Led Integrated Non-Cyanide, Non-Mercury Gold Extraction Method (CLINN- GEM)
Abstract Narrative
“Historically the mining industry has contributed to many of the challenges that the SGDs are trying to address (Lewis et al., 2016). Mining communities are found in rural areas where small-scale miners continue to face economic, health, environmental, and political problems. The use of traditional small-scale mining technologies (the use of mercury and cyanide) pose a threat economic, health, environmental security. Thus, to address these threats in small- scale mining communities, the University of the Philippines Department of Mining Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (DMMME) and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) introduced the CLINN-GEM Technology. This qualitative and descriptive study examines the features, practices, and challenges of the CLINN-GEM technology and the changes it brought to a small-scale mining community in Compostela Valley, Philippines. The case study showed the efforts of the government and its partners to address the human insecurities in mining communities by introducing CLINN-GEM technology as sustainable technology. The developers of the technology aimed to empower small-scale miners and lead them towards sustainability. With regards to the changes it brought to the community, restructuring organizations and physical, cognitive, and social systems were made during the transition process in order to effect change in knowledge realms and the social conditions of the community. The changes were intended to address the risks of small-scale miners by allowing them to tap on their potentials in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, which hopefully could serve as springboards to more initiatives towards sustainability. The transition process was not an easy one. It was fraught with issues such as acceptability, project delays, information and communication gaps, and limited resources. Some of these issues have been resolved through proper communication and community engagement, but the others remain to be addressed. Thus, the author recommends actions to address the issues and challenges of the CLINN- GEM technology and ensure its success and studies to better understand the research topic. Keywords: CLINN-GEM Technology, Human Security, Sustainable Development Goals, Small-scale Mining ”
Biography
I am a graduate of Doctor of Social Development at the University of the Philippines Diliman I am an Assistant professor at the Compostela Valley State College, Compostela Davao de Oro, philippines
Mr Santosh Kadu
Ph.D Candidate
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai (India)
New Cooperativism in Indian Agriculture: An Emerging Movement towards Farmers’ Producer Companies in Maharashtra
Abstract Narrative
The present study aims to understand the responses of farmers to the emerging agrarian challenges through a renewed collective action in the form of producer companies. Generally, cooperatives are known as a prominent form of collective action in agriculture and have long been established in India. It was introduced under the ‘Cooperative Societies Act in 1904.
Initially, it was limited mainly to agricultural credit and aimed to provide an alternative source of credit for peasants exploited by the moneylenders. Gradually, it was also extended to marketing, processing, farming, banking, and housing. The contribution of traditional cooperatives cannot be overlooked. Nonetheless, their poor performance and changes after liberalization led to the formation of farmers’ producer companies. In this context, the study explores the needs and circumstances in which collective action of small and marginal farmers has evolved towards producer companies. Further, it critically analyses the nature of producer companies as new collectivism and its potentials to strengthen the positions of the small and marginal farmers. Using qualitative research methods, the study has conducted in the Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra. Specifically, key informants’ interviews and participant observations are used in the process of data collection. The findings demonstrate the emergence of producer companies, values of stakeholders, nature of producer companies, social inclusion, and grassroots dynamics. The study is imperative to unfold the contribution of new institutionalize forms of collective action in ensuring bottom-up development and promoting opportunities for marginalized groups.
Keywords: Collective action, institutions, cooperatives, farmers’ producer companies, social inclusion
Biography
Santosh is a doctoral researcher at ‘Centre for Livelihoods and Social Innovation’, School of Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai (India). He believes in the knowledge and agency of grassroots communities in the processes of innovations. His key areas of research interest include community-based social innovations, social entrepreneurship, CSR initiatives, and informal workers and decent work in agro value chains.
Mr Vipul Nakum
Ph.D. Scholar
Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar, India
Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation: A Case Study of Social Entrepreneurial Initiative in India
Abstract Narrative
The rapid pace of development has its differential impacts on the physical, social, economic, institutional, and natural dimensions of the society. Moreover, the hard-won development gains are threatened by disaster and climate change risks. It is evident that the climate change is one of the key factors for the increase in disaster risk and it has severe implications on sustainable development. This has led to the recognition of Disaster Risk Management (DRM) as an essential component in the pathway towards sustainable development.
The interconnectedness between the three major global agendas, namely the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) 2015-2030, and the Paris Agreement for Climate Change Adaptation (CCA), are at the base of the efforts made to ensure the resilient development. The initiative of building resilience at the local level in such context emerge as the key to sustain developmental goals.
In this regard, social entrepreneurship emerge as a very vital sector and can contribute significantly towards building resilience at the local level. It is equally of concern that social entrepreneurship is inherently at risk of disaster and climate change and can hamper their path and efforts in creating a sustainable and resilient society. This point to the need of systematic efforts for bringing social entrepreneurship with an integrated approach towards disaster risk management and appropriate skillsets.
This paper attempts to study such entrepreneurship initiatives in the field of DRM and CCA in India, through a case study of one such social enterprise, named ‘Resilience Innovation Knowledge Academy (RIKA) India’ which is sowing seeds of innovation to provide innovative disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation solutions for building resilient at the local level.
Biography
Vipul Nakum holds a degree of Masters in Disaster Management from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, India. He is actively involved in core disaster management planning, implementation, and review for over eight years across Indian states. He has been into roles of researcher, coordinator, consultant, educator and certified Master Trainer for School Safety. He has closely worked with government, civil society, UN organisations and academic institutes in a number of field operations and prepared and implemented disaster management plans and action plans for districts, cities, departments, religious sites, offices, hospitals, schools, etc. He has rich experience in facilitating various capacity building and training programs to a wide range of stakeholders, in diverse cultural settings across India. He is currently pursuing doctorate from Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar.
Ms Mutale Wakunuma
Theme 2A
Dr Julie Drolet
Professor
University Of Calgary
Theme 2A
Biography
Dr. Julie Drolet is Professor in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary.