New Publications! LOK NITI The Monograph Series The Asian Development Forum (ADF) Series Conference Reports Before 2006 Publications ANGOC 20th Anniversary Monograph Series:   These Monograph Series are the ANGOC Regional Network's way of commemorating its 20th anniversary. They make up four volumes of papers, statements and speeches made in the last score on issues that encompass ANGOC's major concerns, that is, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security (Vol.1); Agrarian Reform and Resource Rights (Vol. 2); Environment and Sustainable Development (Vol. 3); and Civil Society and People's Participation (Vol. 4).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Volume 1: Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security Manila: ANGOC, 1999. ISBN 971-8632-35-2 The first installment in the ANGOC 20th anniversary monograph series, this features five monograph articles and papers. The Crucible of Science by the late Dr. Dioscoro L. Umali, former ANGOC Chair, is a call to scientists to put their skills in the service of the small farmer. Food and Faith, by A.Z.M. Obaidullah Khan, is a stirring reminder that the right to food is universal, rallying people of all faiths and beliefs to its cause. In Our Quest for Food Security, former Executive Director Antonio Quizon analyses how the programs and policies of the Philippine government have tended to undermine national food security, and points the way to a more food secure future for the country. The Bangkok Declaration, which was prepared by NGOs for the World Food Summit in 1996, retains its relevance today with its analysis of the roots of food insecurity and strategies to address it. Finally, Reverend Toshihiro Takami's That We May Live Together is a message of hope- hoe that people may live and work in harmony with nature, respecting one another's right to life and right to food. Volume 2: Agrarian Reform and Resource Rights Manila: ANGOC, 1999 ISBN 971-8632-36-0 This second volume is devoted to reflections on agrarian reform, a most urgent issue. Each of the five monographs in this collection tackles various dimensions of the movement for agrarian reform in Asia. The Peasants' Charter, which was the result of the World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (WCARRD) organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization in 1979, is perhaps the earliest and certainly one of the comprehensive articulations of the worldwide demand for agrarian reform. How much Land does a Man Need? Begs the question that has long baffled advocates engaged in the fruitless attempt to understand the boundless greed for land. The unique problems faced by reformers in Bangladesh, India and Nepal are tackled in A Challenge for South Asia, and concludes with a call for regional action. Gender Issues in Agrarian Reform analyses the impact of the Philippines' Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) on women, while Agrarian Reform in Midstream recounts the history of CARP and in the telling provides a clear example of the hurdles that reformers face while working for change. Volume 3: Environment and Sustainable Development Manila: ANGOC, 2000 ISBN 971-8632-387 This volume contains five articles that present different components of a strategy that the ANGOC network has supported over the years in pursuit of its sustainable development goals. The Puncak Pass Declaration was one of the first attempts to articulate the concept of sustainable development prepared in the run up to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in June 1992. Toward a Theory and Practice of Sustainability provides insights gleaned from various efforts of NGO leaders over many years to put the principles of sustainable development to work. The Stand is an excerpt of a speech given by Medha Patkar, a leading figure in the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) or Save the Narmada Movement, a multisectoral group opposing a World Bank funded dam project in India, where she describes her experiences in the campaign that led to the World Bank's withdrawal in 1993, and strategies NBA employed to expose the Bank's anti-people and anti-environment policies. Lastly, Let a Hundred Communities Bloom argues that community-based natural resources management is key not only to empowering poor communities but to the equally important task of using productive resources in a sustainable manner. Volume 4: Civil Society Participation and Participatory Development Manila: ANGOC, 2003 ISBN 971-8632-40-9 This fourth volume of the ANGOC 20th Anniversary monograph series is devoted to reflections on the issue of Civil Society and Participatory Development. Five monographs comprise this volume: Challenges and Future Directions of NGOs, by the late Mr. Chandra de Fonseka, offers a philosophical guide to NGOs searching for meaning in their work; State and Civil Society: Eternal Antagonists or Reluctant Partners? By Mr. N. Krishnaswamy, traces the roots of state monopoly of power and the development and countervailing influence of civil society; The Transformation of Vision into Reality-Planning for Development: the Sarvodaya Experience, Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne's thesis on the Sarvodaya Movement's strategy for development planning; and Re-Building Society Based on People's Participation: An Asian Perspective, a paper by Mr. Antonio Quizon, which examines why people's movements everywhere have had only limited success in transforming state structures which perpetuate violence and poverty; and Prospects for Participatory Local Governance in Asia, by ANGOC Chair Fr. Francis Lucas and Maricel Almojuela-Tolentino.   Other Monograph Series: Interventions for Social Economic Advancement of the Rural Poor: An Overview of BRAC Experiences by Khawja Shamsul Huda Manila: ANGOC, 1984, 19 p. Monograph Series 1 This monograph brings together and highlights the experiences of the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) particularly their field programmes related to specific target groups of marginal farmers and landless agricultural workers who form part of the vast majority of the rural poor population in Bangladesh. Impoverishment as Experienced by Landless Workers in a Philippine Village by Henedina Razon-Abad and Angelita Gregorio Manila: ANGOC, 1984, 20 p. Monograph Series 2 This study describes the socio-economic and political conditions of landless agricultural workers in a village in Central Luzon, the rice granary of the Philippines. It attempts to contribute to a better appreciation of the plight of the landless agricultural workers.         Godho Village: A Case Study on an Integrated Village Development Programme by Hassan Khusro Mir and M. Sadiq Malik Manila: ANGOC, 1986, 18 p. Monograph Series 3 This case study highlights selected experiences of the Rural Development Foundation of Pakistan (RDF) which is a national network member of ANGOC. It gives an overview of RDF's activities and provides an in-depth case study of Godho village. Association of Sarva Seva Farm (ASSEFA): 1986 ANGOC Award for Rural development Awardee      Manila: ANGOC, 1986, 20 p.      Monograph Series 4      Out of Print - photocopy available upon request      This particular monograph documents the experiences and highlights the activities of the recipient  of the ANGOC Award for Rural Development for 1986, the Association of Sarva Seva Farm (ASSEFA) based in Madurai, Tamilnadu, India.