This publication provides an overview of the common and unique sustainability elements of Indigenous Peoples' food systems, in terms of natural resource management, access to the market, diet diversity,
Science needs to come home scientists need to address the concerns of the local communities
The country's forest cover has shrunk by a third in the last 15 years due to illegal logging, slash-and-burn farming methods and felling of trees to make way for plantation crops, according to
Avian diversity in the Northeast is better off with shifting cultivation than selective logging and monoculture forests
A Filipino research institute has blended agro forestry and bio intensive forming technicques to help small farmers produce more, without further burdening their packet.
Harmless pesticides can be prepared for home gardens from -recipes compiled by the International Institute ofRural Reconstruction in the Philippines: Tobacco: Place tobacco leaves, stems and
10 years ago, <i>Down To Earth</i> reported on the state of sacred groves in India see: <a href="full6.asp?foldername=19940131&filename=Anal&sec_id=7&sid=3"><font color=red><i>Down To Earth</i>, January 31, 1994 </font></a>. Patches of forest protected
The Nyungwe forest of Rwanda is being destroyed due to human activities. The forest along Rwanda's southeastern dis tricts of Cyangugu, Kibuye and Butare, used to span over an area of more than
The Tripura government s plan to secure development for tribals
Shillong meet declares shifting cultivation environment friendly
Over 88 per cent of Mizoram's farmers still depend on traditional shifting cultivation (Jhumming), according to state Agriculture Minister H Rammawi.
