First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
Traditional Knowledge
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Pre and post geographical indications registration measures for handicrafts in India
<p>Over the recent past, Geographical Indications (GIs) have emerged as a significant form of intellectual property rights in the Indian context. In view of the commercial potential of handicrafts, adequate
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Usar reclamation in Uttar Pradesh and food security
It was Mahatma Gandhi's dream to see an India free from hunger. Today, India is going to operate the largest social protection programme against hunger in human history. Right to food through the National
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National action plan on biodiversity persistence and climate change
This national action plan was developed through a series of multi-stakeholder consultative workshops with representations from national, regional and international biodiversity organizations. The goals,
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“Let’s go local”
Located in the western Pacific ocean, Pohnpei Island is the largest island of the state of Pohnpei, one of the four states that make up the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Although rich in biodiversity,
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Neglected no more
With less than one percent of the world’s area, Nepal is home to a disproportionately large number of plant species. Yet large numbers of the population are food insecure, and hunger and malnutrition are
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Incredible edible Todmorden: Eating the street
The Yorkshire village of Todmorden has taken local food to heart – and to the street. The planting of food crops at forty public locations throughout the village offer locals, and visitors, the chance
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Commons to capital : With a special reference to the Mundas of Jharkhand
The tribal and ecological history of India has been the history of forced transformation of the natural commons into private property engineered under both the colonial and post colonial state policy.
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The new Green Revolution: How twenty-first-century science can feed the world
The combined effects of climate change, energy scarcity, and water paucity require that we radically rethink our agricultural systems. Countries can and must reorient their agricultural systems toward
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Freeze the footprint of food
<p> Jason Clay identifies eight steps that, taken together, could enable farming to feed 10 billion people and keep Earth habitable.</p> <p> http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v475/n7356/full/475287a.html</p>
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Prebiotics in ancient Indian diets
<p>Gut microflora co-evolved with the human evolution, performing health-promoting functions and protection from the enteric pathogens. The long association of the microflora sustained through ages, which in the light of new research, needs specific nutrients that are not required by the humans.