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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Communities revive traditional water springs
Women of Bajeena village are taking active role in managing water resources. With TERI
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Less known wild edible fruits and seeds of Uttara Kannada District of Karnataka
This paper deals with the less known wild edible fruits and seeds of Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka. Less known 12 wild fruit and seed bearing plants are documented.
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Displaced and marginalized: protecting the traditional knowledge, customary laws and forest rights of the Yanadi tribals of Andhra Pradesh
Most of the Yanadi community in Chittoor and Nellore districts are now seeking their livelihoods by getting jobs in other places and are living their life forgetting much about their age old rich traditions and customs. The net result is that traditional knowledge and customary practices that were in practice since times immemorial are dying out day by day.
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What is Indian is India's
Protecting bio-resources and traditional knowledge After successfully contesting a patent dispute with China earlier this year
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The Ashtavaidya medical tradition of Kerala
Ashtavaidya, a unique practice of Ayurvedic medicine is an amalgamation of the codified Ayurvedic medical knowledge and non-codified folk medical tradition of India, and is practised by a few physician families in Kerala.
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Water: an eco-friendly and energy-efficient resource for milling in rural Arunachal Pradesh
Water is an essential natural resource for human and living organisms. We use water for various purposes like drinking, cleaning, agriculture practices, transportation, etc. It is the prime resource for the hydel power station, providing electricity for domestic, industrial and commercial purposes.
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India's 'constant gardeners'
Local communities are creatively adapting traditional knowledge to cope with climate change Keya Acharya / August 21, 2010, 0:41 IST In some remote villages in India, which are most unlikely to pose as models of development, a quiet rejuvenation is taking place, with communities learning to adapt to the climate change reality of the country today. Everyone knows by now that one of the fore
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Wild for a cure: ground-truthing a standard for sustainable management of wild plants in the field
This report provides a general overview of the results of a project entitled
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Grassroots biodiversity conservators of Arunachal Pradesh: national recognition and reward
The issue of recognizing and acknowledging the value of traditional know-
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Natural farming, tribal farming
In major parts of India, agriculture is in crisis, with very low returns and large-scale destruction of cropped lands. Conservation agriculture can help small and middle farmers escape the downward spiral that impoverishes them even as it destroys the soil and ecosystem, writes Vidhya Das.