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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Call to brand States organic agriculture
The organic agriculture of the State needs to be branded for economic uplift of the people of this part of the globe. This was the observation made by Prof Anil Gupta, one of the leading innovation experts of the country.
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Validity of rain conception and rain delivery (RCRD) model in long range rainfall prediction based on ancient literature
Rainfall prediction has prime importance in an agrarian country like India, wherein the agricultural production is solely dependent on the monsoon rainfall. Among various astro-meteorological methods for rainfall forecasting, the Antariksha method, which is based on sky observation, is most popular.
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Culture and sustainable livelihoods
The sustainable livelihoods (SL) approach offers a practical means of addressing some critical aspects of sustainable development. In this research, the SL framework is applied to an analysis of tourism development among the Shanmei Cou in Taiwan.
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Local knowledge and agricultural sustainability: a case study of Pradhan tribe in Adilabad district
This study aims at understanding the importance of such farmers' knowledge and role in sustainable agriculture among the Pradhan Tribe in Adilabad District. The paper presents some empirical data from the Pradhan Tribe of Andhra Pradesh which highlights the community's indigenous agricultural knowledge and the
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Marine living resources in the practice of traditional medicine
<p>The knowledge of traditional medicines from marine resources shows that very little information has been preserved or recorded so far. We do not know how much information still exists. </p>
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Mobilizing neglected and underutilized crops to strengthen food security and alleviate poverty in India
The neglected and underutilized crops chosen for this study included finger millet (Eleusine coracana), Italian or foxtail millet (Setaria italica) and little millet (Panicum sumatrense). Two locations
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Africa's land and family farms- up for grabs?
<p>Over the years many Big Ideas have been imposed on Africa from outside. The latest is that the region should sell or lease millions of hectares of land to foreign investors, who will bring resources and up-to-date technology. None of the blueprints has worked, and African farmers have become increasingly impoverished.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.grain.org/seedling_files/seed-10-01-2.pdf" target="_blank">Original Source</a></strong></p>
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Adjusting to floods on the Brahmaputra plains, Assam, India
The central objective of the research project
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State of the worlds indigenous peoples 2010
This latest UN report reveals alarming statistics on how indigenous peoples are faring in areas like health, education, poverty, environment and human rights. Shows that they suffer disproportionately compared to non-indigenous and face systematic discrimination and exclusion.
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Traditional knowledge system (medicine): a case study of Arakalgud taluk, Karnataka, India
This paper attempts to assess the status of Traditional Knowledge Systems (TKS) as a tool of conservation in the Arakalgud administrative unit of Karnataka. The Study is based on the field investigation and interaction with the followers of