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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Resisting resistance
The rampant, often-frivolous use of antibiotics over the past half-century has made us dramatically more vulnerable today.
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New course on green buildings
Development Alternatives (DA), a non- profit in New Delhi, recently organised a three-day Capacity Building Training on "Building for Future: Green and eco-friendly". Attended by students, architects and civil engineers from across India, the training programme aimed at creating awareness about sustainable building practices and green buildings.
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Intellectual Property Rights: Excluding other rights of other people
This article interrogates the claims of intellectual property to be a right. Drawing on the political theory of rights, it argues that information, ideas and knowledge fail to meet the basic test of rights and intellectual property right prevents those who do not own it from accessing and exercising their own diverse rights.
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The weather mart
<i>Met department is not the only one predicting weather in India. Forecasts are now sold by businesses to businesses</i><br /><br />
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Natures forecasters
Proof in hand
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Cost of inaccuracy
Aparna Pallavi and Archita Bhatta From what to sow to when to reap, farmers need weather forecast at every step. It can make or break them The monsoon forecast in May said India would receive good rains this year, and the onset was predicted for the first week of June. Accordingly, farmer Lakshinarain Baghel bought 25,000 kg soybean seeds for his 25 hectares (ha) at Rs 30 a kg. He chose a
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An heirloom in muslin
A bacterial strain that shaped Bharat Lal Seth
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Dilemma on traditional knowledge
Latha Jishnu / New Delhi July 08, 2009, 0:42 IST
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The struggle against IPR in the Andes
In Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru, initiatives have been taken recently that raise hopes that mechanisms might be created to stop the further privatisation of knowledge and life. So far, progress has been disappointing, with fundamental problems remaining unsolved. Once again, it is up to local people to defend knowledge and biodiveristy against destruction and privatisation.
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Starry, starry night
An innate knowledge of astronomy among the traditional fi shers of the southwest coast of India has, for generations, helped them in their fi shing activities.