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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Pink of health
A Garhwali radish, small and round and pink, is just what the doctor ordered Many people are familiar with white radish. But it also comes in black, red, purple, rose and lavender. The round, pink variety is a traditional winter vegetable in the Garhwal region, where it is known as mula, meaning root. Before the popular white radish was the small round mula. There are references that radish
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Crush and mash
Thechwani It is called so because the pink radish root is not cut, but crushed (thinchao in Garhwali). Wash and peal the radish roots and potatoes and crush them into small pieces along with a small amount of ginger and garlic. Heat oil in a frying pan, add asafoetida, cumin seeds, carum seeds (ajwain), red whole chillies, garlic and ginger paste and stir-fry the mix. Add chopped onion
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Whats cooking?
A local, seasonal, forgotten delicacy Carrot and zucchini go well when boiled; broccoli tastes better when steamed. A pumpkin a day
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The many-straw revolution
Conflicts will increase in the next two decades but we have what it takes to keep going The next decade or two are going to be rough. Conflicts of all kinds will increase. These will be over water, land, technologies, energy sources, geopolitical power, religion and science. We will lurch from one economic crisis to the other, and struggle to contain the impacts of the havoc we have wrought
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Songs of leaves and rain
Documentary >> An Ode to Marang Buru
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Integrating geo-spatial information technologies and participatory methods in agricultural development
Sustainable agricultural productivity over the long term was not a major issue in the 1960s and 1970s, as food resources did not appear to be threatened1. The attention was on producing enough food to overcome the immediate problems of food deficit.
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Exploitation of ethno-medicinal plants and their marketing status in Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve
Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve in central India is endowed with rich floristic diversity with numerous ethno-medicinal plants of economic significance. These plants used in traditional indigenous system of treatment for various ailments by the tribal and non-tribal residents of the area, form the backbone of medicines prescribed by local practitioners like Kabirajs, Pahans Vaidrajs etc.
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Fighting GMO contamination around the world
Ever since GMOs were first introduced in the mid-1990s, farmers
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Biodiversity or dams?
For the last five years the people of Mangabal, a small community beside the Tapaj
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Using traditional knowledge to cope with climate change in rural Ghana
A survey of rural communities in the Offin river basin suggests the value of blending traditional and scientific knowledge in strategies for coping with climate change and variability.