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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The privatization of mangroves
Indigenous and traditional peoples in Ecuador are demanding that shrimp aquaculture companies be penalized for seizing mangrove areas.
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Framework for transforming best practices for landrace conservation to policies
Traditional farming systems and conservation of local cultivars and associated indigenous knowledge are under threat and growing pressure resulting in genetic erosion of crop diversity. These systems are an essential component of sustainable crop
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Indigenous knowledge for disaster risk reduction in South Asia
This report by SDMC documents the indigenous knowledge of different communities living in multi-hazard zones Nepal, Sri Lanka and India. Shows that communities use the indigenous knowledge to anticipate natural hazard that afflicts them to prepare better to face the disaster.
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Making green buildings work
Green buildings eat, drink and spend less. Societies that worry about their resources encourage their architects and construction companies to be conservationist. The Indian Green Buildings Congress (IGBC) has been trying to encourage a change in priorities. It faces the challenge of sensitising builders even as the backlog in infrastructure presents a huge business opportunity.
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Against the grain
Market-dependent urban food practices are swallowing up indigenous food habits Tribal elder Nabbu Supari Tekam in tiny Kolam village of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra loves to tell this story
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Food that keeps you fit
Dried mahua flowers consumed in the rainy season when grain is scarce help retain body heat and keep away chills and joint pains. Young leaves of tarota, a short green plant abundant during the rains, consumed at least seven times during the season keeps away arthritis. Ikdodi, a bitter fruit, consumed at least once in a year kills intestinal worms and removes feverish tendencies.
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Dont need subsidies, give us the right price
Rising input prices have almost sounded the death knell for the farmer. Is there a way out? A special report published in Down To Earth.
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Traditional rice culture in Kashmir
Rice culture and consumption in Kashmir has been in vogue since the drainage of water from Satisar by Kashyap Reshi. Farmers had developed sound traditional knowledge about the parameters for good rice harvest and management of blast (rai) disease. Sustained rice production by adopting organic pratices coupled with indigenous farming implements and bullock power was invariably followed.
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Medicinal plants utilized by rural women of Rajasthan
Medicinal plants play a vital role in providing health care to human beings since the dawn of civilization. It is evident that the Indian people have tremendous passion for medicinal plants and they them for wide range of health related applications. Therefore, an attempt was made to explore indigenous practices using medicinal plants followed by rural women of Rajasthan for health security.
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Medicinal plants utilized by rural women of Rajasthan
Medicinal plants play a vital role in providing health care to human beings since the dawn of civilization. It is evident that the Indian people have tremendous passion for medicinal plants and they them for wide range of health related applications. Therefore, an attempt was made to explore indigenous practices using medicinal plants followed by rural women of Rajasthan for health security.