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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Protected Planet Report 2016: how protected areas contribute to achieving global targets for biodiversity
The Protected Planet Report 2016 has been launched at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawaii. Part of the successful Protected Planet series, this report assesses how protected areas contribute
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Agrobiodiversity in the Sikkim Himalaya: sociocultural significance, status, practices, and challenges
This publication seeks to document the findings of a study on the general characteristics of agrodiversity, its significance, status, rate of change, and causal factors; the ecological, social, and policy
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Cardiovascular benefits from ancient grain bread consumption: findings from a double-blinded randomized crossover intervention trial
<p>Ancient grain varieties have been shown to have some beneficial effects on health. Forty-five clinically healthy subjects were included in a randomized, double-blinded crossover trial aimed at evaluating
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Status of regulation on traditional medicine formulations and natural products: Whither is India?
<p>The Indian traditional medicine (TM) has a rich heritage of science healing humans and animals. While so much attention is being paid to regulation of biomedicine (BM) practice and research, the same
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Integrated care and leprosy in India: a role for Indian systems of medicine and traditional health practice in the eradication of leprosy
<p>The benefits of an integrated approach in the future of leprosy control in India are discussed, by involving professionals from different systems of medicine and coordinated by dermatologists working
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Promoting neo-traditional agriculture to achieve food and livelihood security, and climate change adaptation
Persistence of subsistence agriculture based on small landholdings (78 per cent), dominance of rain-fed agriculture (60 per cent of net cropped area), inadequate market linkages, and poor coping capacity,
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Uncultivated foods
<p>The share of uncultivated foods from the forest has gradually declined in the diets of Paharia tribes in Jharkhand. Initiatives like conservation, preservation, processing of uncultivated foods has
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Hidden harvests
<p>There are certain crop plants that are not cropped but edible, containing high nutrients and medicinal value. These crops also called as hidden harvests are capable of providing essential nutrients
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Moringa oleifera: A review on nutritive importance and its medicinal application
<p>Moringa oleifera, native to India, grows in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. It is commonly known as ‘drumstick tree’ or ‘horseradish tree’. Moringa can withstand
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Facilitating BioTrade in a challenging access and benefit sharing environment
The Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing is a new multilateral environmental agreement under the CBD, seeking to clarify definitions, issues of scope and coverage of ABS, and specific actions