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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Old is gold
Traditional knowledge still aids poultry farmers of India
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Home truths
Challenging the Indian Medical Heritage
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No consensus
The UN Forum on Forest s fourth meet ended half a day ahead of schedule, raising doubts on the convention s ability to frame an agenda. Clifford Polycarp saw it all in Geneva
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Saviour of songs
Komal Kothari 1929-2004 Renowned folk imagist Komal Kothari passed away in Jodhpur on April 20 after a prolonged bout with cancer. He was 75. Komalda, as everyone fondly called him, will be
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Bytes
only mother's son: Japanese and Korean scientists have created a mouse without using a sperm. The feat is akin to the birth of Dolly, the world's first cloned mammal. Bees, ants, aphids, some fish
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Hydraulic marvel
An eighteenth century canal system in Pune remains fresh despite long disuse
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Update
Members of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) have agreed to back legal and policy options on the protection of traditional knowledge with a precise analysis of the implications of
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Break the Deadlock
In 1995, many in India were outraged to learn that a university in the US was granted a patent to make and sell haldi turmeric for its wound healing properties. Patents are usually given to creations that are deemed useful and involve an inventive st
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Tribals lose out as herbal drug is stuck in IPR jam
India s wonder drug Jeevani developed by the Thiruvananthapuram based Tropical Botanic Garden Research Institute tbgri using the traditional knowledge of Kerala s Kani tribe hit the headlines a few years ago. It was heralded as the world s first pro
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No dropping anchor
Mired in misery, Chilika s fisherfolk continue to doggedly fight for their rights