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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Safeguarding tradition
A new initiative for the welfare of indigenous people was launched by an international group of experts at a meeting in Bellagio, Italy, from November 25-30. Known as
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Sweet remedy
Honey could treat wounds that refuse to heal
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Folk cures
In Ethiopia, traditional healers can be a good alternative to an inefficient public health system
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Fusion project
In a unique experiment, scientists are seeking to blend conventional methods
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Textile therapy
A handloom trader experiments with traditional medicinal herbs for dyeing garments
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Planting doubt
A new research creates controversy about the efficacy of Ginkgo biloba supplements
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Protecting the nation's patents
V K GUPTA , director, National Institute of Science Communication NISCOM , tells VIBHA VARSHNEY how they set about building the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library TKDL . Gupta is hopeful that TKDL will vastly reduce recurrence of patent fiascos of
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Dying practice
Lack of medicinal plants forces village doctors out of trade
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Trends in high places
Traditional timber and slate houses vs a neo concrete nightmare in a Himachal village
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Tribals become anthropologists
Bhasha a tribal academy that enables Bhils to study themselves