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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Patent solution
Digital library to store data collected from ancient texts on medicinal properties of plants
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Orphans of the river
Riverine fisherfolk, arguably the oldest among traders, are being sold down the river. An unholy synergy of poisoned rivers, government apathy and commercial interests has scripted the epitaph of the original stewards of the river. Ironically, their
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Traditional wisdom
Researchers in Gujarat use rural expertise to predict weather when modern methods fail to make accurate forecast
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Growing fences
Burgeoning population and agricultural encroachment in the last half century have erected artificial walls within the Gond tribes. These ethnic groups, dominating the Bastar district, have little social or economic interchange today
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Reason to celebrate?
The biodiversity bill has finally been approved by the Parliament standing committee on science, technology and the environment. But is the way clear for its passage?
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Fruitful deliberations
Two global meetings chart a course for weeding out biopiracy
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Back in f l avour
Entry of high yielding hybrid rice has spelt doom for traditional diversity in the Konkan belt. Thanks to a science academy, the ancient legacy now stands a chance of survival
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Patented to act
Basmati embroglio stoked to cook
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The relation between tanks and trees
For survival of the traditional water management structures, one must understand the linkages between the tanks and trees
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Ayurvedic cure
A proposal to set up ayurvedic centres in hospitals across the country to treat cancer patients is on the anvil